Hipster baby names are an ever-moving class. Once a name gets widely used enough to be widely pegged a hipster baby name, it may be too popular to make any true hipster’s baby name list.
And yet when is a baby name hip and when is it just unusual or antiquated? Let’s look at some specific groups of hipster baby names and specific names that qualify now:
The Vintage Hipsters
Vintage baby names and hipster baby names often meet in the middle but not always. Here are some vintage names that qualify in the hipster group.
Girls
Bathsheba
Esther
Eulalia
Harriet
Ida
Lula
Marguerite
Mary
Minerva
Nancy
Pearl
Rowena
Theodosia
Zephyrine
Boys
Albert
Bernard
Chester
Edmund
Ira
Leon
Linus
Ralph
Roger
Stanley
Van
Victor
Virgil
Wilfred
Exotic Hipster Names
International names can qualify as hipster, especially if they’re from an less represented baby name culture like, say, Basque or Welsh or Sanskrit.
Girls
Esmeralda
Fernanda
Flavia
Ines
Io
Ione
Ludovica
Olga
Noa
Fflur
Saskia
Soleil
Boys
Anders
Bas
Boris
Dev
Ivan
Lazaro
Magnus
Neo
Seb
Soren
Vladimir
Teilo
Hipster Nature Names
Nature names are a delicate thing when it comes to hipsters. You can’t use the obvious nature names like Lily and Fox and Sky. So you have to look further afield. These qualify.
Girls
Andromeda
Aster
Azalea
Bee
Birdie
Blossom
December
Dove
Lilac
Maple
Nova
Vega
Boys
Ash
Beach
Bear
Frost
Hawk
Huckleberry
Mars
Oak
Pike
Geek Chic Names
Moving beyond Millie and Oscar are these geekier chic hipster baby names.
Girls
Agatha
Agnes
Constance
Ethel
Eunice
Francine
Gertrude
Ida
Lenore
Mildred
Myrtle
Opal
Thomasina
Wilhelmina
Boys
Clarence
Edgar
Floyd
Irving
Leonard
Murray
Osbert
Oswald
Percival
Sheldon
Hipster Hero Names
Real and fictional hip heroes may inspire hipster baby names and namers. Here is a selection of hero names for boys and girls.
Amadeus
Baldwin
Billie
Booker
Byron
Esme
Etta
Flannery
Gatsby
Hart
Hermione
Hero
Isla
Juno
King
Laszlo
Lolita
Martin
Matilda
McCoy
Merlin
Percy
Scout
Truman
Ulysses
Wednesday
Winston
Zelda