Poet Baby Names for Boys

If you're looking for a baby name that suggests intelligence, skill, and thoughtfulness, think about borrowing a name from one of the world's best poets. If you find a particular poem to be memorable, what better way to pay tribute to the author than by using his name as inspiration for your son. To increase the chances that your child will read the poet's works and possibly even study his life in school, pick a poet's name from classic literature.

1. Alfred + Poet laureate of the United Kingdom, Alfred, Lord Tennyson's works include the famous phrase "Tis better to have loved and lost / Than never to have loved at all."
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2. Byron + Lord Byron was a British Romantic poet whose works are widely read and have been translated into many languages.
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3. Edgar + Edgar Allen Poe was an American poet and writer from the Romantic Movement; his most well-known work is probably "The Raven."
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4. Ezra + American poet of the Modernist movement, Ezra Pound encouraged an exchange of ideas and help between American and British poets.
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5. Geoffrey + Geoffrey Chaucer was an English poet most known for his work The Canterbury Tales.
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6. John + A key poet of the English Romantic movement, John Keats wrote with a signature style of elaborate words and sensual imagery.
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7. Langston + An American poet and early composer of jazz poetry, Langston Hughes is known for his work during the Harlem Renaissance.
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8. Percy + Percy Shelley was the English Romantic poet married to author Mary Shelley. One of his most famous works is "Ode to the West Wind."
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9. Robert + Robert Frost was an American poet whose most famous works include "The Road Not Taken" and "Mending Wall." Robert Louis Stevenson was a Scottish poet known for his children's poems and stories.
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10. Samuel + Samuel Taylor Coleridge was an English Romantic poet whose most famous work is "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner."
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11. Shel + Shel Silverstein is an American poet known for his imaginative children's poems.
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12. Walt + Walt Whitman was an American poet whose major work was titled "Leaves of Grass."
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13. William + William Butler Yeats was a renowned Irish poet and dramatist.
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