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Cool Midcentury Baby Names

Cool baby names from the middle of the 20th century are coming into style on the heels of midcentury houses and furniture. True, some baby names popular from the 1940s through the 60s may feel like dowdy, overplayed Baby Boomer names just heading into retirement and not due back in style for another generation or two. But some cool guy and girl midcentury names, with their sleek lines and no-nonsense feel, are starting to feel fresh again to the adventurous baby namer.

Lucia

Meaning: light

Origin:Italian, feminine variation of Lucius, Latin
104
Helena

Meaning: torch; shining light

Origin:Latinate form of Helen, Greek
115
Ailana

Meaning: moonlight

Origin:Kazakh
1902
Alora

Meaning: the Lord is my light

Origin:Variation of Eliora, Hebrew
384
Lucienne

Meaning: light

Origin:French feminine variation of Lucian
1289
Elena

Meaning: bright, shining light

Origin:Spanish, Italian, German, Greek variation of Helen
59
Lux

Meaning: light

Origin:Latin
522
Lucius

Meaning: light

Origin:Latin
57
Lucian

Meaning: light

Origin:Latin
46
Lucien

Meaning: light

Origin:French form of Lucian
189
Valo

Meaning: light

Origin:Finnish; Malagasy
2584
Luciano

Meaning: light

Origin:Italian variation of Lucian
746
Lucero

Meaning: light

Origin:Spanish
6571
Norabel

Meaning: beautiful light

Origin:Combination of Nora and Belle
3913
Aileen

Meaning: bright, shining light

Origin:Irish variation of Helen
652
Neriah

Meaning: light of Jehovah

Origin:Hebrew
4881
Neriah

Meaning: light of Jehovah

Origin:Hebrew
1886
Lucinda

Meaning: light

Origin:Variation of Lucia
1055
Inara

Meaning: shining light

Origin:Arabic
840
Luz

Meaning: light

Origin:Spanish
967