This is a list of surnames in which the categories include poets.
BachchanHindi From Hindi बच्चा (bachchā) meaning "child", a word of Persian origin. This surname was adopted by the Indian poet Harivansh Rai Srivastava (1907-2003).
EmersonEnglish Means "son of Emery". The surname was borne by Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882), an American writer and philosopher who wrote about transcendentalism.
FrostEnglish, German From Old English and Old High German meaning "frost", a nickname for a person who had a cold personality or a white beard.
LowellEnglish From a nickname derived from a Norman French lou meaning "wolf" and a diminutive suffix.
MiltonEnglish Derived from an English place name meaning "mill town" in Old English. A famous bearer was John Milton (1608-1674), the poet who wrote "Paradise Lost".
ShenChinese From Chinese 申 (shēn) referring to the ancient state of Shen, which existed during the Zhou dynasty.
WenChinese From Chinese 文 (wén) meaning "literature, culture, writing".