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Old-Fashioned Names

Old-fashioned names

Dorothy

Meaning: gift of God

Origin:English variation of Greek Dorothea
352
Cordelia

Meaning: heart; daughter of the sea

Origin:Latin; Celtic
33
Hazel

Meaning: the hazelnut tree

Origin:English
61
Bonnie

Meaning: beautiful, cheerful

Origin:Scottish
143
Alba

Meaning: white

Origin:Latin
436
Enid

Meaning: life, spirit

Origin:Welsh
291
Maude

Meaning: battle-mighty

Origin:English and French diminutive of Matilda, German
362
Lydia

Meaning: woman from Lydia

Origin:Greek
66
Esther

Meaning: star

Origin:Persian
105
Ellis

Meaning: benevolent

Origin:English surname derived from Elijah or Elias or Welsh
56
August

Meaning: great, magnificent

Origin:German form of Latin Augustus
16
Ezra

Meaning: help

Origin:Hebrew
21
Mae

Meaning: bitter or pearl

Origin:Diminutive of Mary or Margaret
30
Edith

Meaning: prosperous in war

Origin:English
70
Odette

Meaning: wealthy

Origin:French, from German
160
Winifred

Meaning: blessed peacemaking

Origin:Welsh
161
Ida

Meaning: industrious one

Origin:German
166
Sylvie

Meaning: from the forest

Origin:French variation of Latin Sylvia
98
Peggy

Meaning: pearl

Origin:Diminutive of Margaret, Greek
892
Birdie

Meaning: bird

Origin:English
130