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Vintage Nicknames for Girls

Vintage nicknames for girls feel new again. Many modern parents are choosing to forgo traditional full forms and put an old-fashioned nickname on the birth certificate instead. Elsie, Winnie, and Millie outrank their more formal counterparts, Elsa, Winifred, and Mildred.

Along with Elsie and Millie, other vintage nicknames for girls in the US Top 1000 include Maisie, Nellie, Josie, Emmy, Belle, Evie, Hattie, and Rosie. You may not have heard of vintage nicknames such as Floy, Ibby, Sudie, and Winnet, which are all but forgotten, though could stand to be revived.

These vintage nicknames for girls might be worth a fresh look. Check our larger Nicknames for Girls list for more choices. And if it's adorable you're after, check out this list of cute baby names, which includes lots of nickname-names. For a complete guide to nickname options, read our Ultimate Guide to Nicknames.

Vintage Nicknames for Girls

Lettie

Meaning: joy, gladness

Origin:English, diminutive of Letitia, Latin
463
Origin:Diminutive of Helen, Eleanor, et al
543
Roxy

Meaning: dawn

Origin:Diminutive of Roxanne, Persian
618
Dottie

Meaning: gift of God

Origin:English, diminutive of Dorothy
685
Emmy

Meaning: work; universal

Origin:Diminutive of Emily and Emma
764
Tillie

Meaning: battle mighty

Origin:English, diminutive of Matilda
791
Biddie

Meaning: strength, exalted one

Origin:Diminutive of Bridget, Irish
9055
Tibbie

Meaning: pledged to God

Origin:Diminutive of Elizabeth
9526
Viney

Meaning: from Lavinium; chieftan

Origin:Diminutive of Lavinia and Melvina, Latin, Celtic
9539
Cam Cam is a gender-neutral name and is of Scott...
Origin:Diminutive of Cameron or Camilla
9602
Fronie

Meaning: sensible, prudent

Origin:Diminutive of Sophronia, Greek
9661
France The meaning of France in Latin is 'Free Man'...
Origin:Place-name
10333
Doro

Meaning: gift of God

Origin:Diminutive of Dorothy
10640
Jossie Jossie is the feminized version of the name ...
Origin:Hebrew
10717
Hitty

Meaning: God rejoices

Origin:Diminutive of Mehitabel, Hebrew
12113
Moll

Meaning: drop of the sea, bitter, or beloved

Origin:Short form of Molly, diminutive of Mary, Hebrew or Egyptian"drop of the sea, bitter, or beloved"
12258
Charty

Meaning: little and womanly

Origin:Diminutive of Charlotte
12527
Tib

Meaning: pledged to God

Origin:English diminutive of Isabel
13552
Retta The name Retta comes from a predominantly La...
Origin:Australian
15929
Barra

Meaning: fair-headed

Origin:Irish
17364