All the vintage baby names making a comeback in 2023

It seems that many of the 'old-school' baby names are making a comeback in 2023.

Before you get excited - Karen is not one of them.

If we take 'Gloria' - for example - you may think that would be the moniker of a grandmother with six children.

But perhaps, in part due to Sofia Vergara's portrayal of Gloria in Modern Family, UK parents could start to look at that name a bit differently.

Rita is another one. I can't be the only one with a 60-year-old Auntie Rita?

I mean if we look at 32-year-old Rita Ora, she seems to have rocked the name pretty well.

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It seems that celebrities could have to power to make an unpopular baby name 'more acceptable', one expert has argued.

Pamela Redmond, the founder of Nameberry.com, has gone as far as to say that it's the baby names outside the top 500 of their compiled list we're likely to be seeing more of in the future, as reported by The Mirror.

So Nameberry.com compiled a Top 100 list of the most popular baby names in the UK, as Redmond explains: "Names likely to rise on the Top 100 have had an upward trajectory for years and often fit a particular trend — either stylish sounds or a popular style like nature names, for example."

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While discussing the vintage names that could make a comeback, Pamela added: "These names, like Dorothea, are definitely getting more popular in the US and we also see that translating into the UK.

"Names like Cosmo, Roscoe, with that 'oh' sound on the end have been trending and we're also seeing the name Arlo become popular on both sides of the pond.

"Cosmo was actually chosen by Scarlett Johansson for her son so it has that movie star kind of thing and is becoming more acceptable.

"In the UK more than the US, nickname names have been trendy for quite a while, like Goldie or Artie or Ozzie.

"In the US we see parents opting for more formal names and then giving their child a shorter nickname, but the reverse is happening in the UK which is interesting as it's sort of the opposite of what you might imagine for a stereotypical British person and the casual American."

Below is a list of vintage names Pamela thinks could make a comeback in the UK:

Winifred

Gloria

Rita

Luella

Nella

Lavinia

Goldie

Dorothea

Teodora

Leonora

Clover

Enid

Caspar

Cassian

Laurie

Artie

Arnold

Denny

Alvie

Cosmo

Gus

Roscoe

Sid

Baxter

Ozzie

Bernie

Topics: Parenting

Anish Vij

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