Dickinson

While Dickinson is most recognizable as the last name of one of poetry's greats, it's also a masculine first name. American poet Emily Dickinson is remembered as one of the most influential and innovative poets of the 19th century. Only 10 of her nearly 1800 poems were published in her lifetime, with the majority of her work reserved for close friends and correspondents. If you're a keen poetry reader, you may recall the striking lines of "'Hope' is the thing with feathers" and "A Bird came down the Walk." As a first and last name, Dickinson has English origins, describing a "son of Dicun." Dicun was a shortened form of Richard used in medieval England, so Dickinson is a fitting title for the newest addition to a family of Richards.