Strong girls names- if I like these, what else might I like?

[Thistledew]

Really need to get some options for DD, due in April!

Contenders so far are:

Erica
Erin
Freya
Bethany/Bettany
Alexis

I'm hoping not to repeat our slight mistake with DS- we thought that Sebastian would be a relatively unusual but not too 'out there' name. Turns out it is one of the most popular boys names for his generation in our area of SW London!

We are due in March and like

Aubrey
Darcey

We already have an Emilia Grace

Tamsin
Edith
Briony
Favell

Ooh yes, Honor too.

I like Erin the best from your list. We’re also due a girl in April and we have

Astrid
Margot
Bridget
Fearne

On our list.

Elliot is a girls name in my opinion, not one of choose but there’s no reason why you can’t!

I like Honor

I've always loved Emily/Emilia but it's too close to another family name.

I know one Monica who is the most twee person I've ever met so that doesn't strike me as a strong name!

I love Honor.

Freya is lovely but pithy I think.

Bridget actually means "strong".

Hmmm. Like PPs I wouldn't call those strong names.

My idea of strong names for women:

Ada
Alexandra
Anna
Astrid
Elizabeth
Emma
Georgia
Grace
Helen
Joanna
Karen
Kate
Lyra
Margot
Nicole
Rachel
Ruth
Simone

Elle

Gabriella

Elle

I have a Talia and before she was born thought it was a beautiful pretty feminine name. My Talia from the minute she could talk threw the dolls away and wanted dinosaurs. Now she’s one of strongest girls I know.

I also have a Bethany she’s a dainty wee thing to me that’s not a strong name. Go for Talia unusual but not whacky.

Helen

Anne

(won't be many Helens or Anne's at toddler group, definitely would be ahead of the curve on their revival!)

Penelope ( but not Penny)

Margaret (but not Maggie)

Ava springs to mind

I have an Orla
Unusual but not ‘out there’

Aurora nn Rory

It seems the idea that boys are strong and girls are not is so deeply ingrained that apparently the best strong "girls'" names people can suggest are Rory and Elliott 🙄

Agatha
Millicent
Margaret
Ottiline
Dorothy
Frances
Romilly
Nancy
Catherine/Kathryn
Fiona

Or that I see Rory as unisex?

Wasn’t the blonde woman in Scrubs called Elliot?

Strong names are unusually monosyllabic and don’t end with a vowel sound.

I like Ingrid for a strong girls' name.

Roxanne
Maxine
Marina
Rose
Mary

Frances ❤️ my girls name

Manon
Ines
Giselle
Juliette
Elodie
Manuela

Lucia
Belinda
Davina
Cressida
Petra
Vanessa
Hilary
Isolde
Xanthe