Old-Fashioned Girl Names

Flossie was an extremely popular Florence nickname that was used independently in the early twentieth century, given to over five hundred girls per year a century ago. Appealing, sweet as candy floss, though perhaps a too cutesy for some, Flossie was chosen for nine girls in England and Wales in a recent year.
 
Flossie was one of the younger twins in the iconic children's book series The Bobbsey Twins, first published in 1904.

Flossie

A form of Dolores (or Delores) that was occasionally used in the early 20th century. It could work as an alternative to Lenora, Laura, Delilah, or Della. 

Delora

A form of Dolores (or Delores) that was occasionally used in the early 20th century. Also spelled Delora, it could work as an alternative to Lenora, Laura, Della, Delila or Elora. 
 
It was notably born by American heiress and philanthropist, Dellora A. Norris who supported schools, art centers, hospitals and research facilities in both Illinois and Florida. The Delnor-Wiggins Pass State Park is partly named for her.

Dellora

With the cadence of names like Elodie, Melodie, and Amelie, but with the clunkiness of Irma, Winifred, and Millicent thrown it, Erminnie is a rare and intriguing diminutive of Ermina.
 
Ermina itself can be a Slovenian feminine form of Herman, meaning "army man", or an English elaboration of Erma and Irma, meaning "whole, great, universal". The name might also be spelled as Erminie. 
 
It was notably borne by Erminnie A. Smith, a linguist, ethnologist, anthropologist, and geologist, and the first woman to be elected to the New York Academy of Sciences in 1877. She was named after her mother, Ermina. Interestingly, another noteworthy barer was Erminie Wheeler-Voegelin, also named after her mother, Ermine, and aslo an anthropologist and ethnohistorian, whose research has been used to help Native Americans during court cases.

Erminnie

 are feeling fresher than ever. Parents in search of cool, traditional names for their daughters are looking further afield, resurrecting recently-fusty choices such as Florence and Mabel.

But if a name is widely embraced by the mainstream, it may become so associated with babies that it loses its status as an old-fashioned name, as is happening with 

 in the US Top 1000 include Iris, Josephine, Margot, Millie, and Pearl. 

 pack two trends into one. In this group we include Hazel, Ivy, Olive, Ruby, and Violet.

The next wave of old-fashioned girl names is going to be clunkier. Names with strong D sounds will rise, such as Dorothea, Ida, Isadora, Lucinda, and Winifred. There's also going to be a comeback of 

: Sally, Betty, Penny, Nellie, Bonnie, and Goldie.

Here are our picks of the best Old-Fashioned girl names.

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