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Vintage Baby Names

Vintage baby names are among the most fashionable today, for girls as well as boys. Along with vintage names such as Olivia and Emma, Noah and Elijah leading the popularity list, the US Top 100 includes such vintage names for girls as Alice, Grace, and Penelope, and vintage boy names Henry, Julian, and Wyatt.

Unique retro names gaining visibility include such new old choices as Ophelia and Posey for girls, Cassian and Linus for boys.

Choosing a vintage name can give you the best of all worlds, drawing on classic inspiration with modern style. Vintage baby names are found on the popularity lists of a hundred years ago and then often faded from sight, only to be revived for the new generation of babies. The best antique names are inspired by literary, biblical and royal sources.

Here, our master list of the vintage baby names most stylish today. You might also want to check out our curated lists of Vintage Girl Names and Vintage Boy Names.

Wanda

Meaning: shepherdess; wanderer

Origin:Slavic or German
763
Elden

Meaning: noble friend

Origin:English
1584
Nada

Meaning: dew at sunrise

Origin:Arabic
3079
Rheta

Meaning: eloquent speaker

Origin:Greek
8025
Arlen

Meaning: hare land

Origin:English surname
1099
Origin:Variation of Dolores
8123
Don

Meaning: proud chief

Origin:Diminutive of Donald, Scottish
1893
Mary

Meaning: drop of the sea, bitter, or beloved

Origin:Hebrew or Egyptian
202
Deane Deane is of English origins. The meaning of ...
Origin:English
9599
Richard

Meaning: dominant ruler

Origin:German
359
Origin:English
11626
Wardell The meaning of Wardell stands for 'watchman'...
Origin:English
9095
Ofelia The meaning of Ofelia is ‘helper’ and it is ...
Origin:Greek
5824
Lavon Lavon is a gender-neutral name with Hebrew o...
Origin:Hebrew
0
Raymon Raymon, a variation of the classic Raymond, ...
Origin:Spanish
12896