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Are you looking for a literary name for your baby? If you have a love for poetry, look no further -- we've gathered together a wonderful selection of poetic baby names for your girl or boy. Read on to discover distinctive baby names inspired by our favorite wordsmiths.
 The poetic baby names we've selected come from several sources -- the first (and last) names of amazing and influential poets, such as Lord Byron, Elizabeth Barrett Browning and Edgar Allan Poe -- as well as names that themselves mean poet or poem. If you're classic British poetry, romantic poetry or even dark and brooding poetry, we've got the perfect baby name for you! Check them out!
Poet baby names for girls
Addison: Meaning "Adam's son," this name has Old English origins. [Joseph Addison]
Allegra: This Italian name means "cheerful, lively." [daughter of Lord Byron]
Amy: Meaning "beloved," this name has Old French roots. [Amy Lowell]
Christina: This name means "anointed" and is of Latin origin. [Christina Rossetti]
Dervla: This Irish name means "poet's daughter."
Devin: Meaning "poet," this name has Irish roots.
Edith: An Old English name, this means "strife for wealth, spoils of war." [Edith Stillwell]
Edna: This Hebrew name means "renewer." [Edna Saint Vincent Millay]
Elizabeth: A Hebew name, this means "God's promise." [Elizabeth Barrett Browning]
Emily: This Latin name means "rival, laborious." [Emily Brontė, Emily Dickinson]
Gardner: Meaning "gardener," this name has Middle English roots. [Gardner McFall]
Katherine: Meaning "pure," this name is of Greek origins. [Katherine Philips]
Kavita: This Sanskrit name means "poem."
Shelley: This name, from Old English, means "sloped meadow." [Percy Shelley]
Sylvia: A name with Latin origins, this means "woods, forest." [Sylvia Plath]
Teagin: A feminine form of the name Teague, this means "poet" and has Irish roots.
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Poet baby names for boys
Allan: Meaning "precious," this has Old German roots. [Edgar Allan Poe]
Baird: Meaning "poet, one who sings ballads," this name has Scottish origins.
Blake: This English name means "black," or conversely, "pale, white." [William Blake]
Byron: Meaning "at the byers, barn" this name comes from Old English. [George Gordon Byron]
Edgar: An Old English name, this means "wealthy spear." [Edgar Allan Poe]
Edward: Meaning "wealthy guard," this name has Old English roots. [e.e. cummings]
Eliot: This Greek and Hebrew name means "the Lord is my God." [T.S. Eliot]
George: A Greek name, this means "farmer." [George Gordon Byron]
Gordon: This Gaelic name means "large fortification." [George Gordon Byron]
Milton: An Old English name, this means "mill town." [John Milton]
Owen: A Scottish name, this means "youth, born of yew." [Wilfred Owen]
Percy: This name comes from an old aristocratic Latin name. [Percy Shelley]
Robert: Meaning "bright fame," this name has Old German roots. [Robert Frost, Robert Graves, Robert Burns, Robert Browning]
Vincent: This Latin name means "prevailing." [Edna Saint Vincent Millay]
Wilfred: This Old English name means "desiring peace." [Wilfred Owen]
William: This classic traditional name means "protection." [William Blake]
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