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Old-Fashioned Baby Names

Baby names tend to follow hundred-year cycles of popularity. The old-fashioned names here were last popular a century ago. Some of these names, such as Emma and Henry, were recently considered to be vintage names, but are now so popular among babies that they’ve shed any lingering dustiness.

Along with Emma and Henry, other old-fashioned baby names in the US Top 500 include Abraham, Arthur, Edith, Frederick, Josephine, Olive, Philip, Rosemary, and Walter. Other old-fashioned names that are up-and-coming include Amos, Ida, Lucinda, and Ralph.

Vintage baby names are always a popular category among parents, but the names in this category shift over the years. Some of the old-fashioned boy names and old-fashioned girl names recommended for your consideration today include:

Rosamund

Meaning: horse protection

Origin:German
836
Judith

Meaning: woman from Judea

Origin:Hebrew
896
Philippa

Meaning: lover of horses

Origin:Greek, feminine variation of Philip
636
Ursula

Meaning: little female bear

Origin:Latin
656
Marcella

Meaning: warlike

Origin:Latin
663
Lucinda

Meaning: light

Origin:Variation of Lucia
1055
Letitia

Meaning: joy, gladness

Origin:Latin
1373
Hester

Meaning: star

Origin:Medieval variation of Esther, Persian
866
Callie

Meaning: beautiful

Origin:Greek diminutive
378
Mamie Mamie is a name given primarily to girls. It...
Origin:Diminutive of Mary or Margaret
1595
Sylvia

Meaning: from the forest

Origin:Latin
276
Rosemary

Meaning: dew of the sea, or rosemary (herb)

Origin:Latin or English
237
Magdalene

Meaning: woman from Magdala or high tower

Origin:Spelling variation of Magdalen
1185
Leonora The meaning of Leonora is 'the other energy'...
Origin:Italian diminutive of Eleonora or Eleanor, meaning unknown
404
Franny

Meaning: from France or free man

Origin:Latin, diminutive of Frances
3155
Lillie Lillie is a name with several possible origi...
Origin:Spelling variation of Lily/ Lilian
3074
Dottie

Meaning: gift of God

Origin:English, diminutive of Dorothy
685
Tillie

Meaning: battle mighty

Origin:English, diminutive of Matilda
791
Octavius

Meaning: eighth

Origin:Latin
656
Jethro

Meaning: excellence

Origin:Hebrew
587