“Strong”/ unisex girls names

Or what about naming her after one of the many strong women in history?

Morgan
Martina (Marty)
Noa
Joanna (Jo)
Josephine (Jo)

Yeh I agree @FrogsFrogs

Having said that I don’t really like frilly girls names but to me Lily and Poppy arent frilly. Frilly to me means overly long with too many syllables. Genevieve I can’t stand (i know many like it)

I adore the name Robyn (or Robin for a boy.)

My daughter is Rowan but sadly the name does get muddled up with Roman (with an M). Hadn’t appreciated when I chose it that Roman was the fastest rising boy name last year and there’s 2 at our local small nursery. Will pick a less trendy name next time as I hate having to say “Rowan with a W”

Names like Aurora you can use nickname Rory.

Do you like names like Harriet (female version of Harry) or Georgie (female version of George) or Phillipa (female version of Phillip). I personally detest those names as feel as if the male name has just been used but a bit of “frill” added to make it feminine. Actually I do like Harriet so would consider that name
@aprilfools19

YY which names are 'for' which sex, and which are used varies enormously between countries.

USA does seem to use 'male' names for girls more. Meanwhile other countries use names that are more obviously sexed eg I know a woman called princess. She's not weak, by the way.

To give your daughter max options I'd go with something not too unusual for UK but that can be shortened to unisex if she wants.

Some unisex names you might like are:
Riley
Blake
Drew
Cameron
River
Winter

Male names = strong and female names = weak is a subtext here

This thread is very interesting

Theodora, lots of nn options
Elliott
Josephine
Raphaela
Micah
Margot

This is what we were aiming for with DD - I’m not a fan of fussy or cutesy names either, although with a few exceptions (Robyn, Rowan) I prefer ‘feminine but unfrilly’ names to actual unisex ones.

From your list I like Robyn and Helena/Leni - we considered both of these. Some other ideas from our list:

Honor
Vita
Rosa
Athena
Merryn
Rowan
Greta
Cleo/Clio
Gaia
Aster (odd that this one’s been mentioned already as we rejected it as being too out there!)
Frida
Iris
Anya
Tessa
Katherine (with nn Kit)

Agree with PP that Edie feels a bit cutesy compared to the others. And Juliet clearly gives off both vibes as we liked it but couldn’t decide whether it was strong or girly!

What about Clover Moore, Lord Mayor of Sydney?

Or Betty Friedan, or Coco Chanel, or Lulu? All strong, successful women with “cutesy” names.

Anyway, you might like...

Hero
Quinn
Anna
Piper
Greta
Honor
Erin
Fallon
Morgan
Blair
Greer
Wynn
Maeve

I've never met a female Dylan tbh and only a couple of male ones!

A lot of your 'unisex' names will be read by most people as male I think.

Why do you associate 'strong' with essentially male names? The names you list are all male but adopted by girls as well over the years. Why can't a 'girls' name be 'strong'?

Some questions to mull over.

I'd pick a name which is generally known to be female with a unisex shortening if I were you. Your daughter then gets a choice based on her own preference.

Aurora (Rory)
Georgina (George, Georgie)
Francesca (Frank, Frankie)
Thomasina (Tom, Tommy)
Antonia (Tony)
Leonora (Leo, lee, Leon)
Raya
Michaela (Micky)

I think it's a matter of opinion if you think a name is frilly or strong. Personally I don't think Robyn sounds strong at all and Juliet sounds very feminine to me.
I also think Michelle is also a very frilly feminine name and Michelle Obama would still be the same if she was called Daisy or Poppy.
Just chose a name you like, the name will not define your baby.

Noa (female Noah)

I really don't think name type is necessarily linked to personality. For instance, just look at the names of female athletes and sports stars. They're clearly powerful, determined, successful and have names that range over the entire spectrum, from perceived 'tough' to perceived 'frilly'.
And - very sorry if this is impolite - I don't think that giving a girl a boy's name does anything to advance respect for women. If anything it diminishes it.
As previous posters have said, some of your suggestions are boy's names - even if in the past few years they've been used by minor female celebs. For example, when I see Brynn I can't help thinking of a large Welsh singer with a big deep voice:

I think Edie is girly. It’s so close to Evie etc.
Bryn and Dylan are very much boys names.
Juliet certainly sounds feminine to me.

I like Robin but I know one who dislikes her name. She was teased with Redbreast at school.

How about Lindis?

Edina - nn Eddie

I love JAMIE for a girl

It’s multiple syllables ending in an ‘a’ so fairly girly, wouldn’t you say?

Charlize?
Mischa?
Michael can be a girls' name (shortened to Mischa)
Joan (of Arc)
Hillary (bonus pints - was a cool Blyton Head Girl)
Wallis (Mrs Simpson)
???