Talk

Max and George

Brian
Dave

Paula. Why?

Roberta
Nigella
Thomasina, et al.

Bobby
Stevie

Morgan
Jamie
Bailey

Germaine. Because of Greer. Not necessarily a bad thing though.

Americans go in for quite masculine names. Taylor, Tucker, etc...

An ex-colleague has recently named her DD Bryce.

Charlie/Charley.

Brodie
Brontë

Alex (Alexandra)
Sam (Samantha)
Jo (Joanna, Josephine)

Parker
Harley

But why?! You can have a masculine name when you have a boy!!!

Harper
Elliot
Jamie

Wyatt

Lesley, Sydney, Hilary, Vivienne/Vivian.

Ashley
Jo (sephine)

If you want a 'strong' name, go for a consonant (or consonant sound) at the end. Surname names are another possibility, but I'm not keen unless they are actually your grandmother's maiden name etc.

From my generation I think Helen, Kate, Rachel sound strong.

Gerry
Jamie
Lee
Scout
Billie
Morven
Sonney (I have a friend called this, she's a woman and it suits her)

Logan
Piper
Austin
Parker
Glenn
Drew
Addison
Ashton
Shane
Saxon
Frankie
Joe
Jules
Jay
Astor
Stevie
Radley
Ripley
Laurie
Basil
Marty
Ty
Oscar
Lee
Sacha
Alex
Billie
Kai
Phoenix
Hayden
Cody
Corey
Casey
Sean
Jean
Quinn
River
Rain
Skye
Skyler
Arran
Jordan
Jodie
Micky
Mel
Oisin
Orion
Pat
Terry
Toni
Angel
Sam
Andy
Jamie
Tegan
Nicky
Fox
Ember
Devon
Dale
Dana
Danni
Ryan

What about Erica, Philippa. Peta, or Jacqueline. I like Erica a lot. Its a name that's difficult to shorten and for me that's one of the main things I consider as I find it difficult to get my head round why people choose a name and then shorten it!

Why? Because I don't like any girly or feminine names. That doesn't mean I'll name my daughter John or something, I just like unisex names.

Francesca - Frankie