Poet Names

42 Poet names that mean poet for girls, listing Poet baby names 1-10. Althea, Amanda, Amy, Armida, Aurora, Belinda and Camilla are popular names. Alcina, Aminta and Anthea are uncommon names. View Poet baby names for name meanings, search Poet names for boys, or search other baby names.

Alcina ... Italian poet Ludovico Ariosto used the name Alcina for a mistress of alluring enchantments and sensual pleasures in the 16th century Orlando poems. [10]

Althea ... The name was revived in the 17th century by poet Richard Lovelace ... [9]

Amanda ... poets and playwrights brought this name into popular usage in the 17th century ... [15]

Aminta ... Aminta was the heroine of a well-known pastoral play by the Italian poet Tortquato Tasso (16th century) of the Renaissance. [5]

Amy ... poet Amy Lowell ... [21]

Anthea ... it was reinvented by English 17th-century poets to symbolize spring. [9]

Armida ... First used in the 16th century by Italian poet Torquato Tasso for a character in an epic poem "Gerusalemme Liberata" ... [1]

Aurora ... Used by 19th-century poets such as Byron and Browning ... [7]

Belinda ... First occurred in 18th-century poet Alexander Pope's "The Rape of the Lock" ... [11]

Camilla ... recorded by the Roman poet Virgil ... [29]

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