📖 The Poetic Girls Name Collection

[OctaviaMay]

Sorry for the double post, but this is genre of names I’ve been wanting to draw inspiration from lately.
I’m looking for everything and anything poetry related- word names like [name_f]Poem[/name_f] or Prose, names inspired by famous poets like [name_f]Emily[/name_f] and [name_f]Sylvia[/name_f], or names that just have that * sound * (like for me, [name_f]Florence[/name_f] and Saorise.)

These can be as obscure as you like, and while I’m mostly looking for girls names, I welcome surnamey names like [name_m]Wilde[/name_m] and [name_m]Poe[/name_m] as well.

Send me your ideas, many thanks!

[EagleEyes]

Maybe you’d like…
[name_f]Stanza[/name_f]
[name_f]Angelou[/name_f]
[name_f]Maya[/name_f]
[name_f]Rumi[/name_f]
[name_f]Sappho[/name_f]
[name_m]Emerson[/name_m]
[name_f]Edna[/name_f]
[name_f]Millay[/name_f]
[name_f]Gwendolyn[/name_f]
[name_m]Frost[/name_m]
[name_f]Annabel[/name_f]
[name_f]Evangeline[/name_f]
[name_f]Kavya[/name_f]
[name_f]Kavita[/name_f]

And names that remind me of poetry (and possibly have poetry connections that I’m just not thinking of right now!)
[name_f]Josephine[/name_f]
[name_m]Laurence[/name_m]
[name_f]Ophelia[/name_f]
[name_f]Beatrice[/name_f]
[name_f]Helene[/name_f]
[name_f]Esme[/name_f]
[name_f]Vivian[/name_f]
[name_f]Solene[/name_f]
[name_f]Celeste[/name_f]

[shanade213]

[name_m]Verse[/name_m]
[name_f]Sonnet[/name_f]
[name_m]Frost[/name_m] (Robert)
[name_f]Maya[/name_f] (Angelou)
[name_m]Percy[/name_m] (Bysshe Shelley)
[name_m]Hardy[/name_m] (Thomas)
[name_m]Nash[/name_m] (Ogden)
[name_m]Auden[/name_m] (W.H.)
[name_f]Raven[/name_f] (Poe’s poem)
[name_f]Hope[/name_f] (Dickinson’s poem)
[name_m]Miles[/name_m] (“and miles to go before I sleep” Frost)
[name_m]Rudyard[/name_m]
[name_m]Kipling[/name_m]
[name_m]Endymion[/name_m] (Keats’s poem)
[name_m]Tyger[/name_m] (Blake’s poem)
[name_f]Sylvia[/name_f] (Plath)
[name_f]Evangeline[/name_f] (Longfellow’s poem)
[name_m]Emerson[/name_m]
[name_m]Uriel[/name_m] (Emerson’s poem)
[name_m]Roman[/name_m] (“friends, Romans, countrymen” Shakespeare)
[name_f]Dulce[/name_f] (Owen’s poem)
[name_f]Rose[/name_f] (Stein’s poem)
Flanders (“In Flanders fields the poppies blow” McCrae)
[name_f]Poppy[/name_f] (“In Flanders fields the poppies blow” McCrae)
[name_m]Tennyson[/name_m] (Alfred)
[name_f]Lavender[/name_f] (“to have lavender lips under the leaves of the world” O’Hara)
[name_m]Whitman[/name_m] (Walt)
[name_f]Fable[/name_f] (“Fable and Round of the Three Friends” García Lorca)

[ellerbea]

A lot of my ideas were already covered in previous replies, but one that I’m always surprised has never caught on here is Caesura!

It’s pronounced something like say-zhur-ah, and refers to a pause or break in a line, as well as physical space put between words on a page. I love thinking about it as a very intentional pause, taking everything in.

[OctaviaMay]

@EagleEyes [name_f]Sappho[/name_f], [name_f]Edna[/name_f], [name_f]Gwendolyn[/name_f], [name_f]Josephine[/name_f], [name_f]Ophelia[/name_f], [name_f]Beatrice[/name_f], [name_f]Helene[/name_f], and [name_f]Vivian[/name_f] are beautiful ideas. I love them all, thank you so much!!

@shanade213 Great options! [name_f]Sonnet[/name_f], [name_m]Percy[/name_m], [name_f]Raven[/name_f], [name_f]Hope[/name_f], [name_f]Sylvia[/name_f], [name_f]Lavender[/name_f], and [name_f]Fable[/name_f] and stunning, and I love that you included refrences!

@ellerbea That is such a gorgeous sentiment for a name, and totally new to me! Thank you so much, she’s lovely!

[Dragonrescuer]

[name_f]Poetry[/name_f] Terms or Names that Literally mean [name_f]Poetry[/name_f]

[name_f]Poem[/name_f]
[name_f]Poet[/name_f]
Poetica
[name_f]Poesy[/name_f]
[name_f]Rima[/name_f]
[name_f]Sonnet[/name_f]
[name_f]Villanelle[/name_f]
[name_f]Sestina[/name_f]
[name_f]Elegy[/name_f]
[name_f]Lyric[/name_f]
[name_m]Epic[/name_m]
[name_m]Quatrain[/name_m]
[name_f]Aristeia[/name_f]
[name_f]Rhapsody[/name_f]
[name_f]Cadence[/name_f]
[name_f]Edda[/name_f]
[name_f]Luule[/name_f]
[name_f]Kavita[/name_f]
[name_f]Muse[/name_f]

Muses, Gods, and Goddesses Associated with [name_f]Poetry[/name_f]

[name_f]Calliope[/name_f]
[name_f]Clio[/name_f]
[name_f]Polyhymnia[/name_f]
[name_f]Terpsichore[/name_f]
Melpomene
Erato
Euterpe
[name_f]Thalia[/name_f]
[name_f]Urania[/name_f]
[name_f]Apollonia[/name_f]
[name_f]Athena[/name_f]
[name_f]Hermia[/name_f]
[name_f]Minerva[/name_f]
[name_f]Brigid[/name_f]
[name_f]Ceridwen[/name_f]
[name_f]Danae[/name_f]

[name_f]Poet[/name_f] Names

[name_f]Emily[/name_f]
[name_f]Sylvia[/name_f]
[name_f]Gwendolyn[/name_f]
[name_f]Adrienne[/name_f]
[name_m]Poe[/name_m]
[name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f]
[name_f]Gertrude[/name_f]
[name_m]Blake[/name_m]
[name_f]Lyn[/name_f]
[name_f]Rumi[/name_f]
[name_m]Shelley[/name_m]
[name_m]Whitman[/name_m]
[name_f]Rita[/name_f]
[name_f]Dove[/name_f]
[name_f]Carol[/name_f] [name_f]Ann[/name_f]
[name_m]Duffy[/name_m]
[name_f]Nikki[/name_f]
[name_f]June[/name_f]
[name_f]Edna[/name_f]
[name_f]Eileen[/name_f]
[name_f]Mary[/name_f]
[name_f]Lucille[/name_f]
[name_f]Alice[/name_f]
[name_f]Aphra[/name_f]
[name_f]Sappho[/name_f]
[name_f]Anne[/name_f]
[name_f]Audre[/name_f]
[name_f]Phyllis[/name_f]
[name_f]Christina[/name_f]
[name_f]Louise[/name_f]
[name_f]Joy[/name_f]
[name_f]Marge[/name_f]
[name_f]Maya[/name_f]
[name_f]Amanda[/name_f]
[name_f]Dorothy[/name_f]
[name_m]Parker[/name_m]
[name_f]Margaret[/name_f]
[name_f]Sara[/name_f]
[name_m]Rainer[/name_m]

Names in [name_m]Famous[/name_m] Poems

[name_f]Annabel[/name_f] [name_m]Lee[/name_m]
[name_f]Lenore[/name_f]
[name_f]Althea[/name_f]
[name_f]Sabrina[/name_f]
[name_f]Ariel[/name_f]
[name_f]Beatrice[/name_f]
[name_f]Hope[/name_f]
[name_f]Evangeline[/name_f]
[name_f]Eulalie[/name_f]
[name_f]Arabella[/name_f]
[name_f]Maud[/name_f]
[name_f]Una[/name_f]
[name_f]Amarantha[/name_f]
[name_f]Constantia[/name_f]
[name_f]Ianthe[/name_f]
[name_f]Julia[/name_f]

[Greyblue]

Kavita (means poem)
Lenore (from the “Raven”)
Annabel (from “Annabel Lee”)
Stella (from Astrophel and Stella)
Hero (from Hero and Leander)
Belphoebe (from the Faerie Queene)
Florimel (from the Faerie Queene)
Cordelia (poetic sound and meaning)
Bronte (they wrote poetry )
Corinna (Ancient Greek poet)
Sappho / Sapphire (ancient Greek poet + the meaning)
Erinna (ancient Greek poet)
Cecilia (poetic in sound)
Constanza (for ‘Stanza’)
Dorothy (Dorothy Wordsworth + others)
Lowell (Amy Lowell)
Auden (W.H Auden)
Wystan (^ that’s his first name)
Amy (Amy Levy - and others)
Larkin (Phillip Larkin)
Maggie (Maggie Nelson)
Carol-Ann (Carol Ann Duffy)
Francesca (from Francesca and Paolo / The Song of Rimini)
Vita (Vita Sackville-West)
Etter (Carrie Etter)
Gwendolyn (Gwendolyn Brooks)
Brooks (as above)
Angelou (Maya Angelou)
Maya (as above)
Siddal (Elizabeth Siddal)
Blake (William Blake)
Keats (John Keats)
Everina (Mary and Percy Shelley’s daughter’s name - plus sounds poetic)
Shelley (Percy Shelley)
Cadence (as in, flow and sound)
Lyric (Lyric poetry)
Muse (poetry related)
Poesy (archaic form of poetry / or the creation of poetry)
Anthem (poetry related)
Frost (as in Robert Frost)
Summer (as in Shall I compare thee to a Summers’ day?)
Whitman (Walt Whitman)
Eliot (T.S and George)
Mariner (Rime of the Ancient Mariner)
Barrett (Elizabeth Barrett Browning)
Dover (Dover Beach)
Bernadette (Bernadette Mayer)
Nightingale (Ode to a Nightingale)
Tyger / Tiger (The Tyger)

[daisydarcy]

Sorry for any repeats, here’s a couple more ideas:
Prufrock (poem by T.S. Eliot)
[name_f]Annabel[/name_f] (Annabel Lee)
[name_m]Lee[/name_m] (Annabel Lee)
[name_f]Maya[/name_f] (Angelou)
[name_m]Carroll[/name_m] (Lewis)
[name_f]Larkin[/name_f] (Philip)
[name_m]Cory[/name_m] (poem [name_m]Richard[/name_m] Cory)
[name_m]Percy[/name_m] (Percy Shelley)
[name_m]Shelley[/name_m] (Percy Shelley)

[mellona]

You have had so many fantastic suggestions, and it is so fun to read through them all!! I just wanted to add Parisina! I have always loved her name, and the poem by [name_m]Lord[/name_m] [name_m]Byron[/name_m]! Have a lovely day!

[winterlyricalfox]

Ooh fun!! Such a lovely list

[name_f]Hope[/name_f] none were said yet, but some of my favorite names from poetry:

[name_m]Alfred[/name_m] [name_m]Lord[/name_m] [name_m]Tennyson[/name_m]:

[name_f]Maud[/name_f]
[name_f]Rosalind[/name_f]
[name_f]Claribel[/name_f]
[name_f]Adeline[/name_f]
[name_f]Lily[/name_f]
[name_f]Larkspur[/name_f]
[name_f]Lea[/name_f] (pn Lee)

[name_m]Edgar[/name_m] [name_m]Allan[/name_m] [name_m]Poe[/name_m]:

[name_f]Ligeia[/name_f]
[name_f]Annabel[/name_f] [name_m]Lee[/name_m]
[name_f]Eleonora[/name_f]
[name_f]Eulalie[/name_f]

[name_m]Lord[/name_m] [name_m]Byron[/name_m]:

[name_f]Zuleika[/name_f]
[name_f]Galilee[/name_f]

[name_f]Ada[/name_f] Limón:

[name_f]Forsythia[/name_f]
[name_m]Thorn[/name_m]
[name_f]Fern[/name_f]

[RubyGemstone19]

Names that remind me of poetry:
[name_f]Juliette[/name_f]
[name_f]Ophelia[/name_f]
[name_f]Sylvia[/name_f]
[name_f]Calliope[/name_f]
[name_f]Fable[/name_f]
[name_f]Annabel[/name_f]
[name_f]Ariel[/name_f]
[name_f]Belphoebe[/name_f]