Vintage Girls' Names


The past is a common source for naming. Despite the rise of contemporary trends, several parents are still naming their children after older relatives. Such names are called vintage names.

Name websites always discuss vintage names, but few actually define them. Vintage names were in use a century ago and sound old-fashioned. Vintage names must have also peaked in use before 1945 and sound fashionable, making them revival-ready today. Names from vintage works of art do not necessarily count because they're old-fashioned concepts/characters, not names.

While some classic names are also vintage, I will exclude them. Plus, I will also exclude names that feel mainstream enough they no longer feel old-fashioned (i.e. Ava and Bella) as well as those too unfamiliar today. Anyway, here are some old-fashioned girls' names from the Victorian through World War II eras:

Ada

Adeline

Agatha

Agnes

Alma

Alta

Arabella

Augusta


Beryl

Betty

Billie

Birdie

Clementine

Cleo

Cora

Daisy

Della

Dixie

Dora

Dorothea


Ella

Eloise

Elsie

Emeline

Emmeline

Enid

Estella


Etta

Faye

Fern

Flora

Florence


Harriet

Hattie


Henrietta

Ida


Iva


Josie

June

Lavinia

Lena

Lenora

Lenore

Leona

Lois

Lola

Lottie


Lucille

Luella

Lula

Mabel

Mae

Mamie

Marguerite

Marjorie

Matilda

Maud(e)

Mavis

Maxine

May

Millicent

Millie

Myra

Nell

Nellie


Olive

Opal


Penelope

Ramona

Rhoda

Rosalie

Ruby

Ruthie

Sadie

Stella

Thea

Tillie

Vera

Viola

Violet


Winifred

Winnie

Zora

Which of these vintage girls' names are your favorites? What names would you add to the list? 

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