Poet Names for Boys

There are 29 Poet names for baby boys. Displayed on this page are Poet names 1 to 20. David was the most popular among these names in 2007 with a rank of #12 and a usage of 0.7881%. The name is primarily used in English, French, and German, and it was followed in popularity by the English, French, German, and Scandinavian Christian, the English Blake, the English and Irish Devin, the English, French, and Irish Oscar, the German and Italian Dante, the English and German Ezra, the English Byron, the English and Greek Adonis, and the English name, Milton. The unusual Poet names are Tadhg (Irish and Scottish), Alun (Welsh), Ennio (Italian), Geoffrey (English and German), Herbert (English, French, and German), Homer (English), Marcial (Spanish), Michelangelo (Italian), Nahum (English, German, and Hebrew), and Ossian (English and Irish).

Poet names are very popular baby names for boys. At the height of their usage in 1901, 8.743% 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 2007, 14 Poet names listed among the top 1000, with a combined usage of 3.131%. Within all Poet names, the English and French William was the most commonly used, with a ranking of #8 and a usage of 0.8529%.

WORD/MEANING MATCH:

Devin 101 ... poet ... 'devin' which means poet. ...

Tadhg ... poet, philosopher ... which has the meaning 'poet, philosopher' ...

DESCRIPTION MATCH:

Adonis 763 ... lord, ruler ... Arabic poet Ali Ahmed Said (1930-) also adopted ...

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

Blake 88 ... dark; fair ... or the British poet William Blake ...

Byron 523 ... at the cow sheds ... famous English Romantic poet Lord Byron (1788-1824), ...

Christian 22 ... Christian, follower ... from the 12th century poet Chrétien de Troyes, ...

Dante 270 ... enduring, steadfast ... known from the Italian poet Dante Alighieri ...

David 12 ... beloved, favorite, darling ... was also a poet who wrote many of the biblical ...

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

Ezra 342 ... help ... name is known from the poet Ezra Pound ...

Geoffrey ... peaceful ruler ... known from the English poet and philosopher ...

Herbert ... army, warrior; bright, ... of which the Welsh poet and priest George ...

Homer ... hostage ... 8th century Greek epic poet Homeros, who wrote the ...

Marcial ... was borne by the Latin poet Marcus Valerius ...

Michelangelo ... angel Michael ... painter, sculptor, poet, architect, and ...

Milton 899 ... mill town, middle of ... homage to the English poet John Milton ...

Nahum ... comforter ... was borne by England's poet laureate Nahum Tate ...

Oscar 121 ... god spear; gentle friend ... popularized by the poet James Macpherson, who ...

Ossian ... little deer ... by the Scottish poet James Macpherson, who ...