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Vintage dog names

Old fashioned names that have come back round: great aunts, grand uncles and the names on old school registers.

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Girl names (148)

Adah
Hebrew for adornment, a wife of Esau · Hebrew
Agatha
Greek name meaning good, common a century ago · Greek
Agnes
Greek, pure · Greek
Alfreda
Feminine of Alfred, elf counsel
Aline
Medieval short form of Adeline, noble · French
Ardith
Perhaps Hebrew for flowering field · Hebrew
Augusta
Latin for venerable, a title of Roman empresses · Latin
Avis
Latin for bird, from a Germanic name meaning refuge in war · Latin
Bertha
Germanic, bright · big dogs
Bessie
Old pet form of the name Elizabeth · English · small dogs
Beulah
Hebrew for married, a land of plenty in the Book of Isaiah · Hebrew
Blanche
French name meaning white · French
Cecile
French form of Cecilia, patron saint of music · French
Clara
Latin name meaning bright and clear · Latin
Clarissa
Latin, very bright, the heroine of Richardson's novel · Latin
Clemmie
Pet form of Clementine, merciful
Concetta
Italian, from Immacolata Concezione · Italian
Constance
Virtue name meaning steadfastness · Latin
Cora
Greek, maiden · Greek
Corinne
French form of Korinna, maiden · French
Cornelia
Roman family name popular in Victorian times · Latin
Delia
Greek, from the island of Delos, a name of Artemis · Greek
Della
Short form of Adela, popular around 1900 · German
Dessie
Pet form of Desiree, desired
Dolores
Spanish, from Maria de los Dolores, Mary of sorrows · Spanish
Doris
Greek, a sea nymph of ancient myth · Greek
Dorothea
Greek name meaning gift of God · Greek
Dulcie
Latin dulcis, sweet · Latin
Earline
Feminine of Earl, nobleman
Edna
Hebrew name that peaked around 1900 · Hebrew
Edwina
Feminine of Edwin, rich friend
Eleanor
Old French name long used across Britain · French
Elmira
Arabic, from amira, princess · Arabic
Elnora
A form of Eleanor, light, popular in the American South
Emeline
Old French form of Emmeline, from Germanic amal, work · French
Enola
An American name of the 1800s, often read as alone backwards
Erma
Germanic ermen, whole or universal
Ernestine
Feminine of Ernest, serious
Estelle
French name meaning star · French
Ethel
Old English, noble
Eudora
Greek, good gift, after the writer Eudora Welty · Greek
Eugenia
Greek, well born · Greek
Eula
Greek, well spoken, short for Eulalia · Greek
Eulalia
Greek, sweetly speaking · Greek
Eunice
Greek name meaning good victory · Greek
Evelyn
English name at its height in the 1920s · English
Florrie
Pet form of Florence, flourishing
Flossie
Pet form of Florence, flourishing
Freda
Germanic fridu, peace
Georgianna
Elaboration of Georgia, farmer
Geraldine
Feminine form of Gerald, big in the 1920s · German
Germaine
French feminine of Germanus, brother · French
Gertie
Pet form of Gertrude, spear strength
Gertrude
Germanic name widely used in the early 1900s · German
Gladys
Welsh, from the name Gwladus · Welsh
Glenna
Feminine of Glenn, valley · Scottish
Gussie
Pet form of Augusta, venerable
Harriet
English form of Henriette, popular in 1900 · English
Hattie
Pet form of Harriet
Helena
Greek name meaning bright or shining · Greek
Henrietta
Feminine form of Henry, popular around 1900 · French
Hettie
Pet form of Henrietta or Hester
Hilda
Germanic, battle
Hildegarde
Germanic hild and gard, battle enclosure · German
Hortense
French form of Hortensia, garden · French
Ida
Germanic, industrious
Idella
An elaboration of Ida, work
Ione
Greek, violet, a sea nymph in myth · Greek
Irene
Greek name meaning peace · Greek
Jemima
Hebrew name meaning dove, a Victorian favourite · Hebrew
Katharine
Greek, perhaps from katharos, pure · Greek
Lavinia
Roman name from Virgil's Aeneid · Latin
Leda
The queen of Sparta in Greek myth, mother of Helen · Greek
Lenora
Short form of Eleanor, the lost love in Poe's poems
Leonora
Italian form of Eleanor, the heroine of Beethoven's opera · Italian
Leonore
German form of Eleanor, light · German
Leta
Latin laetus, glad · Latin
Letitia
Latin laetitia, joy and happiness · Latin
Lillian
Flower name popular a century ago · English
Lorena
Spanish form of Lauren, from Laurentum · Spanish
Lorraine
French region, named for the kingdom of Lothar · French
Louella
A blend of Lou and Ella
Louisa
Old fashioned form of the name Louise · French
Lucille
French name meaning light · French
Lucinda
Elaboration of Lucia, light, coined by Cervantes · Spanish
Lucretia
Roman family name Lucretius, a heroine of early Rome · Latin
Madge
Pet form of Margaret, pearl
Mafalda
Italian form of Matilda, mighty in battle · Italian
Malvina
Coined in Ossian's poems, perhaps smooth brow · Scottish
Mamie
Victorian pet form of Mary or Margaret
Marietta
Italian diminutive of Maria · Italian
Marjorie
Medieval English name revived around 1920 · English
Martha
Aramaic name meaning lady of the house · Aramaic
Marybelle
A blend of Mary and Belle
Maude
Medieval form of Matilda, big around 1900 · English
Maudie
Pet form of Maud, a medieval form of Matilda
Mavis
An old English word for the song thrush
Maybelle
A form of Mabel, lovable
Midge
Pet form of Margaret, and a tiny flying insect · small dogs
Mildred
Old English, gentle strength
Millicent
Germanic amal and swintha, strong worker
Minna
German pet form of Wilhelmina, also Old German for love · German
Minnie
Short form of Wilhelmina, popular in 1900 · English · small dogs
Mozelle
An American name from Moselle, the French river, or Moses · French
Muriel
Celtic name meaning bright sea · Irish
Myra
Coined by the poet Fulke Greville, perhaps from Latin myrrh
Myrna
Irish Muirne, beloved or festive · Irish
Myrtle
An evergreen shrub of the Mediterranean
Nannie
Victorian pet form of Ann, grace
Nettie
Pet form of Henrietta or Antoinette
Neva
After the Neva River in Saint Petersburg, or Spanish nieve, snow · Russian
Nona
Latin for ninth, also Italian for grandmother · Latin
Nonie
Pet form of Nora or Ione
Nora
Short form of Honora, common a century ago · Irish
Novella
Italian for new, also a short novel · Italian
Octavia
Roman name meaning the eighth · Latin
Ola
Old Norse for ancestor's relic, a Scandinavian favourite · Old Norse
Pansy
The flower, from French pensee, thought · French
Patsy
Pet form of Patricia or Martha, popular since the 1700s · Irish
Pauline
French feminine of Paul, small or humble · French
Pearlie
Pet form of Pearl, the sea gem
Philomena
Greek, friend of strength · Greek
Phyllis
Greek name meaning green bough · Greek
Rhoda
Greek name meaning rose · Greek
Rilla
German for brook, also short for Marilla · German
Rosamond
Germanic for horse protection, later read as rose of the world
Rosemarie
A blend of Rose and Marie · French
Rosina
Italian diminutive of Rosa, the heroine of The Barber of Seville · Italian
Roslyn
A form of Rosalind, gentle horse
Rowena
Old British name revived by Walter Scott · Welsh
Ruth
Hebrew name meaning companion · Hebrew
Sabina
Latin, a Sabine woman, from the ancient people near Rome · Latin
Selma
Coined in Ossian's poems, perhaps fair view · Scottish
Sibyl
Greek sibylla, a prophetess of the ancient world · Greek
Sybil
Greek name for a prophetess · Greek
Sylvia
Latin name meaning of the woods · Latin
Tabitha
Aramaic name meaning gazelle · Aramaic
Theda
Short form of Theodora, gift of God · Greek
Thelma
Victorian invention from a popular novel · English
Velda
Germanic for ruler, or a seer in old Norse tales · German
Vera
Latin, true, and Russian, faith
Verity
Virtue name meaning truth · Latin
Verna
Latin vernus, of spring · Latin
Wilda
Germanic for wild, or a short form of Wilhelmina
Wilhelmina
Stately Dutch and German name of the 1900s · German
Wilma
Short form of Wilhelmina used a century ago · German
Winifred
Welsh name common a century ago · Welsh
Yvonne
French feminine of Yves, yew wood · French

Boy names (137)

Abner
Hebrew for my father is light · Hebrew
Albert
Germanic name meaning noble and bright · German
Alden
Old English Ealdwine, old friend
Alfonso
Spanish, Visigothic for noble and ready · Spanish
Aloysius
Latinised form of Aloys, a form of Louis, famous warrior · Latin
Alton
English place name, old town
Alvin
Old English name meaning noble friend · English
Ambrose
Greek name meaning immortal · Greek
Arnold
Germanic name meaning eagle ruler · German
Arthur
A name of Celtic roots carried by the legendary king
Asa
Hebrew for healer, a king of Judah · Hebrew
Augustine
Latin Augustinus, venerable, after Saint Augustine · Latin
Beauregard
French for beautiful outlook, a grand Southern name · French
Bernard
Germanic name meaning brave as a bear · German
Bertrand
Germanic for bright raven
Blaine
Scottish Gaelic blian, yellow · Scottish
Bradford
English place name, broad ford
Casimir
Polish Kazimierz, destroyer of peace, a royal name · Polish
Cicero
Roman orator, from Latin cicer, chickpea · Latin
Clarence
English title name popular around 1900 · English
Clem
Short form of Clement, merciful
Clement
Latin clemens, merciful · Latin
Cletus
Short form of Anacletus, called forth, an early pope · Greek
Cleveland
English place name, hilly land
Clifton
English place name, settlement by a cliff
Clint
Short form of Clinton, settlement on a hill
Coleman
Irish Colman, little dove, or an English charcoal burner · Irish
Conrad
Germanic name meaning bold counsel · German
Crawford
Scottish place name, crow's ford · Scottish
Cyril
Greek name meaning lordly · Greek
Delbert
Short form of Adelbert, noble and bright
Delmar
Spanish del mar, of the sea · Spanish
Dwight
English surname from the medieval name Diot, a form of Dionysia
Edgar
Old English name meaning wealthy spear · English
Edmond
French form of Edmund, rich protector · French
Edsel
Germanic, noble, a form of Etzel
Elbert
Variant of Albert, noble and bright
Elmer
A firm favourite of the early 1900s · English
Elroy
A form of Leroy, the king · French
Emanuel
Hebrew for God is with us · Hebrew
Emory
Germanic Emmerich, work and power
Enoch
Hebrew for dedicated, the father of Methuselah · Hebrew
Ernest
Germanic, serious and earnest
Eugene
Greek name meaning well born · Greek
Ezra
Hebrew name meaning help · Hebrew
Florian
Latin Florianus, flowering · Latin
Floyd
Welsh derived name popular a century ago · Welsh
Frederick
Germanic name meaning peaceful ruler · German
Freeman
English surname for a free man
Galen
Greek galene, calm, the physician of ancient Rome · Greek
Garland
English surname for a maker of garlands
Gene
Short form of Eugene, well born
Gilbert
Germanic name meaning bright pledge · German
Granville
Norman place name, large town · French
Harlan
English place name, hare land
Harmon
English form of Herman, army man
Harold
Old Norse name meaning army ruler · Norse
Harvey
Breton name meaning battle worthy · French
Haywood
English place name, enclosed wood
Herbert
Germanic, bright army
Herman
Germanic name meaning soldier · German
Hershel
Yiddish for deer · Yiddish
Hezekiah
Hebrew for God strengthens, a king of Judah · Hebrew
Hiram
Phoenician, exalted brother, a king of Tyre in the Bible · Phoenician
Hollis
English surname for someone who lived by holly trees
Horace
Roman family name much used by Victorians · Latin
Hosea
Hebrew for salvation, an Old Testament prophet · Hebrew
Howard
English surname name popular in the 1920s · English
Hubert
Germanic name meaning bright mind · German
Ignatius
Roman family name Egnatius, later linked to Latin ignis, fire · Latin
Irvin
Scottish surname, green river · Scottish
Jennings
English surname, son of Jenin, a form of John
Jeremiah
Hebrew for Yahweh will exalt, a major prophet · Hebrew
Junius
Roman family name, perhaps from the goddess Juno · Latin
Lamar
French de la mare, of the pool · French
Lambert
Germanic land and bright, a Flemish saint
Leander
Greek, lion man, who swam the Hellespont for love · Greek
Lemuel
Hebrew for devoted to God, Gulliver's first name · Hebrew
Leonard
Germanic, brave as a lion
Leroy
French derived name meaning the king · French
Linwood
English place name, lime tree wood
Lionel
Old French name meaning little lion · French
Llewellyn
Welsh Llywelyn, a name of Welsh princes, perhaps leader · Welsh
Lloyd
Welsh name meaning grey · Welsh
Lonnie
Pet form of Alonzo or Lawrence
Loren
Form of Lorenzo, from Laurentum
Lowell
Norman French nickname, little wolf · French
Lyle
Norman French de l'isle, from the island · French
Marcellus
Latin, little warrior, from Marcus · Latin
Maynard
Germanic magin and hard, strong and brave
Merrill
English surname from Muriel, bright sea
Merritt
English place name, boundary gate
Merton
English place name, lake town
Millard
English occupational surname for a mill keeper
Mortimer
Norman surname name of the old days · French
Mose
Short form of Moses, drawn out · Hebrew
Myron
Greek myron, sweet oil or perfume · Greek
Nathaniel
Hebrew name meaning gift of God · Hebrew
Norbert
Germanic name meaning bright north · German
Norman
Old French, a man from the north
Norris
Norman French for northerner · French
Odell
English place name, woad hill
Orrin
Of uncertain origin, perhaps Irish odhran, pale green · Irish
Orval
Germanic, perhaps from an old word for spear, also a Belgian abbey · French
Oswald
Old English name meaning divine power · English
Otho
Latin form of Otto, wealth, a Roman emperor · Latin
Otis
Germanic derived surname name of the 1900s · German
Pasquale
Italian, from Pascha, Easter · Italian
Pierce
Medieval form of Piers, Peter, stone
Quentin
French form of Quintinus, fifth · French
Randolph
Germanic rand and wulf, shield wolf
Roderick
Germanic for famous ruler
Roscoe
Norse derived name meaning deer wood · Norse
Sanford
English place name, sandy ford
Sherwood
English place name, bright wood, Robin Hood's forest
Sidney
English surname from a place by a wide meadow
Silas
Latin name from the New Testament · Latin
Sinclair
Scottish surname from Saint Clair in Normandy · Scottish
Stanley
Old English, the stony clearing
Thad
Short form of Thaddeus
Theron
Greek, hunter · Greek
Thornton
English place name, thorn bush settlement
Vance
English surname, fen dweller
Vaughn
Welsh fychan, little · Welsh
Vern
Short form of Vernon, alder tree · French
Vernon
Norman place name used for boys around 1900 · French
Wallace
Scottish surname meaning foreigner · Scottish
Walter
Germanic, ruler of the army
Ward
Old English weard, guard or watchman
Weldon
English place name, hill with a spring
Wilbert
Germanic will and bright
Wilbur
Old English surname turned given name
Wilfred
Old English name meaning wishes for peace · English
Wilfrid
Old English will and peace, a saint of Northumbria
Willard
English surname, will and hardy
Wilmer
Germanic will and famous
Winfield
English place name, Wina's field

Names for either (5)

Bobbie
Pet form of Robert or Roberta
Frankie
Pet form of Frank or Frances
Georgie
Pet form of George or Georgina
Jackie
Pet form of Jack or Jacqueline
Marion
Medieval French diminutive of Marie, also a 1900s boys' name · French

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