Rare Vintage Names

Uncommon vintage names that have almost disappeared — perfect for parents who love old-fashioned charm but want something nobody else in the class will have.

Showing 145–192 of 355 names

145.Fulton

♂ Male

Old English

settlement at the mouth of a river

146.Gardner

♂ Male

English occupational surname

gardener, keeper of the garden

spear servant

good friend

great hill or spacious fort

150.Grantley

♂ Male

Old English

from the grand meadow

large town

watchful, vigilant

large town

English diminutive of Augustus or Augusta

great, magnificent; majestic; venerable

staff of the Goths

Swedish, from Old Norse

staff of the Goths

157.Hansine

♀ Female

Scandinavian, Germanic

God is gracious

158.Hatty

♀ Female

Germanic

Ruler of the home, estate ruler

159.Hayman

♂ Male

Germanic, English

hedge, enclosure, or high man

helmet, protection

army man, warrior

Breton, Old French, English

battle worthy, army warrior

home ruler

bright heart, shining intellect

165.Honoria

♀ Female

Latin

honor, honorable woman

166.Honour

♀ Female

Latin

honor, dignity, reputation

of the garden

of the garden

of the garden

industrious rose

American, a blend of Ida and Belle

beautiful

172.Isham

♂ Male

Old English

Homestead, settlement

173.Jacobine

♀ Female

Hebrew, via Latin and Norwegian

supplanter

supplanter

God is gracious

God is gracious

God is gracious

God is gracious and free man

179.Jenie

♀ Female

English diminutive of Jane, ultimately from Hebrew

God is gracious

spear servant

English (diminutive of Jennifer/Jane) or Latin (diminutive of Virginia)

variant of Jennie (fair, white, smooth) or Virginia (virgin, pure)

182.Jinny

♀ Female

English (diminutive of Virginia or Jennifer)

maiden, virgin; fair, white, smooth; God is gracious

youthful

free woman

free woman

English diminutive of Katherine

pure

steadfast, constant

from the faith

To babble, to talk; also a diminutive of Laleh (tulip)

laurel tree, victory

laurel tree, sweet bay tree

192.Leanore

♀ Female

Greek

light, bright one

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