33 Uncommon Old Fashioned Baby Girl Names & Meanings

Living an old-fashioned life has a major appeal. As such, I have selected 33 uncommon old-fashioned baby girl names with meanings included.

Zosia

Zosia has Polish origins and means ”wisdom.” It is the Polish version of Sofia which has Greek roots and it is very popular in Eastern Orthodox countries. Recently, Sophia entered the top-most popular feminine names in Canada.

Queenie

Queenie is a form of the term meaning “queen.”

Vera

Vera is symbolizing ”faith.” Viera is the variant in Slovakian while Véra is in French.

Winifred

Winifred means ”blessed reconciliation” or ”friend of peace.” Winifred is the English version of the Welsh Gwenfrewi.

Zadie

Zadie has Hebrew and Arabic origins and means abundant or princess.

Pippa

Pippa is meaning lover of horses and is a short form of Philippa. It has its origins in the Greek words philos (loving) and hippo (horse). Other short forms of Philippa that I like are Pip and Pippy.

Yara

Yara has diverse origins. It means courage or strength in Persian and ”small butterfly” in Arabic. Yara is also spelled Iara that is a figure from Brazilian mythology. Brazilian artist Yara Tupynambá bears this name and she organized the Atelier Vivo in 1974.

Patsy

Patsy is from the Latin name Patricius and means ”noble.” Patsy is the diminutive of the name Patricia. Martha Jefferson Randolph was called “Patsy” in her youth.

Winslow

Winslow means “friend’s hill.”

Theodora

Theodora comes from the Greek theos (that means ”god”) and doron (gift). Teodora is a variation of Theodora and is very popular in Serbia. Theodora was the wife of Emperor Justinian I.

Wanda

Wanda has German and Polish origins and is meaning ”kindred.” At one point Wanda was the second-most popular girl’s name in Poland.

Wilhelmina

Wilhelmina is the feminine form of the German Wilhelm. Nicknames include Willa and Mina and it is also spelled as Wilhemina or Wilhelmena.

Signs You Are Old-fashioned

You understand that the most important things in life aren’t things.

You prefer to do things with your own two hands.

You prefer face-to-face contact as opposed to texting.

You know that newer doesn’t always mean better.

Ophelia

Ophelia is from the Greek opheleia and means ”advantage” or ”benefit.” Ophelia is a character in William Shakespeare’s Hamlet.

Tilly

Meaning Tilly is a diminutive of Matilda, the English form of the Germanic female name Mahthildis. Tilly means ”strength in battle” or ”mighty in battle.” Empress Matilda was the Holy Roman Empress and the eldest child of Henry I, king of England.

Netta

Netta means sapling or plant.

Rosalie

Rosalie comes from the Latin rosa and has a meaning that I love, ”rose.”

Thomasina

Thomasina is the feminine form of Thomas which is from the Greek word toma (twin). In the Bible Thomas the Apostle is one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus. Thomas was born in the early 1st century CE in Galilee.

Tabitha

Tabitha has Aramaic origins and is symbolizing ”female gazelle.” Tabitha is a faithful disciple of Jesus. ”In Joppa there was a disciple named Tabitha (in Greek her name is Dorcas);” Acts 9:36-42

Mirielle

Mirielle comes from the Latin “mirabilis” and means ”remarkable” or ”amazing.”

Penelope

Penelope has its origins in the Greek word ”penelops” and means ”duck.” French illustrator Pénélope Bagieu is known for her blog BDs.

Serafina

Serafina means “burning ones.” It is a variant of the Hebrew Seraphina. Seraphims are heavenly beings who surround God as He sits upon His exalted throne.

Margot

Margot is from the Greek word margarites (that means pearl) and is the diminutive form of Marguerite.

How to choose an old-fashioned name for your baby girl

Start brainstorming old-fashioned names.

You don’t have to travel too far back in time to select an old-fashioned name.

Say the name out loud.

Millicent

Millicent has roots in the Germanic word amalasuintha and means strong in work. Millicent Sowerby issued the postcard series “Postcards for the Little Ones.”

Hattie

Hattie is a diminutive form of Harriet that is the English version of the French Henriette which means ”power.”

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Sallie

Sallie means noblewoman.

Marguerite

Marguerite means pearls and is from the Greek margarítēs. Margaret of Bourbon was the first wife of Philip II, Duke of Savoy.

Lucille

Lucille has its origins in the Latin name Lucilla and is meaning bearer of light.

Stacy

Stacy is a diminutive form of Anastasia which means ”resurrection.”

Etta

Etta is meaning ”ruler of the home.”

Yvette

Yvette is the French feminine form of Yves (yew wood) and is pronounced ih-VET.

Sabine

Sabine means “woman of the Sabine people.”

Libby

”Pledged to God” or ”God is my oath.”

Jacinta

Jacinta means hyacinth and has Greek roots.