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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.

Olive

Meaning: olive tree

Origin:English, from Latin, nature name
55
Lola

Meaning: lady of sorrows

Origin:Spanish, diminutive of Dolores
79
Sadie

Meaning: princess

Origin:Diminutive of Sarah
53
Georgia

Meaning: farmer

Origin:English, feminine variation of George
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Isabella

Meaning: pledged to God

Origin:Spanish and Italian variation of Elizabeth, Hebrew
145
Frances

Meaning: from France; free man

Origin:English from Latin
135
James

Meaning: supplanter

Origin:English variation of Jacob, Hebrew
33
Aurora

Meaning: dawn

Origin:Latin
8
Anastasia

Meaning: resurrection

Origin:Greek, feminine variation of Anastasios
47
Amelia

Meaning: work

Origin:German
23
Beatrice

Meaning: she who brings happiness; blessed

Origin:Latin
36
Clara

Meaning: bright, clear

Origin:Latin
20
Josephine

Meaning: Jehovah increases

Origin:French feminine variation of Joseph
17
Eleanor A name with French origins, the meaning of E...
Origin:English variation of French Provencal Alienor, meaning unknown
18
Caroline

Meaning: free man

Origin:French, feminine variation of Charles
131
Charlotte

Meaning: free man

Origin:French, feminine diminutive of Charles
21
Clementine

Meaning: mild, merciful

Origin:French feminine version of Clement, Latin
27
Alice

Meaning: noble

Origin:German
7
Margaret

Meaning: pearl

Origin:Greek
73
Olivia

Meaning: olive tree

Origin:Latin
49