| In the 1890s, baby boy names and baby girl | | | | (English) comes from a place name meaning |
| names reflected the joy of that romantic | | | | "Charles' town;" Clement (Scottish) means |
| decade. Baby names often take on the passion | | | | "gentle;" Edmund (Anglo Saxon) means "happy |
| and romance of the world around them. Luckily | | | | protection;" Gilbert (German via French) |
| for babies born in this era, the 1890s were a | | | | means "bright pledge;" Napoleon (Greek) means |
| time of great music, painting, and unbridled | | | | "lion of the woodland dell;" Nathan (Hebrew) |
| passion. | | | | means "gift;" Percy (French) comes from a |
| | | | place name meaning "mysterious;" Roderick |
| From 1890 to 1899 and beyond, the music halls | | | | (German) means "famous ruler." |
| of New York City were filled every night and | | | | |
| music poured into the streets. "Give My | | | | The beautiful and romantic baby girl names of |
| Regards to Broadway" was the song of the | | | | the 1890s are classical and come from Latin |
| decade. Theater goers packed the playhouses | | | | and Greek. Baby names coming from old German, |
| to see the "Pirates of Penzance." Stephen | | | | French and Anglo Saxon were also wildly |
| Foster's "Beautiful Dreamer," was still | | | | popular. Here are some of the favorite baby |
| everyone's favorite melody. | | | | girl names: |
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| The 1980s were also a time of reading and | | | | Beatrice (Latin) means "bringer of joy;" |
| discovery. Freud lifted psychology into the | | | | Catherine (Greek) means "pure;" Clementine |
| modern age. Mystery readers thrilled at the | | | | (Latin) means "merciful;" Cordelia (Latin) |
| adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Hercule | | | | means "warm-hearted;" Drusilla (Latin) comes |
| Poirot. | | | | from a Roman family name meaning "strong;" |
| | | | Honoria (Latin) means "honorable;" Lorelei |
| Against this happy background, new parents | | | | (German) means "alluring one;" Helen (Greek) |
| looked for romantic baby names and their | | | | means "the beautiful one;" Minerva (Latin) |
| meanings from ancient Latin, Greek and Old | | | | means "goddess of wisdom;" Tess (Greek) comes |
| German. They chose heroic names from literary | | | | from the name "Teresa" meaning "harvest; |
| classics, music, art, and poetry. Many even | | | | "Victoria (Latin) means "victory." |
| named their babies after real heroes in | | | | |
| history as well as the names of places and | | | | With the passing of the 1890s, the Victorian |
| great battles. | | | | Era came to an end. The innocence of that |
| | | | era, however, carried over into the new |
| From among the romantic baby boy names of the | | | | century. Even the baby boy names and baby |
| 1890s, here are a few: | | | | girl names reflected the romantic happiness |
| | | | and music of these years. The question was - |
| Adolphus (German royal name) means "noble | | | | how would the 20th Century treat that happy |
| wolf;" Byron (Anglo Saxon) from an English | | | | innocence which was a gift of romance. |
| place name meaning "small cottage;" Carleton | | | | |