Popular Names of 100 Years Ago--girls
- Veena
Origin:
SanskritMeaning:
"lute"Description:
Alternate transcription of Vina, a pretty Sanskrit name with a musical meaning.
- Malvina
Origin:
ScottishMeaning:
"smooth-browed one"Description:
An invention of the eighteenth-century romantic poet James Macpherson, in his epic cycle about Ossian, a legendary Celtic hero. In Poland, where it was popular at the start of the 20th century, the spelling is Malwina, and it's also had some use in other Eastern European countries.
- Geri
Origin:
Diminutive of Gerladine, feminine variation of Gerald, English and FrenchMeaning:
"ruler with the spear"Description:
Out of fashion alongside the full form - Geraldine. But with boyish nicknames for girls rising, maybe Geri isn't so far out.
- Inna
- Dessy
- Carreen
- Antoinetta
- Mary-Jane
- Tenny