Really struggling for girls names

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I seem to be the only person who struggles with girls names. Boys names I have sorted but I just don't seem to like any female names. My criteria is that I want a strong sounding name, nothing too frilly or flowery, something that a child can grow into and a tiny bit feminist!

Ahhhhh . . . when I was pregnant with DS last time I quite liked Ivy, Olive & Frida but I've gone off these now. My DH likes french names like Delphine and Cecille but I'm not so sure.

What do you think? Any suggestions

Audrey
Claire
Rowena
Zara
Naomi
Elodie
Corinne
Juliet
Beatrice
Nicole
Marina
Stephanie
Josephine
Harriet
Natalie

I quite like Josephine but DH veto'd already

Monica
Meredith
Mabel
Annalisa
Cora
Delyth
Gabrielle
Esher
Henrietta
Imogen
Jean/Jeanne
Constance
Amarys
Emmaline
Georgia
Christine

Clara
Jessica
Melissa
Helena

Octavia
Isidora
Lilith

Miranda
Caroline
Alexandra
Hazel
Bronwen
Catherine
Naomi
Ruth
Esther

Constance
Alexandra
Elizabeth/Elizabeth
Rowena
Margaret (Maggie, Peggy, Meg etc)
Caroline
Helena
Josephine
Teresa

If you want something with feminist connotations, how about:

Emily
Emmeline
Christabel
Rosa
Germaine
Sylvia

I hated every single girls name when I was pregnant luckily I had a boy or she would have been called 'girl'

Now I'm not pregnant there are loads of girls names I like

From your list I absolutely love Olive

Thanks for the suggestions keep them coming - not had any thunderbolts as yet.

I wonder whether it is a boy because choosing a boys name has not really been an issue

Are there any boys names you could use the feminine version of?

That means it a girl I'm afraid - We had no problem choosing girls names with both our boys but were equally convinced that they were boys when i was pregnant, which they were. I think we just found it easier to choose names that we wouldn't have to use ;)

Any wish to reveal DS's name so we can see the kind of name DH does like? .

Greta
Merryn
Anya
Blythe
Honor
Matilda
Vita
Willa
Katya
Iris
Tess

Nadia
Ingrid
Anouk
Simone

Ivy was on our shortlist for DD3.

Also on my shortlists over the years (sorry for any repeats):
Iris
Verity
Thea
Eleanor
Ramona
Esme
Harriet
Tabitha
Imogen
Matilda
Esther
Martha
Merryn
Meredith
Anita
Bryony
Ursula
Camille/Camilla

Freya
Anna
Rosa
Marie
Charlotte
Niamh

Melissa
Samantha
Elizabeth
Florence
Cecilia

I want Olive for dd2. dd1 is Meg.

Other names I like are
Stella
Jane
Kate
Lara
Georgia
Zoe
Pippa

Bridget

Ooh quite like Bridget - thanks for all the suggestions really appreciate them

How about:

Naomi
Celeste
Tess
Astrid
Annaliese
Marianne
Nina
Nancy
Lois
Estelle
Tamar

DH veto'd Bridget sorry. I like celest but its also a contraceptive pill!

Joan
Aphra
Harriet
Amelia