Vintage girl names

hi berries!

what vintage girl names are catching your eye these days?

this post is inspired by dear friend who is expecting a baby girl, Margaret, at the end of the summer <3

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I heard [name_f]Dorothy[/name_f] the other day and it really struck. I never liked it before but I canā€™t seem to get it out of my head.

[name_f]Alice[/name_f] is vintage but maybe more ā€œclassicā€. Either way I love it.

[name_f]Ines[/name_f]
[name_f]Myrtle[/name_f]
[name_f]Sybil[/name_f]

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Oh I love that! I crossed paths with someone at work one time thatā€™s name was [name_f]Margaret[/name_f] and went by [name_f]Meg[/name_f]. Her sister named her baby daughter [name_f]Margaret[/name_f] after her. I always thought that was super adorable!

Iā€™ve really been digging on [name_f]Mabel[/name_f], [name_f]Maeve[/name_f], [name_f]Lola[/name_f], [name_f]Naomi[/name_f], [name_f]Olive[/name_f], [name_f]Opal[/name_f], and [name_f]Ada[/name_f].

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my grandmotherā€™s name is [name_f]Dorothy[/name_f] <3

I think it is always interesting to see someone choose [name_f]Ada[/name_f] over the very popular [name_f]Ava[/name_f]!

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-Jane
-Bernadette (Bernie)
-Mabel
-Caroline
-Faye
-Ramona (Romy)
-Alice (Ally)

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off the top of my head
[name_f]Dorothea[/name_f], [name_f]Etta[/name_f], [name_f]Lucinda[/name_f], [name_f]Flora[/name_f], [name_f]Susannah[/name_f], [name_f]Rosemarie[/name_f], [name_f]Estelle[/name_f], [name_f]Angeline[/name_f], [name_f]Marjorie[/name_f], [name_f]Winifred[/name_f], [name_f]Harriet[/name_f], [name_f]Pearl[/name_f]

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Iā€™ve had [name_f]Ada[/name_f] on my short list forever, then It actually dawned on me this week that we could never use it because we have a niece [name_f]Addie[/name_f]. :smiling_face_with_tear: maybe that means [name_f]Ida[/name_f] could work instead!

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[name_f]Vera[/name_f]

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This makes me so happy, as I love the name Margaret!! [name_f]Cecily[/name_f] (is this vintage??), [name_f]Esther[/name_f], [name_f]Alice[/name_f], [name_u]Anne[/name_u], [name_f]Rosemarie[/name_f], and [name_f]Eleanor[/name_f] are some of my other vintage favorites.

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I like [name_f]Margaret[/name_f] as well!
[name_f]Marjorie[/name_f] / [name_f]Margery[/name_f] ~ [name_f]Marge[/name_f]
[name_f]Edith[/name_f]
[name_f]Alice[/name_f]
[name_f]Jane[/name_f]
[name_f]Sharon[/name_f]
[name_f]Twila[/name_f]
[name_f]Willa[/name_f]
[name_f]Enid[/name_f]
[name_f]Helen[/name_f]
[name_f]Opal[/name_f]
[name_f]Pearl[/name_f] / [name_f]Pearline[/name_f]
[name_u]Louise[/name_u]
[name_f]Ida[/name_f]
[name_f]Lulu[/name_f] / [name_f]Lula[/name_f]
[name_f]Betty[/name_f]

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I love vintage names!! Especially the ones with a thick layer of dust, so to speak :joy:

[name_f]Bernadette[/name_f]
[name_f]Dorothy[/name_f]
[name_f]Eudora[/name_f]
[name_f]Lorraine[/name_f]
[name_f]Muriel[/name_f]
[name_f]Imogen[/name_f]
[name_f]Venetia[/name_f]

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Iā€™ve been loving;
[name_f]Frances[/name_f]
[name_f]Susannah[/name_f]
[name_f]Jane[/name_f]
[name_f]Dorothea[/name_f]
[name_f]Dorothy[/name_f]
[name_f]Libby[/name_f]
Anne-Marie
[name_f]Bridget[/name_f]
[name_f]Georgette[/name_f]
[name_f]Georgina[/name_f]

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[name_f]Mary[/name_f]
[name_f]Flora[/name_f]
[name_f]Jane[/name_f]
[name_u]June[/name_u]
[name_f]Lillian[/name_f]
[name_f]Opal[/name_f]
[name_f]Pearl[/name_f]
[name_u]Alma[/name_u]
[name_f]Irene[/name_f]
[name_u]Dessie[/name_u]

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I love [name_u]Beverly[/name_u], though some say she falls on the more dated end of the vintage spectrum. Letā€™s seeā€¦

[name_f]Beatrice[/name_f] or [name_f]Beatrix[/name_f]
[name_f]Pearl[/name_f]
[name_f]Lydia[/name_f]
[name_f]Ruth[/name_f]
[name_u]Vivian[/name_u]
[name_f]Mary[/name_f]
[name_f]Mavis[/name_f]
[name_f]Josephine[/name_f]
[name_u]Joyce[/name_u]
[name_f]Lucille[/name_f]
[name_f]Marilyn[/name_f]
[name_u]Hazel[/name_u]
[name_f]Cecilia[/name_f]
[name_f]Helena[/name_f]
[name_f]Winnie[/name_f]
[name_f]Opal[/name_f]
[name_f]Olive[/name_f]
[name_u]Fern[/name_u]
[name_f]Maggie[/name_f] or [name_f]Magdalen[/name_f]
[name_f]Nancy[/name_f]
[name_f]Mable[/name_f]
[name_f]Marilla[/name_f]
[name_f]Marjorie[/name_f]
[name_u]Carmen[/name_u]
[name_f]Anastasia[/name_f]
[name_f]Judith[/name_f]

Might be weird, but I get most of my names driving by cemeteries. It works out.

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I love so many! [name_f]My[/name_f] favourites are:

Ada*
[name_f]Alice[/name_f]
[name_f]Beatrix[/name_f]
Billie*
Clementine*
Clara*
[name_f]Cecily[/name_f]
Della*
[name_f]Daisy[/name_f]
[name_f]Dahlia[/name_f]
Eloise*
Elinor*
Edie*
[name_u]Evelyn[/name_u]
Flora*
Florence*
[name_f]Harriet[/name_f]
[name_u]Hazel[/name_u]
Iris*
June*
Luella*
Matilda*
Margot*
[name_f]Mabel[/name_f]
[name_f]Marigold[/name_f]
Nell*
Olive*
Ophelia*
[name_f]Phoebe[/name_f]
[name_f]Primrose[/name_f]
Pearl*
[name_f]Rose[/name_f]
[name_f]Rosamund[/name_f]
[name_u]Ruby[/name_u]
[name_f]Rosalind[/name_f]
[name_f]Stella[/name_f]
Thea*
[name_f]Theodora[/name_f]
[name_f]Tallulah[/name_f]
Violet*
Willa*
[name_f]Wilhelmina[/name_f]
[name_f]Zelda[/name_f]

[name_f]My[/name_f] absolute favourites have an asterisk next to them.

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Oh I love [name_f]Margaret[/name_f] great choice!

There are soooooooo many favourites to many to list Iā€™m a massive fan of vintage/classic names my partner isnā€™t so much unfortunately. Iā€™ve only just managed to get him to agree to [name_f]Rose[/name_f] for another girl which beforehand he said amongst other things she was ā€˜too old fashionedā€™.

Some shining stars of the moment are [name_f]Marina[/name_f], [name_f]Edith[/name_f], [name_f]Euphemia[/name_f], [name_f]Mary[/name_f], Rose/Rosemary, [name_f]Theodora[/name_f], [name_f]Dorothy[/name_f], [name_f]Christabel[/name_f], [name_f]Constance[/name_f], [name_f]Margaret[/name_f] and [name_f]Enid[/name_f]. Honestly I have been loving [name_f]Enid[/name_f] at the moment! But I do have tons of vintage names that I adore to many to list but these are some favourites currently.

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Iā€™m havine a name crush on [name_f]Adeline[/name_f] right now! [name_f]Margaret[/name_f] is also a name if really been into. Iā€™ve recently seen [name_f]Iola[/name_f] as well and have been really intrigued by it.

Loving [name_f]Ruth[/name_f] right now.

Also family names: [name_f]Margaret[/name_f], [name_f]Mildred[/name_f], Elinor/Eleanor, [name_f]Maud[/name_f], [name_f]Margery[/name_f], [name_f]Helen[/name_f], [name_f]Louisa[/name_f], and [name_f]Lina[/name_f]. (My great-grandmother pronounced it with a long i sound.)

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I have been crushing on [name_f]Millicent[/name_f] and [name_f]Josephine[/name_f] lately

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