Below is a list of old fashioned names, names that were more common in the past than they are today. These are old names I’ve come across interviewing grandparents about their life story and family history. The names are of family members from the early 1900s, 1800’s and earlier.
If you know an old name not on the list, post it in the comment section below for others to see!
Old Names
- Abigail
- Ada
- Adeline
- Agathe
- Agnes
- Alice
- Alina
- Alma
- Annette
- Arlene
- Audrey
- Beatrice
- Bernice
- Bertha
- Betty
- Blanche
- Bridget
- Celine
- Clementine
- Constance
- Dorothy (Dorothea)
- Edna
- Eliza (Elizabeth)
- Elsa/Elsie
- Emilian
- Ernestine
- Ethal
- Eunice
- Evelyn
- Florence
- Genevieve
- Gertrude (Gertie)
- Grace
- Hazel
- Helena
- Henrietta
- Hilda
- Honora
- Ida
- Ivy
- Josephine
- June
- Lena
- Lillian
- Lorraine
- Louisa/Louise
- Lucille
- Luthera
- Lydia
- Mabel
- Maive (Maiverita?)
- Martha
- Mathilda
- Maude
- Mildred
- Nellie
- Pearl
- Phyllis
- Rita
- Rose
- Sophie (Zofia)
- Stella
- Sylvia
- Thelma
- Victoria
- Viola
- Vivian
- Winifred
- Albert
- Anton
- Arnold
- Arthur
- August
- Chauncey
- Chester
- Claude
- Clearance
- Clifford/Clifton
- Collins
- Conrad (Konrad)
- Cornelius
- Dudley
- Edgar
- Elmer
- Ernest
- Eugenii
- Evan
- Fabien
- Gerhard
- Gottlieb
- Gregory
- Harvey
- Hern
- Hugh
- Lawrence
- Leonard
- Lewis
- Maurice
- Maynard
- Maximin
- Moritz
- Nathaniel
- Olin
- Oliver
- Orville
- Ottis
- Raymond
- Reginald
- Rudolph
- Sanford
- Seymour
- Sylvanus
- Theodore
- Tyndal
- Vernell
- Vincent
- Walter
- Webster
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