215+ Vintage Girl Names
- Bertha
Origin:
GermanMeaning:
"bright, glorious"Description:
Ever since the enormous German cannon was dubbed by Allied soldiers "Big Bertha" in World War I, this name hasn't worked for a sweet little baby girl. But this was not always so. Hard as it might be to imagine now, Bertha was a Top 100 name until the 1930s, and in the 1880s was the seventh most popular name in the land--the equal of Joseph.
- Bessie
Origin:
Diminutive of ElizabethMeaning:
"pledged to God"Description:
After a century of association with horses and cows, this name just could be ready for revival by a fearless baby namer -- after all, it did happen to Jessie and Becky.
- Lillie
Origin:
Spelling variation of Lily/ LilianDescription:
A variation of Lileas and Lilian.
- Jennie
Origin:
Diminutive of Janet, Jane, Jean, and JenniferDescription:
Long before the Jennifer Era, Jennie was a fashionable pet form of several names, and was also used independently -- in 1875 it was in the Top 20. Jennie was replaced by the Jenny spelling in the 1960s, and is rarely seen today.
- Maryanne
Origin:
English, combination of Mary and AnneMeaning:
"drop of the sea, bitter, or beloved + grace"Description:
Variant of Marianne or Maryann
- Fannie
Origin:
Spelling variation of Fanny, diminutive of FrancesMeaning:
"from France; free man"Description:
It's hard to believe, via a 21st-century sensibility, that Fannie was ever a Top 50 name. But Fannie was even more popular than Fanny in its late 19th-century heyday, and stuck around much longer, staying on the Top 1000 until the 1960s while Fanny fell off in 1940. Today, however, Fannie sounds antiquated at best, and rude at worst.