Girls names with a bit of attitude

[Valentina2110]

I'm looking for names which aren't too typically girly and suggest a damsel in distress i.e Pansy, Poppy, Gabriella etc...these are all very nice but just aren't for me....according to me dh I'm looking for names with a bit of "spunk". We already have a Ben(Benjamin) and a Harry...oh and it's twin girls!! So i need two names :)

[Mousesmummy]

Roberta ( nn Bobbie )

[Valentina2110]

Our cat is called Bob....i don't think i could do that :L

[HaggisNeepsnTatties]

Dave.....

[olympialimpet]

Gretchen & Zara?

[blueberrymoon]

Mimi? The one I know is a little madam.

Harriet and Matilda?
Phoebe and Robyn?
Imogen and Amelia?

[SilkStalkings]

Have you looked at film/fiction heroines? Eg Scarlett (O'Hara), Esme (Weatherwax), Lyra (Belacqua),

Generally powerful or bad girl female names:
Eve
Cleo
Lilith
Lola
Seren (Welsh for star)

Or unisex nicknames or surname names:
Alex
Reese
Cassidy
Gibson (like the guitars)

[CaptainNancy]

Beatrix
Nancy
Zelda

[notanumber]

Ramona. I love this name. I can't imagine a Ramona takin' no shit from nobody.

[Valentina2110]

I really like Phoebe and Matilda...going on the shortlist :)

[BikeRunSki]

How about named after powerful women?

Rosa and Emmeline ? (Parks and Pankhurst)

Boudacia and Margaret!

[superv1xen]

i LOVE the name ramona! i think if i had another girl that would be her name :)

also love cassidy.

and think they both have "attitude"

Also, how about Layla?

[purepurple]

Keeley
Ashley
Imogen
Phoebe
Scarlett
Alice
Anastasia
Alicia
Alexia
Victoria
Eryn
Isla
Ava
Mia
Shera

[notanumber]

Oooh, I just saw that you're having twins (you're brave!)

So....Ramona and Esther.

Or, y'know, Ramona and some other name. But Ramona, definitely Ramona. Look, if you don't call one of 'em Ramona I'm going to be really cross, ok?

[Olivia2410]

I love Lyra but Sophie Dhal stole it :( Isla is gorgeous

[BettyGrable]

Names that can be shrotened to 'boy' nicknames, e.g. Alex, Charlie, Andi, Sam, Mattie, George, Jo etc?

I love Harriet (and nn Hattie)

Anais
Maeve
Tess
Greta
Pippa
Saffron
Ruth
Edith
Seren
Ellen
Charis
Olive

[Domesticbodess]

Alexis
Georgia/Georgina
Kate
Jess
Rachel
Annie
are all quite tough names IME

[darleneconnor]

Do you mind unisex/american/surname names?

Xena
Alex
Astrid
Sam
Saxon
Saskia
Jamie
Radley
Riley
Mackenzie
Phoenix
Eliott
Amber

[Valentina2110]

I love Pippa as a nn for Philipa...Ruth is going on the shortlist as is Georgia, Tess and Annie

[SilkStalkings]

Olivia I had a Lyra before Miss Dahl so you have my permission to use it. I also wanted a girlpower name so it was perfect.

[SilkStalkings]

Pippa's a bit pony club isn't it? And Tess of the D'Urbervilles was a bit of a tragic victim of cirumstances rather than an aspirational heroine.

[jenniferturkington]

Well I have a 2yr old Harriet (Hattie) and she has attitude! I would love a Zara and an Agnes too.

[MackerelOfFact]

In a similar vein to Ramona, I've only ever met hard-as-nails Rhonas.

Also, these are all quite 'robust' names IMO:
Nina
Clara
Erica
Georgia
Lola
Nancy
Tegan
Imogen
Erin
Eliza
Freya
Tara
Tessa

[MackerelOfFact]

Also Nora or Dora (obviously only use one or ther other!)

[MackerelOfFact]

Or Alicia? Thinking Mallory Towers here.

[growing3rdbump]

Naomi and Sasha
Esme and Ava