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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.

Magdalene

Meaning: woman from Magdala or high tower

Origin:Spelling variation of Magdalen
1185
Leona

Meaning: lioness

Origin:Latin
551
Leonora The meaning of Leonora is 'the other energy'...
Origin:Italian diminutive of Eleonora or Eleanor, meaning unknown
404
Sally

Meaning: princess

Origin:Diminutive of Sarah
426
Leila

Meaning: night

Origin:Arabic
432
Verity

Meaning: truth

Origin:Latin
338
Cornelia

Meaning: horn

Origin:Feminine variation of Cornelius, Latin
574
Carrie

Meaning: free man

Origin:Diminutive of Carol or Caroline
1620
Julius

Meaning: youthful, downy-bearded

Origin:Latin
399
Jethro

Meaning: excellence

Origin:Hebrew
587
Isaiah

Meaning: Salvation of the Lord

Origin:Hebrew
170
Urban

Meaning: of the city

Origin:Latin
1975
Josiah

Meaning: God supports, heals

Origin:Hebrew
210
Amos

Meaning: carried by God

Origin:Hebrew
304
Chester

Meaning: fortress, walled town,

Origin:Latin
198
Wilbur

Meaning: resolute, brilliant

Origin:German
209
Gordon

Meaning: great hill

Origin:Scottish
714
Benjamin

Meaning: son of the right hand

Origin:Hebrew
149
Leopold

Meaning: brave people

Origin:German
639
Seth

Meaning: appointed, placed

Origin:Hebrew
385