Classic Eccentric Names
Many people
prefer names that are unusual, but not made-up. These names were used
in previous generations, and may be considered "cutting-edge" in some
circles. However, they're probably considered "stuffy" and "old Fashioned"
in other circles. These names have their place in history, but their place
may be frozen in time at that historical moment, as none of these names
are used very much today, or have been for a few generations. Are these
names ready for a comeback? You decide. Many formerly-stuffy sounding
names are all the rage now. Consider Hannah. Hannah is in the top 5 right
now in the USA. 20 years ago, it sounded as stuffy as Myrtle or Irwin
do today.
Girls' Names
Boys'
Names
Ada
Abel
Adelaide
Abelard
Adele
Abner
Agatha
Abram
Agnes
Alaric
Alethea
Alastair
Allegra
Alberic
Alma
Albion
Amalia
Aldous
Amaryllis
Alfred
Amethyst
Algernon
Amity
Aloyisius
Annis
Alvin
Anthea
Ambrose
Arabella
Amias
Araminta
Amyntas
Ariadne
Archibald
Astrid
Asa
Aurelia
Aubrey
Averil
Augustus
Beatrix
Barnabas
Bernadette
Barnaby
Bertha
Bartholemew
Betty
Basil
Beulah
Benedict
Blythe
Bernard
Bronwen
Bertrand
Bryony
Bevan/Bevis
Calantha
Bram
Callisto
Bruno
Camila
Byron
Camille
Caius
Cecily
Calum
Celandine
Caspar
Celeste
Cecil
Celia
Cedric
Charis
Clark
Charity
Claude
Clarissa
Claudius
Claudia
Clement
Clio
Clive
Constance
Clyde
Coralie
Conrad
Cordelia
Cornelius
Cornelia
Cosmo
Cosima
Crispin
Damaris
Curtis
Delia
Cuthbert
Della
Cy
Delphine
Cyril
Dinah
Cyrus
Dora
Darby
Doris
Darcy
Drusilla
Desmond
Dulcie
Dexter
Dulcinea
Dirk
Elfride
Dorian
Eliane
Dunstan
Ellowen
Eben
Eloise
Ebenezer
Elsie
Edgar
Elvira
Edmund
Emeline
Edwin
Enid
Elam
Ermengarde
Eliam
Esmeralda
Elmer
Estelle
Emlyn
Esther
Emmett
Etta
Enoch
Eudora
Ephraim
Eugenia
Eustace
Euphemia
Fabian
Evangeline
Farquhar
Eveline
Felix
Flavia
Ferdinand
Fleur
Finnegan
Flora
Flavian/us
Frederica
Florian
Frieda
Fritz
Galatea
Gareth
Gemma
Gaspar
Genevieve
Gawain
Georgiana
Geordie
Gladys
Gerard
Gloria
Gershom
Griselda
Gervaise
Guenivere
Gideon
Gwyneth
Gilbert
Harriet
Giles
Helen
Godfrey
Helena
Grover
Heloise
Gus
Henrietta
Guy
Hermione
Hadrian
Hesper
Hamish
Hester
Harold
Hildegarde
Harvey
Hildi
Hector
Honor(a)
Herman
Hyacinth
Hiram
Ianthe
Hubert
Ida
Hugh
Imogen
Hugo
Ingrid
Humphrey
Iolanthe
Iago
Iona
Ichabod
Iris
Ignatius
Isadora
Ike
Jemima
Ira
Josephine
Isidore
Judith
Ismail
Justine
Israel
Keziah
Jabez
Lavinia
Jarvis
Lenore/a
Jedidiah
Leticia
Jude
Lilia
Jules
Lilias
Julius
Linnea
Junius
Linnet
Justus
Lise
Kent
Lisette
Kerwin
Livia
Kester
Lois
Kit
Lorna
Leander
Lottie
Leopold
Louisa
Lester
Lucille
Lionel/Leonel
Lucinda
Lloyd
Lucretia
Lucian/us
Ludmilla
Luther
Lula
Lysander
Lulu
Magnus
Maebry
Marcellus
Magdalen(a)
Marius
Marcella
Maxfield
Martha
Melvin
Martina
Milo
Matilda
Milton
Maud
Mordecai
Mavis
Morris
Melisande
Morton
Mercy
Myron
Millicent
Ned
Minerva
Nestor
Myra
Neville
Myrtle
Nicodemus
Nadine
Noel
Nell
Octavian
Nell/Nellie
Orson
Nicolette
Orville
Octavia
Oswald
Opal
Otis
Ophelia
Otto
Oriana
Pascal
Pansy
Penrod
Patience
Percival
Pearl
Percy
Petula
Peregrine
Phaedra
Phineas
Philippa
Pinchas
Philomela
Rafe
Philomena
Ralph
Phyllida
Reginald
Pippa
Reuben/Ruben
Polly
Robin
Portia
Roderick
Prudence
Roger
Rosamund
Roland
Roseline
Roscoe
Rowena
Roy
Ruth
Rudyard
Sabine
Rufus
Salma
Rupert
Saoirse
Saul
Selma
Solomon
Simone
Stefan
Sophronia
Sylvester
Sorrel
Tertius
Sybil
Theodoric
Sylvie
Tiago
Talitha
Tobias
Tallulah
Tristram
Tamar
Ulrich
Tamsin
Ulysses
Tansy
Urban
Thalia
Uriel
Theodora
Virgil
Theodosia
Vivian
Tirzah
Waldo
Twila
Walter
Valeria
Wendell
Vera
Wilbur
Verbena
Wilfred
Verity
Willard
Viola
Willis
Vivien
Willoughby
Willa
Wolfgang
Winifred
Xeno
Yseult/Ysolde
Zebulon
Zaelynn
Zelda
Zenobia
You may also like a few Classic Unusual names, or possibly some Modern Eccentric names.