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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.

Thea

Meaning: goddess, godly

Origin:Greek
37
Eliza

Meaning: pledged to God

Origin:Hebrew
62
Elise

Meaning: pledged to God

Origin:French variation of Elizabeth
125
Theodora

Meaning: gift of God

Origin:Feminine variation of Theodore
208
Dorothea

Meaning: gift of God

Origin:Greek
325
Dorothy

Meaning: gift of God

Origin:English variation of Greek Dorothea
352
Daphne

Meaning: laurel tree, bay tree

Origin:Greek
13
Cordelia

Meaning: heart; daughter of the sea

Origin:Latin; Celtic
33
Rose

Meaning: rose, a flower

Origin:Latin
52
Hazel

Meaning: the hazelnut tree

Origin:English
61
Esme

Meaning: beloved

Origin:French
247
Alba

Meaning: white

Origin:Latin
436
Una

Meaning: one; lamb; happy

Origin:Latin, Irish, or Old Norse
493
Delphine

Meaning: of Delphi; womb

Origin:French from Greek
119
Ione

Meaning: violet flower

Origin:Greek
235
Pandora

Meaning: all gifted

Origin:Greek
339
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
Abigail

Meaning: my father is joyful

Origin:Hebrew
190