What unique vintage names have you come across?
These types of names have always fascinated me. Names that feel vintage but are either rarely used in the time period or are vintage ‘invented’ or smoosh names
Some i love or have come across include…
[name_f]Allifair[/name_f]
Andeline
Annevieve
Elisende
Adelaise
Belatrice
Botochelle
Cedonie
Cedalie
Demarest
Domenie
Edesie
Ellaline
Emerella
[name_f]Emerence[/name_f]
[name_f]Emerentine[/name_f]
Emerianne
Esteline
Eulabee
Floremonde
Idelmee
Idoline
Ildea
Ilomene
[name_f]Iphigenie[/name_f]
Isaldee
[name_f]Isannah[/name_f]
[name_f]Ismerie[/name_f]
Isolinia
Izalie
[name_u]Janvier[/name_u]
Mauranee
Oderia
Osaline
Paline
Polynnise
Sophronie
Saranda
Sarasine
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These are very interesting!!
[name_f]Picotee[/name_f], [name_f]Florinda[/name_f], [name_f]Canary[/name_f] and [name_f]Alta[/name_f] are some I’ve come across
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One time i went to the US top 1,000 from 1900 and went all the way to the bottom of the list. There are for sure some hidden gems in there!
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Ooh I’ve never seen picotee! I’ll have to add it to my list
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That’s one of my favorite places to look! That and old census lists. Most of these came from an old [name_m]Quebec[/name_m] census from the early 1900’s
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I love [name_f]Iphigenie[/name_f] and [name_f]Ismerie[/name_f]! So so beautiful!
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[name_f]My[/name_f] grandma’s name was Avilda [name_f]Lorene[/name_f]
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Some odd ones in my family tree:
Accy
Arilla
Gustine
[name_u]Alpha[/name_u]
[name_u]Experience[/name_u]
Grizell
Mehitable
Odelva
Anannais
[name_m]Aloysius[/name_m]
[name_m]Gottfried[/name_m]
Gershorn
Eleazor
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I had forgotten about Floremonde and [name_f]Isannah[/name_f]! Thanks for reacquainting me with them.
Here are a few suggestions of my own:
Adelaïs “ah deh lye ees”
[name_f]Thaïs[/name_f] “tye ees” or “tah ees”
Edelwiess “ay dul vice”
[name_f]Orsaline[/name_f]
Essaline
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