This means white in French and was the name of a character in A Streetcar Named Desire.

Old fashioned american female names. Lovely names from other time periods take us back to characters from classic stories in literature flower inspired names and many names found throughout our family trees. This is a name of English origin meaning ruler of the home Fabia. Then of course there are names that people have genuinely stopped using for the last 60 to 100 years names like Agnes Mabel or Naomi.

Roughly speaking names that were popular about 100 years ago are popular again today. She who brings victory. From Hebrew meaning My father is joy.

It seems it takes a century for a name to travel through the cycle of fashionable to fading out tofashionable again. So lets get on to the old fashioned English girls names. Old fashioned names tell a lot about your history personality and identity.

Both names are steeped in tradition have their roots with more popular names but offer a decidedly vintage twist. So I decided to create this list of 50 awesome old-fashioned baby girl names that are pure classics and sound absolutely perfect. From the corrido about the brave woman.

Peter Stackpole The LIFE Picture CollectionGett Show More Show Less 2 of 50 Adelita. It just means rare names that are fashionable. Vintage baby names do not ordinarily mean out of style.

If you prefer the clunky-cool variety of old lady names consider adding Cornelia Dorothea Geraldine or Henrietta to your list. Ada is an old fashioned English girls name meaning nobility or noble. Feminine form of Carlolus which is.