Poet Names for Girls

There are 24 Poet names for baby girls. Displayed on this page are Poet names 1 to 20. Within these names, Laura (English, German, Hungarian, Italian, and Spanish) was the most popular in 2007 with a rank of #183 and a usage of 0.0869%, followed in descending order by Angelica (German, English, Italian, and Romanian), Cynthia (English and German), Dana (English and German), Pamela (English, German, and Italian), Dylan (English), and Delia (English and German). The unusual Poet names are Devin (English and Irish), Aeron (Welsh), Allegra (English and Italian), Aminta (English and Italian), Ceridwen (Welsh), Chloris (English), Corinna (German, English, and French), Malvina (English and Scottish), Myra (English), Ophelia (English, German, and Italian), Roswitha (German), Selima (English and Slavic), and Suleika (German).

Poet names are rather popular as baby girl names. The names' popularity increased from the 1920s up to the 1950s. Their usage peaked in 1957 with 3.958% of baby girls being given Poet names. Within the top 1000 baby names then, there were 8 Poet names. The names have slipped in popularity since then. In 2007, their total usage was 0.895% with 9 Poet names listed among the top 1000. Among all Poet names, Taylor (English) was the most widely used, with a ranking of #24 and a usage of 0.3777%.

WORD/MEANING MATCH:

Devin ... poet ...The meaning of Devin is 'poet' ... devin with the meaning 'poet'. ...

DESCRIPTION MATCH:

Aeron ... battle; berry, fruit ... (1942-) of the Welsh poet Dylan Thomas ...

Allegra ... happy, lively, merry ... coined by the British poet Lord Byron for his ...

Aminta ... protector, defender ... (1573) by the Italian poet Torquato Tasso ...

Angelica 234 ... angelic, like an angel; ... appeared in Italian poet Ariosto's epic Orlando ...

Ceridwen ... poetry; white, fair, ...

Chloris ... green ... the name of the Roman poet Horace's love interest ...

Corinna ... maiden, virgin; maiden, ...

Cynthia 276 ... woman from Kynthos ...

Dana 446 ... Dane; God is my judge, ... by the fame of US poet and novelist Richard ...

Delia 989 ... imitating, rivaling; ... by the pastoral poet Samuel Daniel's cycle ...

Dylan 705 ... sea ... by the famous Welsh poet Dylan Thomas ...

Laura 183 ... laurel, bay ...

Malvina ... smooth brow ... by the Scottish poet James Macpherson ...

Myra ... myrrh; to admire, to ... invented by the English poet Fulke Greville ...

Ophelia ... help, profit; serpent ... century by the Italian poet Jacopo Sannazzaro ...

Pamela 584 ... all black, all sweetness ... by the Elizabethan poet Sir Philip Sidney for ...

Roswitha ... fame; strength ... nun, dramatist and poet. ...

Selima ... safe; peace ... was first used by the poet Thomas Gray for the ...

Suleika ... known from the German poet Goethe's work ...