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Baby Names from Poetry

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There is something about the surname of poets that just happens to be, well, poetic. Not only do they have a way with words, but these poets have also left us some amazing baby name options to choose from!  Whether you studied poetry in school or just secretly love it, these names might just be what you're looking for!  There are also a few words included that are related to poetry.

Below this list, I have chosen my Top 5 favorites that I'd love to see on a modern baby and listed out potential sibling names and middle names. If you'd like to share what your favorite names are (or if I've missed any that should be included) please do so in the comment section!
Angelou
Auden
Baird
Blake
Bly
Bogan
Bronte
Byron
Campbell
Carew
Chaucer
Corso
Crane
Cullen
Dante
Dickinson             
Dove
Dryden
Dylan
Eliot
Emerson
Fletcher
Frost
Giovanni
Hardy
Herrick
Hugo
Jarrell
Keats
Kenyon
Kipling
Landor
Larkin
Lorca
Lowell
Lyric
Macaulay
Marlowe
Marvell
Merrill
Merwin
Millay
Milton
Mistral
Morely
Moore
Morrison
Muse
Nash
Neruda
Oliver
Owen
Paz
Poe
Poet
Quarles
Riley
Rumi
Ruskin
Shelley
Spenser
Sonnet
Tennyson
Thoreau
Vaughan
Verlaine
Whitman
Whittier
Wyatt
Yeats
My Top 5 Favorites:

1. Auden (Boy or Girl)

Sibling Name Ideas:
Sisters: Ada, Ella, Emory, Harper, Lennon, Maren, Rumor, Summer
Brothers: Asher, Emerson, Holden, Marek, Nolan, Reese, Sutton, Vance

Middle Name Ideas:
Auden Clark
Auden James
Auden Theodore

Auden Elizabeth
Auden Grace
Auden Scarlett

2. Dante

Sibling Name Ideas:
Sisters: Alena, Carys, Daphne, Gianna, Lilith, Ophelia, Stella, Vera
Brothers: Alec, Damian, Luca, Maxwell, Ronan, Sebastian, Vincent, Xavier

Middle Name Ideas:
Dante Alexander
Dante Merrick
Dante Oliver
Dante Theodore
Dante Vincent

3. Hugo

Sibling Name Ideas:
Sisters: Audrey, Cecilia, Estella, Imogen, Jasmine, Phoebe, Sabrina, Tabitha
Brothers: Andre, Felix, Hector, Ivan, Julian, Max, Oliver, Samuel

Middle Name Ideas:
Hugo Augustus
Hugo Conrad
Hugo Eames
Hugo Roderick
Hugo Wilder

4. Nash 

Sibling Name Ideas:
Sisters: Amara, Cora, Eliza, Fiona, Jade, Mabel, Riley, Tessa
Brothers: Beau, Cole, Drake, Ethan, Gavin, Joel, Maverick, Wyatt

Middle Name Ideas:
Nash Benjamin
Nash Carter
Nash Elliott
Nash Jameson
Nash Roland

5. Sonnet (Girl)

Sibling Name Ideas;
Sisters: Autumn, Bluebell, Felicity, Hope, Karys, Lyric, Soleil, Willow
Brothers: Bridger, Christian, Flynn, Jett, Keller, Mason, Parker, Stone

Middle Name Ideas:
Sonnet Alexandra
Sonnet Caroline
Sonnet Elizabeth
Sonnet Magnolia
Sonnet Olivia

What are your favorite Poetry Names?
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waltzingmorethanmatilda said…
Ooh I love Frost and Mistral - quite a twin set there! :)

Bogan would be quite out of the question in Australia, although it was apparently a perfectly normal name in the 1970s.
January 8, 2014 at 1:30 AM
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