50 Artistic Names With Creative Meanings

The arts —​ a hot topic right now as we all turn to Netflix and podcasts to keep us distracted during Lockdown 3.0. Today, I have a list full of artistic names with all kinds of creative origins to inspire you. Be that for naming babies, pets, best-selling book characters, or future secret identities (I don't know your life).

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We found out some happy news recently; we're expecting a new addition to our family this summer! And after throwing around some funny name ideas, I was bitten by the curiosity bug and I fell down a rabbit hole of name origins and meanings. Here, I have wrote down fifty of my arty-farty favourites. Some of them are already popular picks, others are weirdly wearable, but each one nods to a certain work of art.

⟢ VISUAL ART ​⟣

ADAH
ah-da. Feminine.
Hebrew 'ornament'.

ART
art. Masculine.
​English 'creative expression'.

ATHENA
ath-ee-na. Feminine.
The Greek goddess of art.

COLE
kohl. Masculine.
English 'charcoal; black'.

EMI
eh-mee. Feminine.
Japanese 'picture; beauty'.

ZINA
zee-na. Feminine.
Arabic 'ornament; beautiful'.

⟢ WRITING ⟣

BOLAN
bow-lan. Masculine.
Irish 'a little poet'.

BRIGIT
bridge-it. Feminine.
The Celtic goddess of poetry.

CLARK
kl-ark. Masculine.
English 'a scribe; scholar'.
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​DEVIN
deh-vuhn. Unisex.
Irish 'a poet; fawn'.

EDDA
eduh. Feminine.
Norse 'poetry'.

PAIGE
peij. Unisex.
Latin 'helper'; paper. 
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PENN
pen. Unisex.
Celtic 'hill'; a writing tool.

​QUILL
kwil. Unisex.
Irish 'forest'; a feather pen.

RUNO
roo-noh. Masculine.
Finnish 'poem'. 

TEAGAN
tee-gun. Feminine.
Irish 'a little poet; beautiful'.

THALIA
tah-lee-uh. Feminine.
The Greek muse of comedy.

⟢ MUSIC ​⟣

ARIA
ah-ree-uh. Feminine.
Italian 'air'; a solo in opera.
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CADENCE
kay-duns. Unisex.
Latin 'rhythm; flow'.

CAPRICE
cap-rees. Feminine.
French 'a short, lively song'.
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CAROL
ka-rul. Feminine.
English 'a Christmas song'.

HARMONY
har-muh-nee. Feminine.
Latin 'unity; blending tones'. 
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HARPER
har-per. Unisex.
English 'a harp player'.

MELODY
mel-uh-dee. Feminine.
Greek 'a tune; song'.
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PIPER
​pie-puh. Unisex.
English 'a pipe player'.

VIOLA
vie-oh-la. Feminine.
A stringed instrument.

⟢ DANCE ​⟣

ALIMA
​a-lee-muh. Feminine.
Arabic 'knows how to dance'.

JAZZ
jaz. Unisex.
American 'energy'; a dance style.

MORRIS
mo-ris. Masculine.
​English 'Moorish'; a folk dance.

NATIKA
na-tee-kuh. Feminine.
Hindi 'a dancer; an actor'.

PRIMA
pree-ma. Feminine.
Italian 'first'; leading ballerina.
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​SAYLOR
​say-luh. Unisex.
French 'an acrobat; a dancer'.

⟢ FASHION ​⟣

DEXTER
dek-ster. Masculine.
English 'a dyer of clothes'

JERSEY
jer-see. Unisex.
Channel island; a type of shirt.

LACY
lay-see. Feminine.
English 'made of lace'.

OBELIA
oh-bee-lee-a. Feminine.
Greek 'needle'.

PAISLEY
pay-slee. Feminine.
An Indian fabric pattern.

PENELOPE
pen-el-oh-pee. Feminine.
Greek 'weaver'.

SHERMAN
sher-man. Masculine.
Anglo-Saxon 'a wool shearer'.

​TAYLOR
​tay-luh. Unisex.
French 'a clothes cutter'.

​TIARA
tee-ah-ruh. Feminine.
Latin 'headdress; a crown'.

⟢ ARCHITECTURE ⟣

ARCH
arch. Masculine.
A curved architectural structure.

CASTILLE
ka-steel. Feminine.
Spanish 'land of castles'; a kingdom.

CHARETTE
shuh-ret. Feminine.
French 'cart'; a designer's plan.

CHESTER
ches-tuh. Masculine.
Latin 'a fortress; walled town'.

CLAYTON
klay-tun. Masculine.
English 'a town made of clay'.

MASON
may-sun. Masculine.
English 'a stone worker'.

SAWYER
soy-uh. Masculine.
English 'a wood worker'.

SLATER
slay-tuh. Masculine.
English 'a slate maker'.

TYLER
ty-luh. Masculine.
English 'a tile maker'.

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