Vintage baby names

General Name Discussion
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My husband and I have been discussing recently baby names a lot. He isnt too fussed by names and has always said that he would leave names to me to choose as he knows how obsessed I am with them. We have recently been redecorating our house and looking at all our accesories we’ve noticed we have developed a real British vintage theme going on.
This has got me thinking could I like some vintage names for babies?

I am starting to like names like

Girls

[name]Florence[/name]
[name]Violet[/name]
[name]Iris[/name]

Boys

[name]Phinneas[/name]
[name]Theodore[/name]

what other names fit in this group. Which names would make a great sibset? 4 kids (2b, 2g) What MN’s go with vintage names? Can more modern names go with these? WOuld you go with more cute MNs to go with quite serious grown up names which is what I kind of see the vintage names as.

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To give it extra British pizazz, you should consider three-name combos :slight_smile:

[name]Florence[/name]- Such a doll! Growing steadily in Uk-
[name]Violet[/name]
[name]Iris[/name]- Def preferred more across the pond

I would add [name]Daisy[/name], [name]Freya[/name], [name]Alice[/name], [name]Winifred[/name] ([name]Winnie[/name]), [name]Poppy[/name], [name]Imogen[/name], [name]Sophie[/name], [name]Jemima[/name], [name]Harriet[/name], [name]Clara[/name], [name]Phoebe[/name]

[name]Florence[/name] [name]Matilda[/name] [name]Rose[/name], [name]Iris[/name] [name]Winifred[/name] [name]Alice[/name], [name]Freya[/name] [name]Imogen[/name] [name]Violet[/name], [name]Violet[/name] [name]Rose[/name] [name]Patricia[/name], [name]Harriet[/name] [name]Daisy[/name] [name]Jemima[/name], [name]Poppy[/name] [name]Imogen[/name] [name]Clara[/name]

Boys

[name]Phinneas[/name]
[name]Theodore[/name]

I would add [name]Alfie[/name], [name]Archie[/name], [name]Harry[/name], [name]Callum[/name], [name]Edward[/name], [name]Rhys[/name], [name]Reuben[/name], [name]Louie[/name], [name]Freddie[/name]
[name]Theodore[/name] [name]Callum[/name] [name]Rhys[/name], [name]Phinneas[/name] [name]Archie[/name] [name]Reuben[/name], [name]Callum[/name] [name]Archie[/name] [name]Frederick[/name], [name]Edmund[/name] [name]Rhys[/name] [name]Louie[/name]
I love [name]Theodore[/name] ([name]Teddy[/name] is very English hip), [name]Florence[/name], [name]Harriet[/name] and [name]Edmund[/name] ([name]Ned[/name]) together. I also like [name]Iris[/name], [name]Archie[/name], [name]Flora[/name], and [name]Reuben[/name]. Good luck!

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[name]Viola[/name]
[name]Hazel[/name]
[name]Ramona[/name]
[name]Amelia[/name]
[name]Alice[/name]
[name]Genevieve[/name]
[name]Willa[/name]
[name]Rose[/name]/[name]Rosa[/name]/[name]Rosalie[/name]/[name]Rosamund[/name]/[name]Rosalind[/name]/[name]Rosaline[/name] etc etc
[name]Ruth[/name]
[name]Isobel[/name]
[name]Matilda[/name]
[name]Juliet[/name]
[name]Clementine[/name]
[name]Frances[/name]

[name]Jude[/name]
[name]Elijah[/name]
[name]Maximilian[/name]
[name]Bennett[/name]
[name]Nathaniel[/name]
[name]Arthur[/name]
[name]William[/name]
[name]Nicholas[/name]
[name]Joseph[/name]
[name]Oscar[/name]
[name]Hugo[/name]

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[name]Violet[/name] is very pretty!

From the top 100 baby girl names in [name]Britain[/name] in 2011:
[name]Isla[/name]
[name]Amelia[/name]
[name]Evie[/name]
[name]Mia[/name]
[name]Freya[/name]
[name]Ruby[/name]
[name]Holly[/name]
[name]Matilda[/name]
[name]Poppy[/name]
[name]Imogen[/name]
[name]Maisey[/name]
[name]Layla[/name]
[name]Phoebe[/name]
[name]Sienna[/name]
[name]Amelie[/name]
[name]Zoe[/name]
[name]Elisabeth[/name]
[name]Emilia[/name]
[name]Millie[/name]
[name]Esme[/name]
[name]Eleanor[/name]
[name]Georgia[/name]
[name]Elise[/name]
[name]Eloise[/name]
[name]Orla[/name]

Boys:
[name]Oliver[/name]
[name]Jack[/name]
[name]Harry[/name]
[name]Charlie[/name]
[name]Alfie[/name]
[name]George[/name]
[name]Dylan[/name]
[name]Max[/name]
[name]Finley[/name]
[name]Archie[/name]
[name]Freddie[/name]
[name]Toby[/name]
[name]Louis[/name]
[name]Sebastian[/name]
[name]Reuben[/name]
[name]Ollie[/name]
[name]Rhys[/name]
[name]Cameron[/name]
[name]Leon[/name]
[name]Pip[/name]
[name]Dexter[/name]
[name]Harvey[/name]
[name]Felix[/name]
[name]Kai[/name]
[name]Jasper[/name]

http://www.babycentre.co.uk/pregnancy/naming/baby-names-2011/babycentre-top-boys-names-2011/ (embed link to girls’ names in the article)

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My fav vintage names are…
girls…
[name]Violet[/name]
[name]Iris[/name]
[name]Sylvie[/name]
[name]Elsie[/name]
[name]Seraphina[/name]
[name]Maeve[/name]
[name]Greta[/name]
[name]Lola[/name]

boys…
[name]August[/name]
[name]Theodore[/name]
[name]Henry[/name]
[name]Silas[/name]
[name]Solomon[/name]
[name]Rupert[/name]
[name]Chester[/name]
[name]Dexter[/name]
Archibold/ [name]Archie[/name]
[name]Louis[/name]/[name]Louie[/name]
[name]Felix[/name]
[name]Milo[/name]
[name]Barnaby[/name]
[name]Herbert[/name] / [name]Herbie[/name]

6

These feel vintage to me. Some I like, some I don’t.
[name]Flora[/name]
[name]Dorothy[/name] nn [name]Dottie[/name]
[name]Edith[/name] nn [name]Edie[/name]
[name]Rose[/name]
[name]Rosemary[/name]
[name]Agnes[/name]
[name]Agatha[/name]
[name]Mabel[/name]
[name]Mildred[/name] nn [name]Millie[/name]
[name]Millicent[/name] nn [name]Millie[/name]
[name]Beatrice[/name]
[name]Lavinia[/name]
[name]Adelaide[/name]
[name]Adele[/name]/[name]Adela[/name]/[name]Adelle[/name]
[name]Adeline[/name]
[name]Ada[/name]
[name]Della[/name]
[name]Dora[/name]
[name]Florence[/name]
[name]Frances[/name]
[name]Helen[/name]
[name]Matilda[/name] nn [name]Tillie[/name] or [name]Mattie[/name]
[name]Louisa[/name]
[name]Emmeline[/name]
[name]Eliza[/name]
[name]Pearl[/name]
[name]Opal[/name]

Vintage but popular right now so feeling more modern:
[name]Lillian[/name]
[name]Evelyn[/name]
[name]Ruby[/name]
[name]Clara[/name]
[name]Amelia[/name]
I think [name]Alice[/name] is getting there too, and probably the [name]Ad[/name]- names like [name]Adele[/name].

Boys - harder for me to think of these off the top of my head but:
[name]Alfred[/name]
[name]Albert[/name]
[name]Roger[/name]
[name]Theodore[/name]
[name]Julius[/name]

I think good middle names for vintage names are classic names, quirky names or other vintage names. Some modern names would work but many sound off to me.

7

I love a lot of these names too.
My favorite vintage names are:

[name]Marietta[/name]
[name]Iris[/name]
[name]Isadora[/name]
[name]Louisa[/name]
[name]Vivian[/name]
[name]Helena[/name]
[name]Georgiana[/name]
[name]June[/name]

I think I need to branch out past Nameberry though because some of these names are starting to feel “normal” to me. I know that’s crazy. It’s a little hard to keep perspective on this site.

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I would go with other vintage names. [name]Violet[/name] [name]Ashley[/name] would just ruin it in my opinion, while [name]Violet[/name] [name]Genevieve[/name] would sound divine. More ideas:

[name]Agatha[/name]
[name]Eudora[/name]
[name]Pandora[/name]
[name]Parthenope[/name]