These forgotten baby names were popular 100 years ago but are in desperate need of a comeback

PICKING a name for your baby can be tough, but could these “forgotten” gems be perfect to revive?

A list of baby names has been revealed that includes monikers that were very popular 100 years ago, but are in desperate need of a comeback.

The “100 great lost names from 100 years ago” were revealed by Nameberry, and were all extremely desired in 1918.

At the time they were high up in the top 500, but nowadays don’t even feature in today’s top 1,000, so could they be ideal to bring back?

For the girls, “faded flower” names include Avis, Carmella, Cleo, Effie, Lelia, Lulu Minnie, Opal, Polly and Rosalind.

And for the young chaps, Benedict, Claude, Dudley, Ferdinand, Lowell, Ned, Rufus and Waldo made the list.

LOST GIRLS' NAMES FROM 100 YEARS AGO

Agatha

Alpha

Althea

Augusta

Avis

Bernadette

Beryl

Bessie

Birdie

Carmella

Cleo

Delia

Dixie

Effie

Etta

Fay

Geneva

Gertie

Ida

Inez

Ione

Iva

Lelia

Loretta

Lorna

Lottie

Louella

Lucinda

Lula

Lulu

Mamie

Maude

Merle

Minerva

Minnie

Muriel

Myrtle

Odessa

Olga

Opal

Pauline

Philomena

Polly

Rosalind

Rosella

Roxie

Sibyl

Theda

Winifred

Yolanda

During 1918, women over 30 got the vote, and the devastating First World War armistice was signed – making it a particularly defining year in British history.

And while the most common names at the time were John, Mary, James, Dorothy, Robert and Margaret, the Nameberry list shines a light on some of the lesser-known names we have forgotten today.

Among the 696,271 babies born in England and Wales in 2016, the most popular names were Olivia, Amelia, Oliver and Harry.

LOST BOYS' NAMES FROM 100 YEARS AGO

Abe

Alphonse

Ambrose

Archie

Barney

Benedict

Booker

Burl

Cecil

Chester

Claude

Clement

Cleveland

Cornelius

Dale

Dewey

Dorsey

Doyle

Dudley

Edmund

Ferdinand

Floyd

Forest

Garland

Grover

Hiram

Homer

Isadore

Kermit

Lemuel

Lowell

Lucius

Luther

Ned

Noble

Norris

Ollie

Perry

Pete

Roscoe

Rufus

Sol

Stuart

Thaddeus

Ulysses

Vito

Waldo

Wallace

Ward

Wiley

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Meanwhile parenting website BabyCentre released the list of unpopular baby names and it included Ainsley, Dermot and Coleen.

Perhaps you are looking for something more gender neutral?

Unisex baby names are gaining popularity, with more and more parents opting for names that work for boys as well as girls.

Gender neutral monikers such as Quincy, Remi, Winter and Ellis are becoming more trendy, according to a baby name website.

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