Poetic Baby Names
- Adda
Origin:
Welsh form of Adam
- Afanasy
Origin:
RussianMeaning:
"immortal"
- Aino
Origin:
FinnishMeaning:
"the only one"
- Aisling
Origin:
IrishMeaning:
"dream, vision"
- Akam
Origin:
TamilMeaning:
"love"
- Aleem
Origin:
HindiMeaning:
"knowledgeable"
- Alfred
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"wise counselor; elf counsel"
- Aneirin
Origin:
WelshMeaning:
"very golden or noble"
- Angelou
Origin:
Literary name
- Annabel
Origin:
Scottish variation of AmabelMeaning:
"loving"
- Apollinaire
Origin:
FrenchMeaning:
"of Apollo"
- Apollo
Origin:
Greek mythology nameMeaning:
"destroyer"
- Araminta
Origin:
Invented hybrid name from Arabella and Aminta
- Arion
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"moon creature on high"
- Aristeia
Origin:
Literary term from GreekMeaning:
"the best"
- Arna
Origin:
Diminutive of Arnaud, FrenchMeaning:
"ruler; strong as an eagle"
- Arofan
Origin:
Welsh, meaning unknown
- Assia
Origin:
ArabicMeaning:
"protect"
- Astrophel
Origin:
Literary nameMeaning:
"star lover"
- Auden
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"old friend"
- Auden
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"old friend"
- Audre
- Bacchus
Origin:
Roman mythology name
- Baird
Origin:
Scottish occupational nameMeaning:
"minstrel, poet"
- Bard
Origin:
Irish variation of Baird, ScottishMeaning:
"minstrel, poet"
- Belphoebe
Origin:
Invented name from "The Faerie Queene"; roughly translates as "beautiful Diana"Meaning:
"beautiful Diana"
- Beowulf
Origin:
Old EnglishMeaning:
"bee wolf"
- Bishop
Origin:
English occupational name
- Blake
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"fair-haired, dark"
- Bly
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"happy, friendly"
- Bly
Origin:
English surname nameMeaning:
"friendly"
- Bolan
Origin:
IrishMeaning:
"little poet"
- Brighid
Origin:
IrishMeaning:
"strength or exalted one"
- Brigid
Origin:
Irish variation of BrighidMeaning:
"strength or exalted one"
- Brooks
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"of the brook"
- Byron
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"barn for cows"
- Cadman
Origin:
Anglo-SaxonMeaning:
"warrior"
- Caedmon
- Caissa
Origin:
Italian invented name
- Calliope
Origin:
Greek mythology nameMeaning:
"beautiful voice"
- Canto
Origin:
ItalianMeaning:
"song or stanza"
- Caoilte
Origin:
IrishMeaning:
"slender"
- Carew
Origin:
WelshMeaning:
"fort near a slope"
- Carroll
Origin:
Anglicized variation of Irish CearbhallMeaning:
"hacking with a weapon"
- Catullus
Origin:
Latin, meaning unknown
- Ceridwen
Origin:
WelshMeaning:
"beautiful as a poem"
- Chaucer
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"maker of breeches"
- Christabel
Origin:
Latin and FrenchMeaning:
"fair Christian"
- Clio
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"glory"
- Cliona
Origin:
IrishMeaning:
"shapely"
- Corinna
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"maiden"
- Crane
Origin:
English surnameMeaning:
"crane"
- Cullen
Origin:
IrishMeaning:
"holly tree"
- Cynri
Origin:
Welsh
- Dalma
Origin:
Hungarian, Literature
- Danae
Origin:
Greek
- Danaë
Origin:
Greek
- Dante
Origin:
Latin diminutive of DurantMeaning:
"enduring"
- Dearbhla
Origin:
IrishMeaning:
"daughter of the poet"
- Dervla
Origin:
Anglicized form of Irish Dearbhla or DeirbhileMeaning:
"daughter of the poet"
- Devin
Origin:
IrishMeaning:
"poet"
- Devin
Origin:
IrishMeaning:
"poet"
- Dickinson
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"son of Dick"
- Diggory
Origin:
FrenchMeaning:
"Lost one"
- Dove
Origin:
Nature nameMeaning:
"dove, a bird"
- Dove
Origin:
Color and nature nameMeaning:
"dove, a bird"
- Dryden
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"dry valley"
- Dylan
Origin:
WelshMeaning:
"son of the sea"
- Edda
Origin:
NorseMeaning:
"poetry"
- Edmund
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"fortunate protector"
- Egan
Origin:
Variation of Aidan, IrishMeaning:
"little fire"
- Eithne
Origin:
GaelicMeaning:
"nut kernel"
- Elegy
Origin:
English word name from the Greek ElegeiaMeaning:
"lament"
- Eliot
Origin:
Variation of ElliotMeaning:
"The Lord is my God"
- Emare
Origin:
French
- Emerson
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"son of Emery"
- Emily
Origin:
Feminine variation of Emil, LatinMeaning:
"rival"
- Epic
Origin:
English word nameMeaning:
"grand, heroic, monumental in scale; a long poem derived from ancient oral tradition"
- Epic
Origin:
English word name
- Epik
Origin:
Variation of Epic; English word nameMeaning:
"heroic tale or event"
- Erinna
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"spring or hero"
- Etheridge
Origin:
EnglshMeaning:
"wealthy ruler"
- Eulalie
Origin:
French form of Eulalia, GreekMeaning:
"sweetly speaking"
- Euphelia
Origin:
Invented name, combination of Euphemia and Ophelia
- Evangeline
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"bearer of good news"
- Ezra
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"help"
- Farid
Origin:
Arabic and PersianMeaning:
"unique, precious"
- Frost
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"freezing"
- Frost
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"freezing"
- Geraldine
Origin:
German and French, feminine variation of GeraldMeaning:
"ruler with the spear"
- Gertrude
Origin:
GermanMeaning:
"strength of a spear"
- Gilgamesh
Origin:
Akkadian from SumerianMeaning:
"the [kinsman] is a hero"
- Giovanni
Origin:
Italian variation of JohnMeaning:
"God is gracious"
- Gwendolyn
Origin:
Variation of Gwendolen, WelshMeaning:
"white ring"
- Haiku
Origin:
Japanese poetic form
- Hart
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"stag"
- Herrick
Origin:
GermanMeaning:
"war ruler"
- Hilda
Origin:
GermanMeaning:
"battle woman"
- Homer
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"security, pledge"
- Horace
Origin:
Latin clan nameMeaning:
"timekeeper"
- Hughes
Origin:
English, Scottish, Irish surnameMeaning:
"mind, intellect; son of Aodh"
- Hugo
Origin:
Latinized form of HughMeaning:
"mind, intellect"
- Hyperion
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"the high one"
- Imagery
Origin:
English word name
- Imtiaz
Origin:
Arabic and UrduMeaning:
"distinction"
- Jarrell
Origin:
English and French surname derived from a place-name, Gerville
- Jarrell
Origin:
German variation of Gerald
- Jia
Origin:
Italian or ChineseMeaning:
"God's gracious gift or home, family"
- Kahlil
Origin:
ArabicMeaning:
"friend"
- Kalliope
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"beautiful voice"
- Kavi
Origin:
SanskritMeaning:
"poet, sage"
- Kavita
Origin:
Hindi, SanskritMeaning:
"poem"
- Kavya
Origin:
SanskritMeaning:
"poem"
- Kealoha
Origin:
HawaiianMeaning:
"loved one"
- Keats
Origin:
English literary nameMeaning:
"kite"
- Keats
Origin:
English literary nameMeaning:
"kite"
- Knight
Origin:
English word nameMeaning:
" a mounted man-at-arms serving a feudal superior"
- Kyoka
Origin:
JapaneseMeaning:
"mirror; fragrant flower"
- Kyrielle
Origin:
English literary term from Greek Kyrie
- Lamia
Origin:
Greek mythology name
- Langston
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"tall man's town"
- Larkin
Origin:
IrishMeaning:
"rough, fierce"
- Larkin
Origin:
IrishMeaning:
"rough, fierce"
- Laudine
Origin:
FrenchMeaning:
"woman from Lothian"
- Lazarus
Origin:
Latinized Greek variation of Hebrew EleazarMeaning:
"God is my helper"
- Lenore
Origin:
German variation of Leonora, Italian derivative of Eleonora, meaning unknown
- Liadain
Origin:
IrishMeaning:
"grey lady"
- Liadan
Origin:
IrishMeaning:
"grey lady"
- Ligia
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"clear-voiced, whistling"
- Limerick
Origin:
Irish place name; poetic form
- Linus
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"flax"
- Longfellow
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"tall one"
- Lorca
Origin:
Spanish place name and surname
- Lowell
Origin:
FrenchMeaning:
"young wolf"
- Lucasta
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"pure light"
- Madrigal
Origin:
LatinMeaning:
"song for unaccompanied voices"
- Majnun
Origin:
ArabicMeaning:
"mad, possessed"
- Malvina
Origin:
ScottishMeaning:
"smooth-browed one"
- Marlowe
Origin:
Variation of Marlow, EnglishMeaning:
"driftwood"
- Meera
Origin:
; SanskritMeaning:
"prosperous"
- Mererid
Origin:
WelshMeaning:
"pearl"
- Millay
Origin:
English literary name
- Mirabai
Origin:
SanskritMeaning:
"ocean"
- Mireia
Origin:
Catalan form of MireilleMeaning:
"to admire"
- Moore
Origin:
English place-nameMeaning:
"the moors"
- Myra
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"sweet-smelling oil"
- Nash
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"by the ash tree"
- Neele
Origin:
German, English
- Neruda
Origin:
Literary name
- Nicander
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"man of victory"
- Ode
Origin:
Word name or medieval English form of Otto
- Ode
Origin:
Word name or medieval English form of Otto
- Ogden
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"from the oak valley"
- Oisin
Origin:
IrishMeaning:
"little deer"
- Oriana
Origin:
LatinMeaning:
"dawn"
- Orpheus
Origin:
Greek mythology nameMeaning:
"the darkness of the night"
- Osian
Origin:
Welsh variation of Oisin
- Ossian
Origin:
Old IrishMeaning:
"little deer"
- Ottava
Origin:
Word name from the LatinMeaning:
"eight"
- Ottilie
Origin:
German, FrenchMeaning:
"prosperous in battle"
- Ovid
Origin:
Latin, meaning unknown
- Pablo
Origin:
Spanish variation of PaulMeaning:
"small"
- Pamela
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"all honey"
- Paz
Origin:
Hebrew; SpanishMeaning:
"gold; peace"
- Percival
Origin:
FrenchMeaning:
"one who pierces the valley"
- Phenex
- Phillis
Origin:
Spelling variation of Phyllis, GreekMeaning:
"green bough"
- Poe
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"peacock"
- Poe
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"peacock"
- Poem
Origin:
Literary name, English word nameMeaning:
"a composition in verse"
- Poesy
Origin:
Word nameMeaning:
"poetry"
- Poet
Origin:
English word name
- Poet
Origin:
Word name
- Poetic
Origin:
English word name
- Poetic
Origin:
English word name
- Poetry
Origin:
Word name
- Polyhymnia
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"one of many praises"
- Publius
Origin:
LatinMeaning:
"of the people"
- Quatrain
Origin:
English word name
- Ravenna
Origin:
Italian place-name
- Rhymer
Origin:
English word name
- Riordan
Origin:
IrishMeaning:
"bard, royal poet"
- Rondel
Origin:
English from FrenchMeaning:
"circle"
- Rudyard
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"red enclosure"
- Rumi
Origin:
JapaneseMeaning:
"beauty, flow, lapis lazuli"
- Rumi
Origin:
JapaneseMeaning:
"beauty, flow, lapis lazuli"
- Runo
Origin:
FinnishMeaning:
"poem"
- Rupa
Origin:
SanskritMeaning:
"silver"
- Sanelma
Origin:
FinnishMeaning:
"story, poem"
- Sappho
Origin:
Ancient GreekMeaning:
"sapphire"
- Sayer
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"woodcutter or reciter"
- Seamus
Origin:
Irish variation of JamesMeaning:
"supplanter"
- Sestina
Origin:
Form of poetry
- Sonnet
Origin:
English from ItalianMeaning:
"little song"
- Spenser
- Speranza
Origin:
Judeo-ItalianMeaning:
"hope"
- Stanza
Origin:
ItalianMeaning:
"poetic verse"
- Stella
Origin:
LatinMeaning:
"star"
- Sylvia
Origin:
LatinMeaning:
"from the forest"
- Tadhg
Origin:
IrishMeaning:
"poet"
- Tahirih
Origin:
PersianMeaning:
"the pure one"
- Taliesin
Origin:
WelshMeaning:
"shining brow"
- Tasso
Origin:
ItalianMeaning:
"cup"
- Teagan
Origin:
Irish or WelshMeaning:
"little poet or fair"
- Teague
Origin:
ScottishMeaning:
"bard, poet"
- Tennyson
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"son of Dennis"
- Thalia
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"to flourish"
- Thamyris
Origin:
Greek
- Thoreau
Origin:
FrenchMeaning:
"strength of a bull"
- Tiril
Origin:
Norwegian
- Triolet
Origin:
FrenchMeaning:
"short verse poem"
- Troubadour
Origin:
French word nameMeaning:
"lyric poet"
- Twm
Origin:
Welsh
- Uriel
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"God is my light"
- Vachel
Origin:
FrenchMeaning:
"one who raises cows"
- Vanessa
Origin:
Literary invention; also a species of butterfly
- Verse
Origin:
English word nameMeaning:
"verse"
- Villanelle
Origin:
English from ItalianMeaning:
"pastoral song"
- Villemo
Origin:
Swedish, literary name
- Virelai
Origin:
French poetic form
- Virgil
Origin:
LatinMeaning:
"staff bearer"
- Vision
Origin:
English word nameMeaning:
"the state of being able to see"
- Vision
Origin:
English word nameMeaning:
"the state of being able to see"
- Whitman
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"white man"
- Wilde
Origin:
English surname, variation of Wild, English word nameMeaning:
"undomesticated, uncultivated"
- Wilde
Origin:
English surname, variation of Wild, English word nameMeaning:
"undomesticated, uncultivated"
- Wystan
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"battle stone"
- Yeats
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"gates"
- Yeats
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"the gates"
- Yvain
Origin:
WelshMeaning:
"youth or well-born"
- Zalan
Origin:
Hungarian