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Strong/successful female name suggestions please!

26 replies

stabbyjoe · 20/08/2017 13:08

I'd love to hear your strong female name suggestions. A name for someone you could imagine achieving great things! Thanks!

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Decaffstilltastesweird · 20/08/2017 14:41

Oh nice thread idea!

Emmeline
Sylvia
Alexandra
Catherine
Sofia
Francesca
Rebecca
Daphne
Gwendolyn
Genevieve
Maud
Matilda
Serena
Helena
Vivienne

Threeandabit · 20/08/2017 14:42

Emmeline
Golda
Saskia - Means "Protector of mankind"
Shannon - Means "Possessor of wisdom"
Sophie / Sophia - Means "Wise"
Matilda - Means "Mighty in battle"

AndromedaPerseus · 20/08/2017 14:51

Vita - life
Thora - Thunder Goddess
Diana- hunter
Alexandra- protector
Juno - queen of heaven
Geraldine - mighty

MammieBear · 20/08/2017 14:59

Alessandra
Beatrice
Cornelia
Delphine
Eloise
Francine
Giselle
Hebe
Iris
Juliana
Katherine
Liselotte
Maddelena
Natasha
Odette
Pamela
Quartilla
Rosalind
Sapphira
Theodosia
Ursula
Viviana
Wilhelmine
Xanthe
Yvette
Zoe

twilightcafe · 20/08/2017 15:00

Beatrice.

Threeandabit · 20/08/2017 15:06

Victoria - Means "Victory"

KeepCalm · 20/08/2017 15:16

Alexandra

NipperNapNope · 20/08/2017 15:17

Elizabeth

KeepCalm · 20/08/2017 15:20

Blythe

Thebfg75 · 20/08/2017 15:41

Elizabeth
Emmaline
Eleanor
Helena
Frida
Edith
Sylvia
Florence
Dorothea
Anne/Anna
Valentine
Diana
Katherine

ErrolTheDragon · 20/08/2017 15:46

Dorothy (as in Hodgkin, Sayers...)

But I'd like to imagine that a girl can become a woman who achieves great things no matter what he parents call her!

Chaffinch4 · 20/08/2017 16:54

Ada (Lovelace)

Sophronia · 20/08/2017 19:14

Anna
Alexandra
Beatrice
Caroline
Claudia
Elizabeth
Eleanor
Emma
Esther
Edith
Frances
Georgina
Genevieve
Helen
Harriet
Isobel
Josephine
Julia
Judith
Joanna
Jane
Jennifer
Matilda
Margaret
Margot
Miriam
Mary
Maria
Marianne
Philippa
Rosalind
Rosamund
Ruth
Rachel
Rebecca
Sarah
Sophie
Susannah
Sylvia
Tabitha
Theodora
Victoria
Willa

Sophronia · 20/08/2017 19:16

Catherine/Katherine
Louisa
Lydia
Charlotte
Ellen
Penelope
Vivienne
Zoe

shortninbread · 20/08/2017 19:23

Bridget. It means strong.

Enidblyton1 · 20/08/2017 19:25

Agatha (Christie!)

Sugarpiehoneyeye · 20/08/2017 19:35

Victoria
Joan
Helen

stabbyjoe · 20/08/2017 20:42

These are great, thank you. Lots that I love!

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Jjpeston · 20/08/2017 20:46

Any of the Greek names -
Penelope
Danae
Phoebe
Olympia

Threeandabit · 20/08/2017 21:54

Imelda - Means "Powerful fighter"

TempsPerdu · 20/08/2017 22:51

Love these - so many of my favourites! A few others that strike me as strong/high-achieving:

Honor
Greta
Athena
Alice
Gaia
Meredith
Martha

Anxioustabbycat · 20/08/2017 22:54

Margaret ( this has to win)
Elizabeth
Victoria
Emmeline
Maud
Catherine
Theresa
Hilary
Joan

CurrentlyNothing · 21/08/2017 07:09

Aphra (as in Aphra Behr)
Dorothea (as in Middlemarch)

Sugarpiehoneyeye · 21/08/2017 08:56

Florence
Teresa

Threeandabit · 21/08/2017 22:00

Kyra - Means "Strong woman"
Trudy - Means "Spear of strength / Universal strength"
Bronya - Means "Armour / protection"
Valerie - Means "Valiant"

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