Unusual Vintage Names for Girls

Unusual Vintage Names for Girls

We’ve been digging around in the baby name lists from the 1880s (around here, that’s called fun) and we’ve come up with dozens of rare and surprising names for girls.

These vintage names for girls go way beyond traditional choices like Mary and Jane that we think of as 19th century names. Many of these names are all-but-unknown today, while others are familiar yet unusual.

If you are looking for an unusual name for your baby girl that feels new and deeply-rooted at the same time, consider the names here.

  • Almeda

  • Alta

  • Althea

  • Angeline

  • Araminta

  • Arizona

  • Augustine

  • Berta

  • Celestia

  • Clarinda

  • Clarissa

  • Cleo

  • Cordia

  • Delia

  • Delphia

  • Delphine

  • Dinah

  • Dixie

  • Docia

  • Drusilla

  • Easter

  • Electa

  • Elma

  • Eulalia

  • Florida

  • Geneva

  • Golda

  • Gracia

  • Hester

  • Honora

  • Idella

  • Indiana

  • Ione

  • Iva

  • Jettie

  • Kizzie

  • Lacy

  • Lavina

  • Lela

  • Leola

  • Leonie

  • Letha

  • Linna

  • Love

  • Luella

  • Lula

  • Magnolia

  • Mahala

  • Marilla

  • Mignon

  • Minerva

  • Minta

  • Missouri

  • Nona

  • Parthenia

  • Paulina

  • Sabra

  • Salome

  • Sula

  • Temple

  • Tennessee

  • Texas

  • Theda

  • Una

  • Vada

  • Verona

  • Vesta

  • Vida

  • Vina

  • Winona

  • Zella

  • Zola

  • About the Author

    Pamela Redmond

    Pamela Redmond

    Pamela Redmond is the cocreator and CEO of Nameberry and Baby Name DNA. The coauthor of ten groundbreaking books on names, Redmond is an internationally-recognized baby name expert, quoted and published widely in such media outlets as the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, The Today Show, CNN, and the BBC. She has written about baby names for The Daily Beast, The Huffington Post, and People.

    Redmond is also a New York Times bestselling novelist whose books include Younger, the basis for the hit television show, and its sequel, Older. She has three new books in the works.