What are some girl names that give off a melancholic poetic type of feel?

Girl Names
1

See the results of this poll: Which one of these 2 names sounds more bewitching and poetic and melancholy

Respondents: 70 (This poll is closed)

  • Violet : 40 (57%)
  • Priscilla: 30 (43%)
2

I would say…

[name_f]Scarlett[/name_f]
[name_f]Juliet[/name_f]
[name_f]Aurora[/name_f]
[name_f]Delilah[/name_f]
[name_f]Celeste[/name_f]
[name_f]Matilda[/name_f]
[name_f]Arabella[/name_f]
[name_f]Cecilia[/name_f]
[name_f]Anastasia[/name_f]
[name_f]Cassandra[/name_f]
[name_f]Helena[/name_f]
[name_f]Ariadne[/name_f]
[name_f]Imogen[/name_f]

3

There are actually so many names that feel this way to me, across cultures and eras.

[name_f]Isolde[/name_f]
[name_f]Calliope[/name_f]
[name_f]Gwendolyn[/name_f]
[name_f]Marianne[/name_f]
[name_f]Celeste[/name_f]
[name_f]Elowen[/name_f]
[name_f]Ophelia[/name_f]
[name_f]Therese[/name_f]
[name_f]Arabella[/name_f]
[name_f]Vivienne[/name_f]
[name_f]Evangeline[/name_f]
[name_f]Brielle[/name_f]
[name_f]Miriam[/name_f]
[name_f]Rose[/name_f]
[name_f]Faye[/name_f]
[name_f]Niamh[/name_f]
[name_f]Lilith[/name_f]
[name_f]Blythe[/name_f]

4

[name_f]Scarlett[/name_f]
[name_u]Eloise[/name_u]
[name_f]Sabrina[/name_f]
[name_f]Luna[/name_f]
[name_f]Ivy[/name_f]

5

[name_f]Thalia[/name_f]
[name_f]Lilith[/name_f]
[name_f]Desdemona[/name_f]
[name_f]Clarice[/name_f]
[name_f]Arabelle[/name_f]
[name_f]Isadora[/name_f]
[name_f]Talitha[/name_f]
[name_f]Tallulah[/name_f]

6

None of these two. I voted for [name_f]Violet[/name_f], because that’s closest.

Melancholic, poetic, romantic, bewitching:
[name_f]Juliet[/name_f]
[name_f]Annabel[/name_f]
[name_f]Louise[/name_f]
[name_f]Amoret[/name_f]
[name_f]Charlotte[/name_f]
[name_f]Elaine[/name_f]
[name_f]Desdemona[/name_f]
[name_f]Aurora[/name_f]
Valkyrie
[name_f]Ottilie[/name_f]
[name_f]Winifred[/name_f]
[name_f]Francesca[/name_f]
[name_f]Olivia[/name_f]
[name_f]Saskia[/name_f]
[name_f]Cecilia[/name_f]

7

[name_f]Drusilla[/name_f] fits “melancholic poet” perfectly [name_f]IMO[/name_f].

8

I think some of these are half-remembered associations from poems/myths/legends I read as a kid, or heard about:

[name_f]Eliana[/name_f]
[name_f]Annora[/name_f]
[name_f]Morwenna[/name_f]
[name_f]Anastasia[/name_f]
[name_f]Ophelia[/name_f]
[name_f]Constance[/name_f]
[name_f]Eleonora[/name_f]
[name_f]Drusilla[/name_f]
Tassoula
[name_f]Paloma[/name_f]
[name_f]Deirdre[/name_f]
[name_f]Demelza[/name_f]
[name_f]Lucinda[/name_f]
Angelet

9

[name_f]Violet[/name_f] because it makes me think of violet from a series of unfortunate events and violet from AHS.

10

[name_f]Drusilla[/name_f]
[name_f]Helena[/name_f]
[name_f]Persephone[/name_f]
[name_f]Nimue[/name_f]
[name_f]Augusta[/name_f]
[name_f]Ophelia[/name_f]
[name_f]Lucinda[/name_f]
[name_f]Lorelei[/name_f]
[name_f]Fionnuala[/name_f]
[name_f]Emmanuelle[/name_f]
[name_f]Eurydice[/name_f]
[name_f]Ondine[/name_f]
[name_f]Zenobia[/name_f]
[name_f]Magdalena[/name_f]
[name_f]Ambrosia[/name_f]

11

[name_f]Miranda[/name_f]!!!

12

For me its [name_f]Cordelia[/name_f], [name_f]Ophelia[/name_f], [name_f]Ambrosia[/name_f], [name_f]Drucilla[/name_f], [name_f]Helena[/name_f], [name_f]Guinevere[/name_f], and [name_f]Theodosia[/name_f]. From your two I would pick [name_f]Priscilla[/name_f].

13

Out of [name_f]Violet[/name_f] and [name_f]Priscilla[/name_f], I wouldn’t say either. I prefer [name_f]Violet[/name_f], but it doesn’t feel poetic to me.

14

[name_f]Eulalie[/name_f]
[name_f]Beatrix[/name_f]
[name_f]Lilith[/name_f]
[name_f]Eleanora[/name_f]
[name_f]Agatha[/name_f]
[name_f]Maude[/name_f]
[name_f]Rosamund[/name_f]

15

Anything relating to [name_m]Edgar[/name_m] [name_m]Allen[/name_m] [name_u]Poe[/name_u]:

[name_f]Lenore[/name_f]
[name_f]Annabel[/name_f] [name_u]Lee[/name_u]
etc.

Your description also makes me think of the poems of [name_f]Anna[/name_f] Akhmatova - so I would add [name_f]Anna[/name_f].

Oh and Amalthea from The Last Unicorn.

16

Makes me think of [name_f]Marina[/name_f] Cvetaeva, so I am adding [name_f]Marina[/name_f].