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Strong names

32 replies

Rockaby · 25/02/2017 14:58

Looking for some help please with 'strong' sounding names for (girls' and boys' names).

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Awwlookatmybabyspider · 25/02/2017 15:06

Boys
Thomas
James
Peter
George
David
Francis
Albert
Richard
Leonard
Vincent
Gabriel
Steven
Lawrence
Henry
Edward
Charles
Arthur

Girls.
Catherine
Megan
Hannah
Elizabeth
Helena
Maria
Kate
Rose
Beth
Edith
Florence
Sarah
Rachel
Clare
Emma
Julia
Jennifer
Joanna

Hubabubba · 25/02/2017 15:22

Alexander
Edmund
Reuben
Mark
Marcus
Dylan
Quentin
Benjamin

Katharine
Edith
Imogen
Zara
Margot

MrsMeeseeks · 25/02/2017 15:32

Alexander, meaning 'defender of men'.

Rockaby · 25/02/2017 16:07

Some lovely suggestions, thanks Smile.

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sonlypuppyfat · 25/02/2017 16:09

John you can't go wrong with John

Sophronia · 25/02/2017 16:10

Andrew
Alexander
Benjamin
Christopher
Daniel
David
Edward
Frederick
Frank
Gregory
George
Henry
Hector
John
James
Joseph
Jack
Luke
Leonard
Matthew
Michael
Marcus
Nicholas
Nathan
Nathaniel
Patrick
Peter
Robert
Roman
Samuel
Stephen
Seth
Solomon
Thomas
Theodore
Vincent
Victor
William
Zachary

Rockaby · 25/02/2017 16:11

I went out with a John. He was a nasty bastard, who has sadly put me of the, (perfectly nice), name!

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Awwlookatmybabyspider · 25/02/2017 18:18

Paul
Patrick
Alexander
William

Alexandra
Charlotte
Georgina
Debra
Lucy

GoodJobSweetie · 25/02/2017 18:19

Major

Sugarpiehoneyeye · 25/02/2017 18:49

Ethan
Robert
Marcus
Dominic
Rufus
Boris
Stanley

Sugarpiehoneyeye · 25/02/2017 18:51

Maude
Alice
Lois
Anne
Ingrid
Jane
Victoria
Millicent
Constance

Enko · 25/02/2017 19:24

Conrad
Victor

Meredith
Victoria

Frillyhorseyknickers · 25/02/2017 19:26

Reuben is not a strong name.

picklemepopcorn · 25/02/2017 21:39

David.
Dewi
Megan
Di ah

picklemepopcorn · 25/02/2017 21:39

Last one should have been Dinah. Or Dianna.

Flybyday · 25/02/2017 23:50

Reuben is possibly the weakest name I've ever come across.

Elizabeth
Clark
Greta
Zelda
Ingrid

Victor
Vernon
Edgar
Serge

Flybyday · 25/02/2017 23:51

*Clara

user1488082038 · 26/02/2017 04:16

Brutus
Arnold
Kahn
Hulk

Gerta
Gertrude
Berta

Maybe a bit too strong though. Also don't call your child Hulk.

Gummibears · 26/02/2017 07:54

What makes Reuben not strong sounding in your opinion?

I find it very strong sounding maybe because it ends in n. Weak sounding names to me are names like Alfie, Archie, Laurie.

lorelairoryemily · 26/02/2017 08:06

Gabriel is not a strong name!

Flybyday · 26/02/2017 09:20

Is Kevin strong? There are many weak sounding names that end in n, and Reuben is one of the weakest. It's certainly not just my opinion, as I've heard it said many times before.

NapQueen · 26/02/2017 09:21

Robert
Oscar
Jonathan
Henry

Stella
Petra
Freya
Rebecca
Kate

Rockaby · 26/02/2017 09:30

Thanks for these.

The surname ends with n so the first name probably won't as it might sound a bit odd.

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JudgeJudySheidlin · 26/02/2017 23:53

Viggo- it means war & is an old Viking name. Wink

HeadlessGummyBears · 04/03/2017 11:53

Some suggestions:

Aaron, Aiden, Alexander, Archer, Caleb, Frederick, Hunter, Leo, Max, Maximus, Milo, Morgan, Sebastian and Wyatt

Alexandra, Alexandrine, Althea, Beatrix, Bree, Bria, Briana, Chloe
Gabriella, Maxine nn Max, Morgana, Rainey, Trixie, Victoria and Zoe

Or more unisex names:
Alexis, Avery, Blair, Cassidy, Harley, Logan, Payton, Quinn, Riley, Robin, Rory (or Aurora nn Rory?) and Wyatt.