Historical girl's names

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Hello all

My husband and I can't agree on a name for our new baby if it's a girl. He likes Elizabeth and has stipulated he wants the name to have strong historical connotations so she has namesakes to look up to.

We both want a traditional name, but I dislike Elizabeth (and his other suggestion of Helen). We'd love any suggestions. Catherine is out as that's my name and Alexandra is out as that's my sister.

Thanks in advance...

Cleopatra
Hatshepshut would be a step too far I should think, although you could call her a more normal Hattie for short - would certainly be unique at school though ;)
Nicola (for medieval woman sheriff Nichola de la Haye)
Christina
Isabella (but might be problematic re expulsion of Jews from Spain if you're wanting a figure to look up to)
Marie (for Marie de Guise or Marie de Medici)

I was going to say Constance!

I found looking up the suffragettes very helpful in choosing a girls name.

Eleanor
Cecily
Matilda
Isabella
Beatrice

Who actually ever looks up to people with the same name? What an absolutely bizarre idea.

Perhaps I've phrased it poorly. He wants her to identify with examples of women who are known as more than just their relation to a man. So when she's in school she hears about eg. Elizabeth I or Catherine the Great and the impact they had on the world, and she has something in common with them ie. her name. I like that and don't think it's bizarre at all - I do remember liking learning about Catherine the Great as a child . But each to their own...

I understand what he means. How about Anna / Anne / Annie

Boleyn / of Cleves / Queen Anne
Frank
St Anne - the Virgin Mary’s mother
Bronte
Pavlova

How about Olympe. Not exactly traditional I suppose & she may not figure in history lessons in UK schools but this woman was awesome & your DD could lead the way in spreading knowledge of someone truly remarkable www.thoughtco.com/olympe-de-gouges-rights-of-woman-3529894

He likes Elizabeth and has stipulated he wants the name to have strong historical connotations so she has namesakes to look up to

Does anyone actually do this? I don't feel a connection to any historical figure who shares my name. It all sounds a bit 'father knows best'.

Matilda
Eleanor
Isabella

Emmeline- no identifying with a man there! And such a gorgeous name.

Dorothy - after Dorothy Hodgkin 1st person to photograph DNA and only British female to win a nobel prize in chemistry