Names that Peaked in 1931
- Doyle
Origin:
IrishMeaning:
"black stranger"Description:
Dark horse Irish surname.
- Delmar
Origin:
SpanishMeaning:
"of the sea"Description:
Cross-cultural name with a great nautical meaning. It boomed in the 1930s and has potential for revival now.
- Gregorio
Origin:
Italian variation of GregoryMeaning:
"vigilant, a watchman"Description:
More dramatic, worldly, and energetic spin on Gregory.
- Ernestine
Origin:
Feminine variation of ErnestDescription:
One time joke name, à la Lily Tomlin's bossy telephone operator, Ernestine is ready for a possible reevaluation, like cousins Josephine and Clementine..
- Ardis
Origin:
Scottish-IrishMeaning:
"fervent"Description:
The name of a character in the once scandalous novel Valley of the Dolls now sounds a little more dated than the similar Arden.
- Belia
Origin:
Spanish variation of BellaDescription:
Pretty and unusual translation of Bella.
- Bobbie
- Glenna
Origin:
IrishMeaning:
"glen"Description:
Honoring a male relative. Be bold and go with Glenn.
- Arlis
- Donal
Origin:
Scottish variation of DonaldMeaning:
"proud chief"Description:
Donal is, yes, just Donald with the final d cut off, but that somehow gives it a jauntier, fresher feel. Donal Logue is a Canadian actor and Donal Skehan is an Irish cookbook author.
- Darl
Origin:
Literary nameDescription:
This name of a character in Faulkner's As I Lay Dying is short, sweet and Southern-sounding.
- Bernadine
Origin:
GermanMeaning:
"brave as a bear"Description:
As dated as the old Pat Boone song.
- Merlyn
- Armida
Origin:
Italian, literary nameDescription:
Torquano Tasso likely invented this name for the magical enchantress who beguiles the crusaders in his celebrated poem Jerusalem Delivered. Armida is also the eponymous heroine of a Handel opera.
- Lavern
- Bernardine
Origin:
GermanMeaning:
"brave as a bear"Description:
Bernardine is really driving home its Bernard connection, for better or worse. Bernadine is the usual form of this name.
- Hortencia
- Norene
- Joretta
- Jacquelin