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Poet Names for Boys

There are 37 Poet names for baby boys. Displayed on this page are Poet names 1 to 20. David was the most popular among these names in 2008 with a rank of #14 and a usage of 0.7467%. The name is primarily used in Czech, Dutch, English, French, German, Hebrew, Portuguese, Russian, Scandinavian, Slavic, and Spanish, and it was followed in popularity by the English, French, German, and Scandinavian Christian, the English, German, and Welsh Dylan, the English Blake, the English and Irish Devin, the German and Italian Dante, the English Elliot, Byron, Eugene, and the English and Greek name, Adonis. The unusual Poet names are Baird (English and Scottish), Kavi (Indian), Riordan (Irish), Tadhg (Irish and Scottish), Alun (Welsh), Ennio (Italian), Erasmus (German), Firdaus (Arabic and Iranian), Geoffrey (English and German), and Herbert (English, French, and German).

Poet names are very popular baby names for boys. At the height of their usage in 1901, 9.110% of baby boys were given Poet names. There were 13 Poet names ranked within the top 1000 baby names then. Poet names have since experienced a decline in frequency, but are nonetheless used on a very heavy scale now. In 2008, 16 Poet names listed among the top 1000, with a combined usage of 3.584%. Within all Poet names, the English and French William was the most commonly used, with a ranking of #8 and a usage of 0.8438%.

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WORD/MEANING MATCH:

Baird poet, a traveling ballad ...The name means 'poet, a traveling ballad singer'. ...

Devin Popularity Trend of Devin
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 109 109 poet; fawn; little dark one ... name is of the meaning poet; fawn; little dark one ...

Kavi poet ...The name's meaning is poet ...

Riordan royal poet ...The meaning of the name is royal poet. ...

Tadhg poet, philosopher ... is of the meaning 'poet, philosopher' ...

DESCRIPTION MATCH:

Adonis Popularity Trend of Adonis
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 854 854 lord, ruler ... Arabic poet Ali Ahmed Said (1930-) also adopted ...

Alun little rock; harmony, ... a boost by the Welsh poet John Blackwell ...

Blake Popularity Trend of Blake
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 90 90 dark; fair ... or the British poet William Blake ...

Byron Popularity Trend of Byron
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 451 451 at the cow sheds ... famous English Romantic poet Lord Byron (1788-1824), ...

Christian Popularity Trend of Christian
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 23 23 Christian, follower ... by the 12th-century poet Chrétien de Troyes, ...

Dante Popularity Trend of Dante
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 291 291 enduring, steadfast ... known from the Italian poet Dante Alighieri ...

David Popularity Trend of David
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 14 14 beloved, favorite, darling, friend ... was also a poet who wrote many of the biblical ...

Dylan Popularity Trend of Dylan
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 31 31 sea ... by the Welsh poet Dylan Thomas ... as Dylan, adopted the poet's surname as his stage ...

Elliot Popularity Trend of Elliot
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 332 332 my God is Yahweh ...The US poet T.S ...

Ennio by the early Roman poet Quintus Ennius (239-169 ...

Erasmus beloved, desired ... was also borne by the poet and physician Erasmus ...

Eugene Popularity Trend of Eugene
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 691 691 well born, noble ... is a youthful poet in George Bernard ...

Firdaus paradise ... 11th-century Persian poet who wrote the Iranian ...

Geoffrey Popularity Trend of Geoffrey
from 1900 to 2008. peaceful ruler ... known from the English poet and philosopher ...

Herbert Popularity Trend of Herbert
from 1900 to 2008. army, warrior; bright, ... of which the Welsh poet and priest George ...


Popularity Trend
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