Cool Vintage Baby Names
Updated Fri Mar 15 2024
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Vintage baby names are very cool these days....and cool vintage names are very Nameberry.
So does that mean that all vintage baby names are cool names? Not exactly. Elmer and Eunice are certainly vintage, but they don’t quite possess that cool-factor (yet). We’ll take Emmett and Elsie instead.
Along with Emmett and Elsie, other cool vintage baby names in the US Top 500 include Ada, Calvin, Georgia, Hazel, Otto, Roman, Ruby, and Walter.
More unique vintage names for babies that fall outside of the US popularity charts include Barnaby, Tess, Leopold, and Winifred.
Coolness can be fleeting. Today's Roman and Ruby might be tomorrow's Elmer and Eunice, and vice versa.
Here are some of the coolest vintage names for babies – at least by popular agreement – right now, ranked by their current popularity on Nameberry.
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- Ada
Origin:
German or TurkishMeaning:
"noble, nobility, or island"
- Agnes
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"pure, virginal"
- Alfred
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"wise counselor; elf counsel"
- Alice
Origin:
GermanMeaning:
"noble"
- Alma
Origin:
LatinMeaning:
"nurturing, soul"
- Amias
Origin:
LatinMeaning:
"loved"
- Annie
Origin:
English, diminutive of AnnMeaning:
"grace"
- Archie
Origin:
Diminutive of Archibald, TeutonicMeaning:
"truly brave"
- Arthur
Origin:
CelticMeaning:
" bear"
- Asa
Origin:
Hebrew; JapaneseMeaning:
"healer; born in the morning"
- August
Origin:
German form of Latin AugustusMeaning:
"great, magnificent"
- Augustine
Origin:
LatinMeaning:
"great, magnificent"
- Barnaby
Origin:
English variation of Barnabas, AramaicMeaning:
"son of consolation"
- Beatrix
Origin:
LatinMeaning:
"she who brings happiness; blessed"
- Billie
Origin:
English, diminutive of Wilhelmina, WilmaMeaning:
"resolute protection"
- Birdie
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"bird"
- Calvin
Origin:
LatinMeaning:
"bald, hairless"
- Casper
Origin:
Dutch form of Jasper, PersianMeaning:
"bringer of treasure"
- Caspian
Origin:
Place nameMeaning:
"white"
- Cedric
Origin:
CelticMeaning:
"bounty"
- Celia
Origin:
LatinMeaning:
"heavenly"
- Chester
Origin:
LatinMeaning:
"fortress, walled town,"
- Clementine
Origin:
French feminine version of Clement, LatinMeaning:
"mild, merciful"
- Clover
Origin:
Flower name, from Old EnglishMeaning:
"key"
- Cora
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"maiden"
- Dorothea
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"gift of God"
- Edie
Origin:
English, diminutive of EdithMeaning:
"prosperous in war"
- Eliel
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"my God is God"
- Eloise
Origin:
French and English variation of HeloiseMeaning:
"healthy; wide"
- Elsie
Origin:
Diminutive of Elizabeth via its Scottish variation, ElspethMeaning:
"pledged to God"
- Emmett
Origin:
English masculine variation of Emma, GermanMeaning:
"universal"
- Estelle
Origin:
FrenchMeaning:
"star"
- Evelyn
Origin:
English from French and GermanMeaning:
"desired; or water, island"
- Felicity
Origin:
LatinMeaning:
"good fortune, happy"
- Flora
Origin:
LatinMeaning:
"flower"
- Florence
Origin:
LatinMeaning:
"flourishing, prosperous"
- Forest
Origin:
French occupational nameMeaning:
"woodsman or woods"
- Franklin
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"free landholder"
- Frederick
Origin:
GermanMeaning:
"peaceful ruler"
- Georgia
Origin:
English, feminine variation of GeorgeMeaning:
"farmer"
- Harriet
Origin:
English variation of French HenrietteMeaning:
"estate ruler"
- Harry
Origin:
Diminutive of HenryMeaning:
"estate ruler"
- Harvey
Origin:
FrenchMeaning:
"battle worthy"
- Hazel
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"the hazelnut tree"
- Henry
Origin:
GermanMeaning:
"estate ruler"
- Ida
Origin:
GermanMeaning:
"industrious one"
- Ira
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"watchful one"
- Iris
Origin:
Flower name; GreekMeaning:
"rainbow"
- Ivy
Origin:
Botanical name
- Jasper
Origin:
PersianMeaning:
"bringer of treasure"
- Jethro
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"excellence"
- Jonah
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"dove"
- Josephine
Origin:
French feminine variation of JosephMeaning:
"Jehovah increases"
- Josiah
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"God supports, heals"
- June
Origin:
LatinMeaning:
"young"
- Leopold
Origin:
GermanMeaning:
"brave people"
- Lionel
Origin:
LatinMeaning:
"young lion"
- Loretta
Origin:
English variation of Italian Lauretta; diminutive of LauraMeaning:
"bay laurel"
- Louisa
Origin:
Latinate feminine variation of LouisMeaning:
"renowned warrior"
- Louise
Origin:
French and English, feminine variation of LouisMeaning:
"renowned warrior"
- Lucian
Origin:
LatinMeaning:
"light"
- Lydia
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"woman from Lydia"
- Mae
Origin:
Diminutive of Mary or MargaretMeaning:
"bitter or pearl"
- Marcella
Origin:
LatinMeaning:
"warlike"
- Maxine
Origin:
LatinMeaning:
"greatest"
- Meir
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"bringer of light"
- Montgomery
Origin:
NormanMeaning:
"man power"
- Mordechai
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"follower of Marduk"
- Nancy
Origin:
English diminutive of AnnMeaning:
"grace"
- Nellie
Origin:
Diminutive of Helen, Eleanor, et al
- Opal
Origin:
SanskritMeaning:
"gem"
- Oscar
Origin:
English or IrishMeaning:
"God spear, or deer-lover or champion warrior"
- Otis
Origin:
Variation of Otto, GermanMeaning:
"wealthy"
- Otto
Origin:
GermanMeaning:
"wealthy"
- Ozzy
Origin:
Pet form of Oswald, Osborn and Osmond.
- Patience
Origin:
Latin virtue name
- Pearl
Origin:
Latin gem nameMeaning:
"pearl"
- Persephone
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"bringer of destruction"
- Phineas
Origin:
English, EgyptianMeaning:
"the Nubian"
- Posie
Origin:
Variation of Posy or short form of Mariposa, English or SpanishMeaning:
"a bunch of flowers or butterfly"
- Ramona
Origin:
Spanish, feminine variation of RamonMeaning:
"wise protector"
- Remy
Origin:
French from LatinMeaning:
"oarsman"
- Reuben
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"behold, a son"
- Rhea
Origin:
Greek mythology nameMeaning:
"a flowing stream"
- Roman
Origin:
LatinMeaning:
"citizen of Rome"
- Rosemary
Origin:
Latin or EnglishMeaning:
"dew of the sea, or rosemary (herb)"
- Ruby
Origin:
LatinMeaning:
"deep red precious stone"
- Sebastian
Origin:
Latin from GreekMeaning:
"person from ancient city of Sebastia"
- Silas
Origin:
Aramaic, Latin, GreekMeaning:
"of the forest; or prayed for"
- Sonny
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"son"
- Stanley
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"near the stony clearing"
- Sylvie
Origin:
French variation of Latin SylviaMeaning:
"from the forest"
- Tess
Origin:
English, diminutive of TheresaMeaning:
"to harvest"
- Theadora
- Theo
Origin:
Diminutive of TheodoreMeaning:
"gift of God"
- Titus
Origin:
Latin, meaning unknown, possibly "title of honour"Meaning:
"title of honour"
- Tobias
Origin:
Greek from HebrewMeaning:
"God is good"
- Violet
Origin:
English from LatinMeaning:
"purple"
- Walter
Origin:
GermanMeaning:
"army ruler"
- Willa
Origin:
Feminine variation of WilliamMeaning:
"resolute protection"
- Winifred
Origin:
WelshMeaning:
"blessed peacemaking"
- Winston
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"wine's town"
- Zora
Origin:
Serbo-CroatianMeaning:
"dawn"