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Strong girls name - please no Ava, Eva, Edie, Isla, Bella, Milly, Lilly, Molly arrgh!

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Wannabuyawatch · 11/06/2013 15:22

Don´t know if DC3 is a boy or girl yet. 2 ds are called Louis & Oscar, so if its a girl, I want a strong, cool name.
Not keen at all on overly girly names Bella, Billy, Milly, Zilly, Bella, Mella, Molly, Lilly, Mia, Maya...you know what I mean! Beautiful for some, just not for me...
So far I like Mimi (family reasons), Clara (my husband is Spanish) and Indie.
Any other clever MN suggestions?

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HappyAsEyeAm · 11/06/2013 15:27

Straong names for girls for me are Elizabeth, Frances, C/Katherine, Louisa.

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argylesocks · 11/06/2013 15:29

What about Marisol or Miriam and you could call her Mimi? I love those names.

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Wallison · 11/06/2013 15:31

Agnes
Viola
Rumer
Kady

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monsterchild · 11/06/2013 15:32

Harriett, she can be Harry for short and fit right in with the boys!

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getmeoutofthismadhouse · 11/06/2013 15:33

Georgia
Charlotte
Tamsin
Scarlett
Danielle
Anna
Jemima
Rebecca

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telsa · 11/06/2013 15:35

Hecate
Astrid
Victoria
Marsha
Helen
Storm
Zelda
Ursula
Mignon

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keely79 · 11/06/2013 15:40

We chose Sophia for our girl - means wisdom. I apply the "high court judge" test - i.e. could you see a judge called by that name. Counts out the more "cutesy" ones. If we'd had another girl, we had chosen Isobel as the next name. I also like Alannah (there's a series of childrens books called "Song of the Lionness" where the female protagonist is called Alannah that I really liked as a child), Hypatia (female librarian and philosopher in ancient Alexandria) or Portia (strong female character in the Shakespeare play "Merchant of Venice").

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JoyMachine · 11/06/2013 15:42

Beatrix
Nina
Ines/Inez

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DesertOrchid · 11/06/2013 15:47

Miriam is quite strong, and then Mimi would work as a nickname.

Ingrid, Astrid, Francesca...

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PestoSwimissimos · 11/06/2013 15:48

Elspeth

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VinegarDrinker · 11/06/2013 15:49

I agree with the classic suggestions: Elizabeth, Catherine, Alexandra etc.

my Grandma is Molly and about the fiercest woman imaginable so I always pmsl at it being cutesy/soft!

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Wannabuyawatch · 11/06/2013 15:57

I do think Agnes is nice, and Ines. OK, am cringeing at sounding sad but would like some "cool" factor to the name that you don´t really get with Elizabeth, Francesca etc - Like someone saying, "I know this family who called their daughter a really cool name..."
I quite like Roxy??

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VinegarDrinker · 11/06/2013 15:58

Are you a jazz fan btw?

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Wannabuyawatch · 11/06/2013 15:58

PS Mumsnet is great isn´t it? I am currently on bed rest for low placenta and bleeding so this is a brilliant way to pass the time!

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IsThisAGoodIdea · 11/06/2013 16:09

I've always loved Ramona.

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driftwoodsands · 11/06/2013 16:10

Love Clara. Could consider:
Hesther
Miriam
Nancy
Agatha
Penelope
Eliza
Ramona
Cecily
Paloma

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GwendolineMaryLacey · 11/06/2013 16:12

I'm sort of lol-ing at not wanting girly names but then liking Mimi.

Anyway, if I could pick and DH wasn't his usual arse of a self I'd go with Ramona.

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Lintilla · 11/06/2013 16:12

Persephone

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BlueChampagne · 11/06/2013 16:13

Vashti
Morven
Rhiannon
Meredith
Athena

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iseenodust · 11/06/2013 16:14

Madelaine
Rosemary
Indra

recently met a baby named Edith

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thistlelicker · 11/06/2013 16:15

Emmy is lovely

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DogsAreEasierThanChildren · 11/06/2013 16:19

Judith

Rachel

Ruth

I agree Elizabeth is good.

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orangepudding · 11/06/2013 16:21

Mimi, Indie and Roxy aren't what I consider to be cool names.

Hester, Violet, Ingrid, Astrid have an edge to them at the moment.

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rootypig · 11/06/2013 16:22

Anna - such a beautiful, strong name

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