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Saturday, July 4, 2015

The Ultimate List of Old Fashioned Baby Names {Alternative, Offbeat Baby Names}


Offbeat Baby Names




If you're on the hunt for a delightfully unique name for your baby, then look no further... or rather, look BACK. Back into time.
 The following names were the most popular baby names from the American Colonial, Victorian and Edwardian era.
Names so traditional, they're offbeat!
 Feast your eyes on this awesome list of three centuries of popular American baby names!


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▬ •• GIRLS •• ▬

Abigail, Abitha, Ada, Adelaide, Adele, Adeline, Agatha, Agnes, Alberta, Alice, Alma, Amelia, Amity, Anastasia, Ann/Anne, Anna, Annabelle, Aphra, Arlene, Astrid, Audrey, Augusta, Aurinda, Ava


Beatrice, Bernadette, Bernice, Bertha, Bessie, Bessie, Beth, Betsy, Beulah, Billie, Birdie, Blanche, Blythe

Camille, Candace, Carlotta, Caroline, Cassandra, Catherine, Cecilia, Celeste, Celia, Charity, Charlotte, Chastity, Clarity, Chloe, Claire, Clara, Clarice, Clarissa, Clementine, Cleo, Colleen, Comfort, Constance, Cora, Cornelia

Daisy, Darla, Darlene, Delia, Delilah, Della, Dinah, Dixie, Dolores, Dora, Doris, Dorothy/Dorothea

Edie, Edith, Edna, Edwina, Effie, Eilleen, Elaine, Eleanor, Electa, Elise, Eliza, Elizabeth, Ella, Ellie, Eloise, Elouise, Elsa, Elsie, Emeline, Emily, Emma, Enid, Estelle, Esther, Ethel, Etta, Eudora, Eunice, Eva, Eve, Evelyn

Fannie, Fay, Felicity, Fern, Flo, Flora, Florence, Frances, Frieda

Gail, Garnet, Gemma, Geneva, Genevieve, Georgette, Georgia, Georgiana, Georgine, Geraldine, Gertrude, Gladys, Gloria, Glynn, Grace, Greta, Gretchen, Gwendolyn

Harriet, Hattie, Hazel, Helen, Henrietta, Hepzibah, Hester,Hilda,Holly, Hortense

Ida, Imogen, Irene, Iris, Irma, Isabella, Isabelle, Isadora, Ivy

Jacqueline, Jane, Jean, Jemima, Jewel, Jocelyn, Josephine, Joy, Judith, Julia, Juliana, June, Justine

Katie, Katharine

Layla, Lenora, Lillian, Lily, Liza, Linda, Lois, Lorene, Loretta, Lorraine, Louisa, Louise, Lucia, Lucille, Lucinda, Lucy, Luella, Lula, Lydia

Mabel, Madeline, Madeline/Madelyn, Mae, Maggie, Maisie, Mamie, Margaret, Marianne, Marilyn, Marion, Marjorie, Martha, Matilda, Maude, Maura, Maureen, Mavis, Maxine, May, Melanie, Melissa, Melody, Mercy, Meredith, Mildred, Millie, Minnie, Miranda, Miriam, Molly, Mona, Muriel, Myra, Myrtle

Nell/ Nellie, Nettie, Noreen, Norma

Olive, Olivia, Opal, Ophelia

Patience, Paula, Pauline, Pearl, Penelope, Petunia, Phila, Phoebe, Phyllis, Polly, Pollyanna, Primrose, Priscilla, Prudence

Queenie, Quinn, Quinnie

Rachel, Rebecca, Rebekah, Rhoda, Roberta, Rosalie, Rosalyn, Rosanna, Rose, Rosemary, Roxanne, Roxy, Ruby, Ruth

Sadie, Sally, Samantha, Sarah, Scarlett, Sela, Selma, Sheila, Sophie, Stella, Susannah, Susie, Sybil, Sylvia, 

Tabitha, Temperance, Thelma, Theodosia, Tillie, Trudy

Ursula

Velma,Vera, Verna, Verity, Victoria, Viola, Violet, Virginia, Vivian/Vivienne

Wanda, Willa, Willie, Wilma, Winifred, Yvonne

Zelda, Zipporah, Zora





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▬ •• BOYS •• ▬

Aaron, Abe, Abel, Abner, Abraham, Abram, Ajax, Albert, Alden, Alec, Alexander, Alford, Alva, Alvin, Amos,Andrew, Ansel, Archibald, Archie/Archibald, Arlo, Arnold, Arthur, Asa, Asahe, Augustus, Azariah

Balthasar,  Barnabas, Barney, Bart/Bartholomew, Barton, Baxter, Bazel, Benajah, Benedict, Benjamin, Bennett, Bennie, Benson, Bernard, Bert, Bert/Bertrand, Boaz, Boyd, Bradford, Bradley, Braxton, Brigham, Brock, Broderick, Bronson, Bruce, Bud, Buford, Byron

 Calvin, Carl, Carlton, Carroll, Carter, Cecil, Cedric, Charles, Charlie, Chauncey, Chester, Chris, Christopher, Clarence, Clark, Claude, Clem/Clement, Cletus, Clifford, Clifton, Clinton, Clyde, Cole, Coleman, Collin, Columbus, Conrad, Cornelius, Cotton, Crawford, Curtis, Cyrus

Daniel, Darius, Darren, David, Davis, Davy, Delbert, Dennis, Dewitt, Dewy, Dexter, Dixon, Domingo, Don, Donald, Douglas, Duke, Duncan, Dwight

Earl, Easton, Ebenezer, Eddie, Edgar, Edison, Edmond, Edmund, Edward, Edwin, Elbert, Eldon, Eli, Elias, Elijah, Elliot, Ellis, Elmer, Elvis, Elwood, Emanuel, Emerson, Emmett, Emory, Enoch, Enos, Ephraim, Eric, Ernest, Erwin, Eugene, Evander, Everett, Ezra, Ezekiel

Felix, Ferdinand, Ferguson, Finley, Finn, Finnian, Fletcher, Floyd, Flynn, Forrest, Foster, Francis, Frank, Franklin, Fred, Frederick

Gabe/Gabriel, Garrett, Garvan, George, Gerald, Gerard, Gideon, Gil/Gilbert, Glenn, Gordon, Grady, Graham, Grant, Griffin, Grover, Gus, Guy

Hamilton, Hank, Hannibal, Harrison, Harold, Hart, Harvey, Hayes, Hector, Henry, Herbert, Hezekiah, Hilton, Hiram, Holmes, Homer, Horace, Horatio, Hosea, Howard, Hubert, Hudson, Huey, Hugh

Isaac, Ike, Ira, Irving, Isaiah, Isham, Israel

Jabez, Jack, Jacob, James, Jameson, Jared, Jasper, Jedidiah, Jefferson, Jeremiah, Jerry, Jesse, Jethro, Jimmie, Job, Joel, John, Johnny, Jonas, Joseph, Josiah, Jothan, Julius

Kendrick, Kenelm, Kenneth, Kent, Kirk

Lambert, Lance, Lane, Langston, Lawrence, Lazarus, Lee, Lemuel, Leo, Leon, Leonard, Leopold, Leroy, Leslie, Lester, Levi, Liam, Lincoln, Linus, Lloyd, Lonnie,  Lou, Louis, Luke, Luther, Lyle

Mack, Major, Malcom, Mannie, Marcus, Marion, Marshall, Martin, Marvin, Mason, Matthias, Maurice, Maverick, Max, Maximilian, Maxwell, Melton, Melvin, Mercer, Merle, Michael, Miles, Millard, Miller, Mitchell, Milton, Monroe, Morris, Morton, Murray, Myron

Napoleon, Nathan, Nathaniel, Neal, Ned, Nelson, Nehemiah, Newton, Nicholas, Niles, Noble, Norman, Norris 

Oakley, Obadiah, Ollie, Oliver, Orson, Orville, Oscar, Otis, Otto, Overton, Owen

Patrick, Pearl, Percy, Perry, Pete, Phillip, Philo, Philomon, Phineas, Pierce, Porter, Preston,

Quincy, Quinn,Quinton

Ralph, Raymond, Reed, Reuben, Richard, Riley, Robert, Roger, Roland, Ronald, Roscoe, Ross, Roy, Royce, Ruben, Rudolph, Rufus, Rupert, Russell

Sampson, Samson, Samuel, Saul, Saxon, Scott, Sebastian, Seth, Seymour, Sheldon, Shelton, Sherman, Sidney, Sigmund, Silas, Simon, Solomon, Stacy, Stanley, Sterling, Stetson, Steven, Stuart, Sullivan, Sumner, Sylvan, Sylvester

Ted, Thaddeus, Theodore, Thornton, Thurston, Timothy, Tobias, Truman, Tucker

Ulysses

Van, Vaughn, Vernon, Victor, Vincent, Virgil, Vladimir

Wade, Wallace, Walter, Walton, Ward, Warren, Watson, Wayne, Weldon, Wesley, Weston, Wilbert, Wilbur, Wiley, William, Willis, Wilson, Winston, Woodrow, Wyatt

Zachariah, Zachary, Zadock, Zephaniah, Zeke


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