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Vintage Boy Names

Vintage boy names are in style now, combining the gravitas of a name with traditional roots with the freshness of one that hasn't been heard for decades. While not all antique boy names make the fashion grade – sorry, Herbert and Melvin – new old choices such as August and Theodore are being added to the roster all the time.

Along with August and Theodore, other vintage names for boys in the US Top 200 include Abel, Asher, Bennett, Elias, Finn, Henry, Jasper, and Xavier. Rarer retro names for baby boys on the rise include Linus, Cassian, Ned, and Aurelius.

A vintage name can give your son a good measure of history and heft to rely on. Antique names tend to come connected to many worthy namesakes along with heroes of literature and myth.

If you're in search of vintage baby names for your son, our master list of stylish vintage boy names is below.

Zebulon

Meaning: exaltation or little dwelling

Origin:Hebrew
894
Justus

Meaning: just

Origin:Latin
1081
Floyd

Meaning: gray-haired

Origin:Welsh
1708
Solomon

Meaning: peace

Origin:Hebrew
320
Preston

Meaning: priest's estate

Origin:English
341
Ephraim

Meaning: fruitful, fertile, productive

Origin:Hebrew
464
Jonas

Meaning: dove

Origin:Greek variation of Jonah
479
Byron

Meaning: barn for cows

Origin:English
570
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Origin:Scottish river name
573
Eli

Meaning: ascended, uplifted, high

Origin:Hebrew
236
Frank

Meaning: Frenchman or free man

Origin:Diminutive of Francis or Franklin
273
James

Meaning: supplanter

Origin:English variation of Jacob, Hebrew
33
Roman

Meaning: citizen of Rome

Origin:Latin
63
Oliver

Meaning: olive tree

Origin:Latin
7
Noah

Meaning: rest, repose

Origin:Hebrew
45
Jacob

Meaning: supplanter

Origin:Hebrew
137
Samuel

Meaning: told by God

Origin:Hebrew
87
Nathan

Meaning: given

Origin:Hebrew
121
Alexander

Meaning: defending men

Origin:Greek
42
Joshua

Meaning: the Lord is my salvation

Origin:Hebrew
173