Classic Names

Names that have never really left. They rise and fall within a band rather than disappearing, which makes them the safest choice on the site and the hardest to say anything surprising about.

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534 names, most popular first in the United States

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Ulysse Ulysse is a boy's name of Greek origin, the French form of Odysseus, whose own name is glossed in the Odyssey as "the one who is hated."
Boy French 13,554 births
Ambroise Ambroise is a boy's name of Greek origin meaning "immortal," from the food of the gods.
Boy French 9,103 births
Olympe Olympe is a girl's name of Greek origin meaning "of Olympus," and in France it belongs above all to the woman who wrote the Declaration of the Rights of Woman.
Girl French 7,663 births
Isaure Isaure is a girl's name from Isauria, a mountainous region of ancient Anatolia whose people were known for resisting Rome.
Girl French 5,449 births
Orlagh Orlagh is a girl's name from the Irish Órlaith, meaning golden sovereign.
Girl Irish 1,853 births
Peadar Peadar is a boy's name, the Irish form of Peter, from a Greek word for a rock.
Boy Irish 816 births

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