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Keats
OriginEnglish literary name
Meaning"kite"
GenderBoy & girl
US rank · boysUnranked
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US rank · girlsUnranked
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About Keats
Poetic and easy to pronounce (it's keets), this is one of many poets' names to consider, such as Auden, Eliot, Frost, Byron, Lorca, Marlowe, Blake, Emerson and Tennyson. Likely meaning "kite", in reference to the bird of the same name, it could also be used as a nickname to Keaton, or as an alternative to vintage Kit.
Keats for girls
Keats is both poetic and easier to pronounce (it's keets) than Yeats (which is yates).
Pronounced KEETS.
As of October 2026, Keats ranked #11459 in US births in 2021 SSA, peaked at #5617 in 1974.
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