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Feminist names?

49 replies

SilentMammoth · 09/03/2013 16:15

Anyone?

Christabel on short list, but any other good names?

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AbigailAdams · 12/03/2013 16:15

Abigail Wink

monsterchild · 12/03/2013 16:21

Sappho

zippey · 12/03/2013 16:41

Ethel

WhiteHairReally · 12/03/2013 18:25

Further to specialknickers' enthusiasm for Frances. Frances Perkins, first woman in FDR's Cabinet - and I did know that despite it being a reference in 'Dirty Dancing'!

Lilith - I know, I know, but it does remind me of a brand of sanitary protection. Sorry, that is not one for the sisterhood.

There was another Pankhurst sister - Adela.

My DH vetoed Christabel because it was 'silly' DD got Elizabeth as a middle name instead. Although Elizabeth I was no feminist.

ellesabe · 12/03/2013 19:46

Joan (of Ark)

SkylarWhite · 13/03/2013 10:51

Emmeline and Rosa are high up there if I ever have another girl.

Simone (de Beauvoir)?

telsa · 13/03/2013 11:47

Clara Zetkin
Alexandra Kollontai
Inessa Armand - real name Elisabeth-Inès Stéphane d'Herbenville
Claire Demar
Olympe de Gouges

what a list!

MsJupiterJones · 20/03/2013 09:35

Another feminist Frances:

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frances_Buss#section_1

or

Malala?

Xiaoxiong · 20/03/2013 13:43

Athena!

Lilith makes me think of Lilith Fair.

ZolaBuddleia · 20/03/2013 13:47

Is the pronunciation Affra or Ayfra? I've only ever seen it written down.

NordicNell · 12/07/2021 13:53

Clara Barton
Alma Söderhjelm

FlumpyPoodle · 12/07/2021 14:26

@MortifiedAdams

Juno always sounds to me like a name a staunch feminist would choose. Dont know why.

The mother off Mary Poppins was a suffragette - cant think of her name!

Mrs Banks.

That would be a great name for a baby Grin

TwoBlueFish · 12/07/2021 14:31

How about Ada (Lovelace)

TatianaBis · 12/07/2021 15:33

Artemis
Demeter
Guinevere

Queens/goddesses.

CatsArePeople · 12/07/2021 22:35

Posie Grin

OneEpisode · 12/07/2021 23:03

Maya Keira?

M0rT · 12/07/2021 23:22

Constance (Markevicz)
Eavan (Boland)
Grace/Gráinne (O'Malley/O'Máille)
Hanna (Sheehy Skeffington)

irresistibleoverwhelm · 12/07/2021 23:47

Artemis
Athena

and why not Hero!

hawkehurstgang · 12/07/2021 23:54

Lilith is a baby murdering demon in Jewish mythology 😳 maybe not that. Everyonr focused on the 'doesnt want to be Adam's wife' part and forgets the 'murders and eats loads of babies' part 😂

hawkehurstgang · 12/07/2021 23:56

Not really a feminist as much as a demon who hates all humans, women included. How about Harriet, after Harriet Tubman? I always think she was a strong female role model.

DalPalak · 13/07/2021 05:31

Magdalen Flowers

LewishamMum · 13/07/2021 09:18

If you're going biblical, then Judith is a rock ass feminist in the bible.

Or why not Caroline or Hillary? Not all feminists are dead or so old they might be!

LewishamMum · 13/07/2021 09:19

Got it.
You've got to name your baby Medusa.

Ellmau · 13/07/2021 18:33

Rosalind for Rosalind Franklin?

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