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Strong Female names

36 replies

Chocolatehunter · 12/10/2013 13:47

Hi, please help, we're pretty much set on boys names but stuck on girls. I'm looking for something that's strong but feminine but dh is an Ancient Rome and Ancient Greece geek and keeps suggesting names a little bit too out there. Any suggestions?

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ProfondoRosso · 12/10/2013 22:14

Hera is gorgeous! My pal's girlfriend is called Demetra, which I really like.

soontobeslendergirl · 12/10/2013 22:07

7 daughters of Eve mentioned up post:

Ursula
Xenia
Helena
Velda
Tara
Katrine
Jasmine

BlueChampagne · 12/10/2013 22:02

Vashti
Athene/a

RalphtheTimid · 12/10/2013 21:57

Nerys

looki · 12/10/2013 20:44

Manic insomniac - you have listed all my favourite names!!!!!

If you have daughters, I would LOVE to know their names as my short list consists of names on your list!!!!

ancientbuchanan · 12/10/2013 19:46

Was also going to suggest Juno.

Cassandra
Pandora
Olympia
Athene/Athena
Portia
Sabina
Sabrina
Claudia
Lucretia/ Lucrece
Theodora
Diana
Demeter
Jocasta
Andromeda
Leda
Dido
Hebe
Minerva

Less strong
Danae
Ianthe
Anthea
Iris
Irene
Proserpine
Camilla
Letitia/ Laetitia
Octavia
Dorothea
Ariadne
Psyche
Callisto
Selene/Selena
Silvia/Silvie

SanityClause · 12/10/2013 19:35

Leda
Saoirse (Irish Celtic for freedom, pronounced Seer-sher)
Morgana

Yama · 12/10/2013 19:24

I bloody love Hera. Ever since the baby in Battlestar Gallactica was named Hera I've loved it.

YourStoryTime · 12/10/2013 19:22

Charlotte has done us well! Named after her aunt! Smile

FryingNemo · 12/10/2013 19:20

Matilda - it means mighty in battle. Can't get stronger than that!

Yika · 12/10/2013 19:05

Antonia

Littlecherublegs · 12/10/2013 18:23

I like Arya.
Also love Anya.

Enya
Octavia
Cordelia
Athena
Enya
Flora
Clover

Corygal · 12/10/2013 17:58

Modwenna

comewinewithmoi · 12/10/2013 17:53

Some great names, shame I'm done. need to get a dog

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Chocolatehunter · 12/10/2013 17:25

Oh no, I'm even more confused now, some really great names. Hera, Juno and Helena are currently coming out as great choices. DH is also feeling very happy about this post!

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Alisvolatpropiis · 12/10/2013 16:45

Love Alys.

Ffion?
Angharad?

DitsyDonkey · 12/10/2013 15:25

Juno

marriedinwhiteisback · 12/10/2013 14:51

Olympia
Penelope
Christabel (Pankhurst)
Elizabeth
Xanthe
Diana
Helena

Swangirl · 12/10/2013 14:48

Athena
Hera (love it)
Helena
Sophia
Freya

JugglingFromHereToThere · 12/10/2013 14:46

I like the idea of us all being descended through the maternal line to 7 tribes/ 7 women (It has been traced through the female carried mitochondrial DNA) These 7 "daughters of Eve" have each been given a strong female name ... they include Helena, Ursula, Jasmine. I forget the others. But how about Helena ?

Owllady · 12/10/2013 14:45

Penelope

SlinkyB · 12/10/2013 14:44

P.s care to share your boys names? We're stumped! Smile

SlinkyB · 12/10/2013 14:43

You can have the name we'd chosen for a girl if you like (currently expecting ds2, so will never get to use it, sob).

Gwen.

But I also like Arya too.

BloodiedGhouloshes · 12/10/2013 14:43

Hera Hera Hera.

Please pretty please.

Was on our list for DC3 who was a boy. [narrows eyes balefully in 3 year old's direction]

manicinsomniac · 12/10/2013 14:39

I've never heard of Rhiannyd before but it's gorgeous! One of the nicest names I've ever heard. Love Arya too.

Names I consider strong but feminine:
Anna, Anastasia, Aurelia, Arabella, Beatrice, Bethan, Bronwen, Claudia, Caroline, Charlotte, Constance, Cerys, Emma, Emmeline, Eloise, Erin, Esther, Florence, Grace, Giselle, Harriet, Helena, Isobel, Imogen, Juliet, Josephine, Katelyn, Katherine, Lauren, Lois, Miriam, Madeleine, Miranda, Nicole, Natasha, Philippa, Rhiannon, Robyn, Rachel, Sarah, Suzannah, Sorrell, Tamsin, Victoria, Violet, Yasmin, Ysanne.