Old Fashioned Names, Meanings, and their History

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Allard (AL-ard)

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baby boy french-dutch french-german english-dutch german-english dutch-german

allard name meaning

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Aloysius (al-uh-WISH-uhs)

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unusual english irish-english english-irish boy english-german irish-german

aloysius name meaning

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Bernice (ber-nees)

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christian french-english german-polish english biblical old-fashioned polish-german

bernice name meaning

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Bettie (BEH-tee)

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american-english baby english american girl traditional vintage

bettie name meaning

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Earl (Ur-l)

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boy masculine old-fashioned baby english aristocratic male

earl name meaning

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Edith (EE-dith)

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hebrew-french spanish-french hebrew-english french-spanish baby english-hebrew english-spanish

edith name meaning

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Edna (ED-nah)

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english-bosnian american-bosnian bosnian-hebrew female girl english-hebrew american-english

edna name meaning

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Egbert (EG-bərt)

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male german boy old-fashioned vintage masculine baby

egbert name meaning

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Egbertyne (EG-ber-tine)

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feminine english-german uncommon girl german-english female german

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Eldar (el-DAHR)

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albanian-kazakh russian-georgian azerbaijani-albanian armenian-croatian serbian-uzbek armenian-persian turkish-uzbek

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Ethel (ETH-əl)

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scottish-english scottish-american traditional reliable american-scottish nickname anglicized

ethel name meaning

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Felberta (fel-BUR-ta)

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uncommon feminine female rare italian variant girl

felberta name meaning

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