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Vintage Girl Names

Vintage girl names are back in a big way, as chic as vintage clothes and furniture. Of course, not every vintage girl name is stylish – we may never see the comeback of Ethel or Bertha – but many retro names such as Ada and Iris are being dusted off and restored to their former glory by modern parents.

Along with Ada and Iris, other retro names for girls in the US Top 200 include Alice, Arabella, Clara, Daisy, Esther, Josephine, Lydia, and Sadie. Unique vintage names for baby girls on the rise include Cordelia, Imogen, Posey, and Susannah.

Antique baby names combine tradition and uniqueness and may also be used to honor a family member or hero from the past. The vintage baby names for girls that are most fashionable today include the following.

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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Nola

Meaning: white shoulder

Origin:Gaelic
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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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Guinevere

Meaning: white shadow, white wave

Origin:Welsh
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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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Lavinia The name Lavinia is of Latin origin. The mea...
Origin:Latin, from ancient place name Lavinium
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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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