I saw this post recently (linked below), and it got me to thinking about how this new “granny chic” style reflects a lot of recent trends in baby names. After all, [name_f]Amelia[/name_f], [name_u]Evelyn[/name_u], [name_f]Nora[/name_f], [name_f]Lillian[/name_f], [name_f]Hazel[/name_f], [name_f]Violet[/name_f], [name_f]Eleanor[/name_f], [name_f]Naomi[/name_f], [name_f]Alice[/name_f], [name_f]Cora[/name_f], [name_f]Ivy[/name_f], [name_f]Sadie[/name_f], and [name_f]Josephine[/name_f] for girls, as well as [name_u]Everett[/name_u], [name_m]Ezekiel[/name_m], [name_m]Ian[/name_m], [name_u]Elias[/name_u], [name_m]Theodore[/name_m], [name_m]Levi[/name_m], [name_m]Wyatt[/name_m], [name_u]Owen[/name_u], [name_m]Henry[/name_m], and [name_m]Oliver[/name_m] for boys, are all Top 100 names now. And Berries seem to love uncovering new vintage gems that fit with this style!
So my question is, which names for either gender do you think will be included in the next wave of vintage revivals? They can be obvious – i.e. those that are quickly shooting up the popularity charts, even hovering just outside the Top 100-200 – or they can be unexpected, really old, maybe a little clunky still, but ripe for rediscovery. [name_f]Share[/name_f] them all! Let’s embrace the old-fashioned in this thread.
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Names tend to come back every 100 years or so. Some of these are already coming back into style but I think the next wave will include…
[name_f]Ada[/name_f]
[name_f]Adelaide[/name_f]
[name_f]Adele[/name_f]
[name_f]Agnes[/name_f]
[name_f]Beatrice[/name_f]
[name_f]Cecilia[/name_f]
[name_f]Clementine[/name_f]
[name_f]Coralie[/name_f]
[name_f]Dorothy[/name_f]
[name_f]Elsie[/name_f]
[name_f]Edie[/name_f]
[name_f]Edith[/name_f]
[name_f]Esther[/name_f]
[name_f]Estelle[/name_f]
[name_f]Etta[/name_f]
[name_f]Florence[/name_f]
[name_f]Flora[/name_f]
[name_f]Frances[/name_f]
[name_f]Francine[/name_f]
[name_f]Harriet[/name_f]
[name_f]Hattie[/name_f]
[name_u]June[/name_u]
[name_f]Louisa[/name_f]
[name_f]Lucille[/name_f]
[name_f]Margot[/name_f]
[name_f]Matilda[/name_f]
[name_f]Miriam[/name_f]
[name_f]Mabel[/name_f]
[name_f]Olive[/name_f]
[name_f]Pearl[/name_f]
[name_f]Rosalie[/name_f]
[name_f]Rosemary[/name_f]
[name_f]Ruth[/name_f]
[name_f]Sylvie[/name_f]
[name_f]Sylvia[/name_f]
[name_f]Susannah[/name_f]
[name_f]Theodora[/name_f]
[name_f]Vera[/name_f]
[name_f]Viola[/name_f]
[name_f]Willa[/name_f]
For boys…
[name_m]Abel[/name_m]
[name_m]Albert[/name_m]
[name_m]Arthur[/name_m]
[name_m]Casper[/name_m]
[name_m]Clayton[/name_m]
[name_m]Desmond[/name_m]
[name_u]Dexter[/name_u]
[name_m]Edmund[/name_m]
[name_m]Edward[/name_m]
[name_m]Hugo[/name_m]
[name_m]Leon[/name_m]
[name_m]Linus[/name_m]
[name_m]Magnus[/name_m]
[name_m]Oscar[/name_m]
[name_m]Otis[/name_m]
[name_m]Otto[/name_m]
[name_m]Rufus[/name_m]
[name_m]Simon[/name_m]
[name_m]Winston[/name_m]
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There are so many names that I feel like are going to come back into common usage in the next few years, especially with young people reviving names from their parents and grandparents as honor names.
[name_u]Ruby[/name_u]
[name_f]Mavis[/name_f]
[name_f]Blanche[/name_f]
[name_f]Ethel[/name_f]
[name_f]Dorothy[/name_f]
[name_f]Theodora[/name_f]
[name_f]Henrietta[/name_f]
[name_f]Susan[/name_f]
[name_f]Frances[/name_f]
[name_f]Peggy[/name_f]
[name_m]Clyde[/name_m]
[name_m]Clarence[/name_m]
[name_m]Frank[/name_m]
[name_m]Raymond[/name_m]
[name_m]Gerald[/name_m]
[name_u]Lawrence[/name_u]
[name_m]Ralph[/name_m]
[name_m]Walter[/name_m]
[name_m]Richard[/name_m]
[name_m]Leonard[/name_m]
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Well, as someone who named their son [name_m]Bruce[/name_m], I’ll have to throw a hat in the ring for that one.
Others that come to mind first:
[name_m]Clive[/name_m]
[name_m]Albert[/name_m]
[name_m]Raymond[/name_m]
[name_m]Franklin[/name_m]
[name_m]Gerald[/name_m]
[name_f]Sandra[/name_f]/[name_u]Sandy[/name_u]
[name_f]Bonnie[/name_f]
[name_f]Mildred[/name_f]/[name_f]Millie[/name_f]
[name_f]Esther[/name_f]
[name_f]Dorothy[/name_f]
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