So, your mom wants you to name your newborn bundle of joy after your great-great-great grandmother. Don’t fight it. Old-fashioned baby names--with their hip and stylish nod to the past--are kind of the cutest. Cue your chance to make them totally timeless.
15 Old-Fashioned Baby Names That Will Melt Your Heart
Adorable and grandma-approved

1. Florence
Meaning: “To flower and flourish” (and possibly wear a flower crown at all times).

2. Alice
Meaning: “Nobility.” Popularized in 1865 thanks to some dude named Lewis Carroll.

3. Clarence
Meaning: “Bright” and “shining” and “gentle.” Pairs well with a tweed blazer.
4. Gertrude
Meaning: German for “spear of strength” (kind of like her mama).
5. Pearl
Meaning: Skilled at picking out jewelry. Obviously.

6. Harold
Meaning: “Power” and “leader” and “ruler.” No pressure, baby.

7. Maude
Meaning: A riff on Matilda, it means “battle-mighty.” (As in, who run the world? Maude.)

8. Arthur
Meaning: Art for short, this name means “noble,” “courageous” and “strong as a bear.” Rawr.
9. Beulah
Meaning: Pronounced “bee-ooo-lah.” It technically means “married” (but only if she wants to).

10. Rosemary
Meaning: A compromise 19th-century moms made when they couldn’t pick between “Rose” and “Mary.” Also means “dew of the sea.”

11. Dorothy
Meaning: “Gift of God.” And lover of pineapple.

12. Conrad
Meaning: “Brave counsel” (but beware, giving advice makes him tired).

13. Evelyn
Meaning: “Wished for child.” BRB, sobbing.
14. Winston
Meaning: “From wine’s town.” A kid after our own heart.

15. George
Meaning: “Tiller of the soil” or “farmer.” Also, royal.