Early 1900s Names

Explore over 157 charming and classic baby names from the early 1900s. Discover a curated collection of vintage names perfect for your little one.

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Hebrew, via English Puritan

God makes happy

Turkish form of Muhammad

praised, commendable

1059.Mehmet Akif

Turkish, Arabic

Praiseworthy, pious, devoted

American, possibly a blend or variant of other names

chief, leader, or honey-sweet

hairy, woolly

Welsh, Old English

sea friend, great lord, or marrow friend

Welsh and Old English

sea friend, famous friend

Germanic, Greek

pearl; short for Margaret

German, Yiddish, English

mayor, steward, or farmer

Italian, Hebrew

who is like God?

Dutch diminutive of Maria

bitter, beloved, or rebellion

Mill stream or stream by a mill

gracious, dear, pleasant

English place name

from the mill ford

industrious, strong in work

settlement with a mill

swallow (bird)

intellect, mind, goddess of wisdom, strategic warfare, arts, and crafts

Germanic, Finnish, Sanskrit

memory, beloved, or small

English, as a diminutive

of the sea, bitter, or wished-for child

1077.Minnie-Rose

Hebrew, Latin, Germanic

Wished-for child; bitter; sea of sorrow; rose

Latin, through English

younger, lesser

American, from Greek

mint plant

miracle, wonderful

Hebrew (via Aramaic and Greek)

bitter, rebellious; wished-for child

Wished-for child, rebellion, or bitter sea

mother-showing, mother-appearing

modest, humble, chaste

Hungarian diminutive of Mózes

Moses

American, often a diminutive of Monica or Ramona

adviser, nun, or unique

1087.Montgomery

Norman French, English

from the Gomeric's mount

English, diminutive of Montague or Montgomery

pointed hill

English, French

dead lake, settlement on a moor

American (diminutive of Moses)

born of God; drawn out of the water

pearl, jewel

dark-skinned, Moorish

Irish, Russian, Native American (Mi'kmaq)

great, queen, or chosen

star of the sea; bitter

American, from French/German

from the Moselle river

bright, luminous, shining

Scottish Gaelic

sea settlement

bright sea

American, from Irish and Old English elements

shining sea

English, from Irish or Welsh

beloved, darling, or myrrh

Italian (Napoleone)

lion of the new city

Italian (possibly Greek/Germanic roots)

lion of the new city

people of the new city

Greek, via Latin and English

daffodil

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