Baby names from the 1920s could be making a comeback, according to one expert who collects vintage yearbooks and has already seen some old monikers surge in popularity.
For many, naming a baby is one of the hardest decisions that they'll make in their lives. No one wants to realise that their child has a ' bad name ' years after its birth.
Finding the right name might mean trawling through lists, looking back at their own family history, or finding inspiration from their favourite books.
For some, that process may be made easier by TikTok creator Morgan Kline ( @hellomorgantimm ), who has a love for older names, the Mirror reports.
The TikTok star collects yearbooks from the early 1900s, and makes videos where she suggests names that she thinks may take off in the future.
In a recent post, she garnered 21,000 views discussing names for babies that were popular in the 1920s. One name that she suggested, Dorothea, might take off due to the " Taylor Swift effect" as appears as a song title on her new Evermore album.
Names for girls like Theo, Ollie, Lou, Althea, Birdie, Golda, Lovie and Blossom were all on the list, which might come back as they could be 'cutesy' and 'gender-neutral' sounding names.
Using her 1929 yearbook from Galesburg, Morgan also picked a list of boys names including Clifford, Arthur, Howard, Mack, Forrest, Eldon, Evertt, Percy, Von, Leon and Dale.
Commenters on her post love her suggestions and have found more uses for it than just baby names with one saying "I'm a writer and every time I need a character name I come straight to your page. Love it!"
Some do think that the names are great, but might be a little too quirky, with a TikTok user commenting "I definitely romanticise all these cutesy names, but I have a hard time picturing these cute baby names as an adult in a professional setting!"
Morgan later pointed out that Harry Potter actress Scarlett Byrne had recently named her baby Blossom. So maybe Morgan is on to something.
Does your baby have a vintage name? Let us know in the comments!
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