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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.

Maisie

Meaning: pearl or bitter

Origin:Scottish diminutive of Margaret or Mary
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Origin:English and Scottish, short form of any name ending with -etta: Henrietta, Loretta etc.
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Hattie

Meaning: estate ruler

Origin:English, diminutive of Harriet
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Nell

Meaning: bright, shining one

Origin:English, diminutive of Helen, Eleanor, et al
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Athena

Meaning: from Athens

Origin:Greek
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Persephone

Meaning: bringer of destruction

Origin:Greek
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Evangeline

Meaning: bearer of good news

Origin:Greek
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Seraphina

Meaning: ardent; fiery

Origin:Hebrew
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Emmeline

Meaning: work

Origin:Old French form of archaic German Amal
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Estelle

Meaning: star

Origin:French
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Arabella

Meaning: yielding to prayer

Origin:Latin
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Belle

Meaning: beautiful

Origin:Short form of Isabelle or French
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Annabelle

Meaning: loving

Origin:Combination of Anna and Belle or French form of Amabel
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Imogen

Meaning: maiden

Origin:Celtic
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Elsie

Meaning: pledged to God

Origin:Diminutive of Elizabeth via its Scottish variation, Elspeth
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Flora

Meaning: flower

Origin:Latin
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Florence

Meaning: flourishing, prosperous

Origin: Latin
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Adelaide

Meaning: noble, nobility

Origin:Variant of Adelheidis, German
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Adeline

Meaning: noble, nobility

Origin:French, diminutive of Adele
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Ada

Meaning: noble, nobility, or island

Origin:German or Turkish
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