Strong girl names - suggestions please!

[TheRedFox]

We're expecting DD1 in a few months and would love some suggestions for strong girl's names.

We have a double barrelled surname so don't want anything too fussy - DH says that growing up the DB surname led everyone to think he was "posh" and so doesn't want the same assumptions to be made for her.

All suggestions greatly appreciated!

Are you thinking unusual/ish or common?

How would you define "strong" when applied to a name?

Verity
Edith
Elizabeth
Laurel
Mallory
Alice

Hi @Mummyto2munchkins - Happy to hear everything and anything at this stage!

That said, it's fair to say that so far our choices haven't been too "out there" and are generally well known names that aren't used that frequently.

Definitely nothing youneeq and neither of us are keen on the granny vintage names.

Lara, Clara, Lois, Ivy, Olive,

Hazel
Rachel
Alexandra
Colette
Evelyn
Aoife
Hannah
Lydia
Charlotte
April
Alice
Mischa

@Heratnumber7

Sorry, it's difficult to articulate and so subjective!

Nothing too cutesy / girlie etc - hope that helps.

Hazel was the one I couldn’t think of to finish my list. Strong for sure.

Lara
Lynn
Marion
Kelly
Elle
Julia
Vanessa
Kira
Veronica
Elizabeth
Anne
Louisa

We've just named out DD Cora, which we thought was a lovely strong name x

Thanks all!

Some great names here, a good few of which are already on our list!

Kara, Kiera, Zara, Zoe, Chloe, Francessca and Jessica.

I think strong names to go with a double barrelled surname should be one syllable
So

Faith
Flynn
Tess
Pearl
Elle
Maeve

Claudia
Camilla
Eleanor
Jessica
Nell

Janie
Teresa
Miriam
Nora
Rosa

Eliza
Lucy
Cara
Tessa
Rosa
Martha
Iris

Emma
Alice
Harriet
Eliza
Lara
Petra
Georgia

Natalie, Erin, Louisa, Erica, Cara.

Iona
Mhairi
Meredith
Faye
Rhea
Zoe

Emmaline
Hermione
Hillary!
Margaret (controversial!)
Pippy
Scarlett

Ada
Alice
Cleo
Cora
Elizabeth (or just Liz or Beth)
Emma
Faye
Juno
Kate
Leah
Lucy
Lyra
Simone

No flower names (Rose, Daisy) and I would avoid names or nicknames ending in -ie/-y too.

Thora, Penelope, Beatrix, Lydia, Tabitha?

Butch

Strong
Well Known
Not Used Much
Not Girly
Ticks all of the boxes 😂

Victoria
Natasha
Catherine/kathyrn

I had the same desire for a strong and short girls name. My list was:

Phoebe
Nia
Anna
Alex(andra)
Imogen
Elin
Caitlin
Beatrice or Beatrix

Then we had 2 boys!