Old Fashioned Baby Names

I love baby names to the old, especially those that are less commonly used today. What are your favorite names to the old?

Most of the names I like are quite ancient, especially for girls! Some are still fairly common today, others are more unusual.

Girls:
Catherine
Cecelia
Emmeline
Georgiana
Isobel
Purple
Ivy
Clara
Eleanora
Octavia
Pink
Eliza
Madeleine
Nancy
Rosalind
Zara

Boys:
William
Alexander
Isadore
Julius
Maxwell
Zacharias
Caspian
Demetri
Everett
Geoffrey
Oliver

:)

names of the former are my favorite kind: D Some are not really that old, but most of them are in fashion.

Daughters: Harriet Ruth, Esme, Delilah, Nation, Lydia, Eva, Nancy, Helen, Eve, Charlotte, Evangeline, Lyndsey, Ella, Amberly, Abigail, Hannah, Lillith, Alicia, Miranda, Clara, Louise, Jennifer, Marilyn, Teresa Anna, Caitlin, Alice, Georgia, Patricia, Erica etc.

Boys: Hector, Elmer, Astil, Rufus, Dexter, Dillon, Edwin, Otto, Lucian, Lance Gordon, Eric, Linus, Evander, Sid, Leander, Ezra, Wyatt, Fred, William Erasmus, Simon, Hugo, Louden, Abel Curtis, Robin, Vyvyan, Elroy, Wynn, Boyd, Alistair, Hywel, Gabriel Oliver, Satre, Tobias Spencer, Ralph Turner, Phillip Cullen, Hartwyn, Miles, Larkin, Astor, Erwin, Yves Alexandre, Elias, etc.

I could go on ...: D

For a girl, my favorite is Marilyn. I love that name!
For a boy, I love love love the name Rupert. My mother wanted to name my brother Rupert, but my father did not want that. hahaha

If you are looking for a list, well, here is a good site to visit:
http://babynamesworld.parentsconnect.com ...

In the combo box labeled "birth year" just put in one year you are looking for the old names (eg 1930, 1940, 1950) It will give you a list of most popular names of this year! :)

Abigail Marie Madeleine Carroll, Abelle, Katie, Marcella, Winnie, Michelle

Robert, Andy, Abram, Albert, Alexander, Carlton, Arthur, Chester Carter Clark

Lillian
Elizabeth
Matilda
Gwendoline
Louise
Anna

I also like Mildred, but only because of the nickname Millie:)

Elanor, Betsy, Esmeralda, engineering, Patricia, to name a few

I LOVE the old names! Some of my favorites are:

Evangeline

I LOVE:
Eloise (eh EEZ low)
Cecilia
Eleanor
Ruth-Anne
Virginia
Florence
Margaret
Jeanine

heidi
treresa
christine

Josephine Elizabeth

White Elethear

Alexandra Aura

Thelma Hazel

Rosalie Joyce

Josephine
Priscilla
Phoebe

Thaddius
Jesse

Odette
Ophelia
Cordelia
Drusilla
Beatrix
Beatrice
Pearl
Anneliese
Ingrid
Gretchen

Emily

Susan
Carolina
John

Arabella

Evangeline, Rupert and Archie

Alandra <3

girls
Abigail
Jane
Elizabeth
Lydia
Katherine

boys
Nathan
William
Joshua
Jack
Harrison
Owen
Oliver

gladiator
Ivan the Terrible
Fredric great
Mourice Nassau

Harry Potter

William
John

Clear
Helen
Esme
Mary

Dorothy, Betty .. Fanny.

Esme and Ethel (: