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Strong girls names- if I like these, what else might I like?

88 replies

Thistledew · 22/01/2020 20:57

Really need to get some options for DD, due in April!

Contenders so far are:

Erica
Erin
Freya
Bethany/Bettany
Alexis

I'm hoping not to repeat our slight mistake with DS- we thought that Sebastian would be a relatively unusual but not too 'out there' name. Turns out it is one of the most popular boys names for his generation in our area of SW London! Confused

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OhTheRoses · 23/01/2020 07:20

Helena
Joan

userabcname · 23/01/2020 07:04

Erin and Freya are very popular. So is Evelyn. How about: Artemis, Esther, Natalia, Hermione

Weekday28 · 23/01/2020 06:51

We had Elliott as our favourite for a boy however our last baby was a girl and I wasnt brave enough to use it for her. However i really wish we had, so if you like it use it. We went for Emily instead.

Bloomburger · 23/01/2020 06:46

Harriet

Bouncingbelle · 23/01/2020 00:52

Dyane not Duane!

Bouncingbelle · 23/01/2020 00:52

I love Eliot for a girl, but I have a real thing for 'boy' names for girls :)

I wanted to call DS Evanne if he was a girl.

Or what about

Caroline
Mirren
Rebecca
Duane
Elin
Frances
Jennifer

katy1213 · 22/01/2020 23:46

What Meghan wants, Meghan gets.

Ellmau · 22/01/2020 23:40

Rosalind
Miranda
Damaris
Annis
Jordan
Jocelyn
Morgan
Rowan
Hero
Horatia
Theodora
Judith
Ingrid
Rhoda

BrownStripePJ · 22/01/2020 23:33

It's hard finding a strong name that doesn't sound really old fashioned

Elliot is nice

Or

Oriana
(Strong, unusual but still feminine)

Marcipex · 22/01/2020 23:32

Rowan
Willow
Katrin
Scarlett
Petrova

bonusblanket · 22/01/2020 23:30

Does anybody choose names for their meaning, which relates to their individual baby, when born or the in the weeks after birth?

MoreHairyThanScary · 22/01/2020 23:24

I have an Emily but her nn is Millicent which is a fab strong name ( Wish I'd gone with that originally!)

3luckystars · 22/01/2020 23:18

Would you consider Andie?

OhTheRoses · 22/01/2020 22:47

Lucia
Belinda
Davina
Cressida
Petra
Vanessa
Hilary
Isolde
Xanthe

tigerbear · 22/01/2020 22:47

Manon
Ines
Giselle
Juliette
Elodie
Manuela

motortroll · 22/01/2020 22:44

Frances ❤️ my girls name

PermanentTemporary · 22/01/2020 22:42

Roxanne
Maxine
Marina
Rose
Mary

GreeboIsMySpiritAnimal · 22/01/2020 22:41

I like Ingrid for a strong girls' name.

littlejalapeno · 22/01/2020 22:41

Strong names are unusually monosyllabic and don’t end with a vowel sound.

AngusDuck · 22/01/2020 22:40

Wasn’t the blonde woman in Scrubs called Elliot?

TerrifiedandWorried · 22/01/2020 22:39

Or that I see Rory as unisex?

Canklesforankles · 22/01/2020 22:28

Agatha
Millicent
Margaret
Ottiline
Dorothy
Frances
Romilly
Nancy
Catherine/Kathryn
Fiona

NameChange30 · 22/01/2020 22:27

It seems the idea that boys are strong and girls are not is so deeply ingrained that apparently the best strong "girls'" names people can suggest are Rory and Elliott 🙄

TerrifiedandWorried · 22/01/2020 22:25

Aurora nn Rory

tigerbear · 22/01/2020 22:25

I have an Orla
Unusual but not ‘out there’

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