Strong girl names

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As it's the centenary of women getting the vote I'd like a strong female name for my daughter political, musical or scientific name but not too unusual. My list included matilda Lydia Elza Jane Olivia Marie, aurora, lilly, lyra Anne, bess... Bodica? Too radical... I don't like the sound of matilda, could be tilly I suppose... I could have multiple middle names, but only want one, a family member as a middle name. Maybe I'll look up historical events around the due date, mid July and pick a name based on that.. Need to do some history homework...

Juno

“Juno was the wife of Jupiter and the queen of the heavens. She was the protectress of marriage and women, and was also the goddess of finance“

& a lovely name!

Clara ( Schumann)
Jaqueline ( du Pre)
Nadia ( Boulanger)
Alma ( Mahler)

Rosalind (Franklin)
Eleanor ( Aquitaine) ?!

I mean OF Aquitaine

Maybe Jo (Cox)...

Hilda means battle. I wish I had given it to my daughter. Or my absolute favourite, but waaaay out there in the UK, the Icelandic name Thorhildur: Thunder Battle or Thor's Battle.

Isolde means Ice Ruler and was high on our list, as was Indira.
Joan or Jeanne?

Haha I work with a hilda who lives up to her name, nice lady really but can't name my child after her.

Rosa (after Rosa Parks)
Josephine (after Josephine Baker)
Flora (after Flora Drummond)
Betty (after Betty Boothroyd)

Josephine

Diana, goddess of war

I do like Adela. Unusual but lovely. Zelda too.

Tilly sounds cutesy to me, not strong.

What a fab idea as a way of marking history and naming your daughter. When she asks you the story of where her name came from she will get a much more interesting response than 'I just liked the name'!

I'm biased as have a Matilda but I love it most out of your current list. Others to consider-

Victoria (as in queen)
Rosa (parks)
Valentina (Tereshkova)- also means strength
Frida (khalo)
Florence (nightingale)
Edith (cavell)
Esther (Jewish queen)
Indira (ghandi)
Maya (Angelou)
Harriet (Tubman)
Freya (stark)

Audrey- means 'noble strength'
Millicent- 'strong at work'
Isadora- 'strong willed'

Aloisia/Elouise/Heloise famous warrior
Kendra - Great champion
Alexis - Great defender
Maeve- Warrior queen

Thanks lifaback. Tried to sleep, then tried to wake my husband up to talk about names but now I'm back online. We picked one months ago but I'd like to reconcider... I got stressed about Harriet (not our chosen name) , lovely for a child, had a friend in junior school called hattie but then in secondary school I knew a slutty teenage hattie at school, put me right off. Victoria is another example.. Nice idea but then you have vicky pollard. I don't like 'ee' names I've decided. Freida and Florence I like, and don't know anyone with those names. Haha. My grandma and her sister (recently passed) worked with computers and as maths teachers which is why I might go for a famous mathematician or coder.

Hedy after Hedy Lamarr who is finally getting the recognition she deserves for her part in inventing GPS and wifi. www.theguardian.com/film/2018/mar/11/bombshell-the-hedy-lamarr-story-review

Oh I know the beauty of Zelda.

Saria?

Sylvia (after the Pankhurst sister)

Athena (classical)

Matilda is fairly unusual nowadays so maybe go for that! Sounds so cute and you can shorten it to Tilly if you wanted to

In defense of the name Lily... I named my DD after the flower Lily because lilies are bot strong an beautiful.

Valentina - Tereshkova, first female to travel to space.
Rosa - Parks, civil rights activist known as "the first lady of civil rights" and "the mother of the freedom movement" in the US.
Indira - Ghandi, served as India's first female Prime Minister.
Isadora - Duncan, brought modern dance to the world.
Charlotte - Brontë, renowned author, best known for her novel Jane Eyre.

The following names are all of women's rights activists / suffragettes from around the world:
Katharine
Grace
Adelaide
Violet
Selina
Arabella
Helena
Evelina
Caroline
Madeleine
Georgina
Elena
Aleksandra
Sofia
Victoria
Belle
Celina
Serena
Julieta

I love Maud but I know it's an acquired tasted.

I'm loving Adele Katherine, lots of notable Adele/adela and there are matching dates in her life and patterns is something my geeky family get excited about. And katz is nice if Adele doesn't suit, and kath was the name of a relative. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adele_Goldstine

Lilly is because I'm a lilly Allen fan... I know a family of girls who have all been shortened to lilly mily and tilly.

A boy would be easy, we'd name him after both our grandads, boy baby names don't change much over time, I think they get passed down families more and men get recognised for their contribution. So much harder and more fun to chose a female name...

Lilith
Violet
Hazel
Isolde
Elizabeth

Adele Katherine is great. I love Kate and also Kitty as a nn for Katherine. Somehow it sounds more serious than most 'y' ending names.

Matilda nn Tilly is incredibly popular at the moment, to the point I'd avoid for that reason.

Evelyn is another nice, non-cutesie name.

Also Iseult and Anouk for interesting non 'a or y' names. Eleanor, Nancy for more usual ones.