How Vintage Are You Willing To Go?

I’m all for reviving old girls’ names. Some of my favorites are those considered “old lady-like;" Matilda and Beatrice, for example. Vintage names are certainly experiencing a resurgence... Ava, Violet, Vivian, and Charlotte are just a few of the once-fusty classics that have been revived. If you're a fan of those vintage, old-lady names, but aren't afraid to go far, far beyond the day-to-day retro, then the following list is for you! Here are the names for the brave and the determined, those who aren't afraid to name their little girl Bertha or their son Elmer...those who would rather blaze the baby-naming trails than trail in their wake.

Vintage Postcard, ca. early 1900s. Available at http://www.etsy.com/listing/122794447/vintage-name-postcard-early-1900s-fpc315

GIRLS:

Bertha
Eudora
Sophronia
Theodosia
Euphemia
Thomasina
Winifred
Wilhelmina
Edwina
Letitia
Paralee
Lavinia
Tryphena
Tryphosa
Iphigenia
Minerva
Annis
Imogene

Ethel
Permelia

Beulah

Enid

Edna

Agatha
Temperance
Thea
Thora
Abiah

Eunice

Thelma
Iva

Bernice

Geraldine

Juanita
Hildegard
Maud

Ernestine

Irma

Roberta

Barbara
Irmgard
Berenice
Lucasta
Henrietta

Irene
Ida
Parthenia
Gilda

Gloria
Zilpha

Doreen/Noreen

Dolores
Lucretia
Ermentrude

Doris

Hortensia/Hortense

Walburga
Gertrude

BOYS:

Elmer

Gilbert

Osbert

Sheldon

Eustace

Leonard

Cuthbert

Rudolph

Adolph

Cletus

Homer

Eugene
Wilbur

Hiram

Ira

Horace

Boris

Manfred
Alfred 

Seymour
Herschel

Maurice
Bertram
Clement

Delbert

Dennis

Raymond
Clyde
Horatio
Everard
Bernard
Lyman
Errol
Wilfred
Irving
Delmer

Sidney

Herman
Earl

Sherman
Percival
Leopold
Berthold
Cuthbert
Esmond
Edgar
Edwin
Francis
Ignatius

Hamilton

Aubrey

Norbert

Winthrop

Winston

Barney
Morris
Mannus
Basil

Randall

Randoph

Herbert