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Strong girls name - please no Ava, Eva, Edie, Isla, Bella, Milly, Lilly, Molly arrgh!

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Wannabuyawatch · 11/06/2013 15:22

Don´t know if DC3 is a boy or girl yet. 2 ds are called Louis & Oscar, so if its a girl, I want a strong, cool name.
Not keen at all on overly girly names Bella, Billy, Milly, Zilly, Bella, Mella, Molly, Lilly, Mia, Maya...you know what I mean! Beautiful for some, just not for me...
So far I like Mimi (family reasons), Clara (my husband is Spanish) and Indie.
Any other clever MN suggestions?

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plainbellysneetch · 12/06/2013 09:52

Romy?

Goldenhandshake · 12/06/2013 09:53

Girls names I consider 'strong' sounding:

Harriet
Constance
Ingrid
Imogen
Tegan
Bronwyn
Cadence
Bryony
Genevieve
Lucinda
Seren
Zara

gnushoes · 12/06/2013 09:54

Sybil. You can't get stronger than that.

allmycats · 12/06/2013 09:58

Eleanor - think Eleanor of Aquitaine.
Frances
Harriet
Henrietta
Sophia

Giraffeski · 12/06/2013 10:02

Edith

Pleasecansomeonereply · 12/06/2013 10:07

Lara
Grace
Olivia (liv
Emma
Charlotte or Carlotta ?

EstelleGetty · 12/06/2013 12:34

You had me scratching my there, GoodIdea! The penny has just dropped! Grin

ALovelyBunchOfCoconuts · 12/06/2013 12:42

Thea? strong name i think. lovely Smile

Wowserz129 · 12/06/2013 13:16

Threads like this make me so broody!!

I love

Imogen
Olivia
Scarlett

Goodwordguide · 12/06/2013 13:24

I love the strong Spanish names eg,

Sonsoles
Mercedes
Montserrat ( think this is Catalan)
Rosa

I would avoid Maria/Sophia/Isabella/Lucia if you live in Spain as they are sooooo common there at the moment? Not many names translate that well - my DD is an Ines and it's always mispronounced/mis-spelt in the UK, which may be a consideration if you're ever going to live here.

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peanutsandwich · 12/06/2013 19:11

Saskia
Rachel
Clara
Zara
Rhea

extracrunchy · 12/06/2013 19:13

Alexandra?

Linguaphile · 12/06/2013 22:41

Persis or Zara, maybe?

Tatsie · 12/06/2013 22:50

Harriet
Constance
Sophia
Alice
Clara
Louisa
Claudia
Eliza
Emilia

PipsWife · 12/06/2013 22:55

Heidi

EldritchCleavage · 13/06/2013 11:29

Ursula
Undine/Ondine

DancingBean · 13/06/2013 15:24

Cleo

ZolaBuddleia · 13/06/2013 19:10

mustafa, LOVE your suggestions.

What about...
Bess
Honor
Sally
Esther

ZolaBuddleia · 13/06/2013 19:10

Liv?
Lilith?

ZolaBuddleia · 13/06/2013 19:34

Greer
Greta
Ingrid

minimuffin · 14/06/2013 23:48

Haven't read whole thread but if my Dc3 had been a girl (he wasn't) she'd have been Lucia or Anna.

I was going to suggest Ruth but doesn't really work well in Spanish. I also knew a really cool beautiful Danish girl once called Lone (pronounced Lona and no reason not to spell it like that?). Marnie is also strong and would work with Spanish accent. Also Marina.

minimuffin · 14/06/2013 23:50

Love Clara btw

HibiscusIsland · 15/06/2013 11:11

Mimi is in the same bracket as Mella, Molly, Lilly, Mia, Maya I would think. I like Clara. Not keen on Indie.

Bodicea · 15/06/2013 22:30

Strong and cool? Hmm

Lana
Josephine - can call her joe
Rosalyn, rosamund - roz
Catherine -cat
Charlotte - Charlie
Samantha- Sam
Danielle - Danny

As you can see I like girls names that sound a bit boyish or can be shortened to boyish as sounds a bit sassy