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Strong girl names

90 replies

properandprim · 12/09/2024 22:14

I'm after girls names that are strong, pretty and not frequently used. The names we quite like all seem pretty different to each other, so I'm not sure it would help to give examples, especially since none are 'quite right' but I'll try:

  • Rosa - too popular
  • Beatrix - we don't like the shortenings
  • Frieda - just not convinced
  • Domino - the pizza chain link is a shame!
  • Juno - can't use
  • Delphi - seems a little unfinished, but then Delphine seems quite fussy
  • Tess - a bit simple?
  • Celeste - not sure it sounds that 'strong'

Any suggestions would be most welcome. Thanks :)

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Persiancarpet · 12/09/2024 22:19

Victoria

Wondergoldenlight · 12/09/2024 22:20

I think Celeste is a lovely strong name. It’s like an ethereal strength.

massistar · 12/09/2024 22:23

I love Tess! I have a Lara and I think it also fits the bill?

Shadowbox7 · 12/09/2024 22:23

Wondergoldenlight · 12/09/2024 22:20

I think Celeste is a lovely strong name. It’s like an ethereal strength.

Agree

CarmelaBrunella · 12/09/2024 22:25

Lois
Evelyn
Margaret
Philippa
Judith
Caroline

CarmelaBrunella · 12/09/2024 22:25

I think it would be a bit cruel to call a child Domino! It just seems gimmicky.

CherryValley5 · 12/09/2024 22:26

I have quite similar taste to you OP - Beatrice, Celeste and Juno were all on my list.

How about Lara or Sasha? Short and strong in my opinion

Crumpets12 · 12/09/2024 22:32

Names that come to mind are names like:

Helena (Helen-a)
Astrid
Maya
Xanthe
Eve

partiallydeflatedbutoptimistic · 12/09/2024 22:37

Jaqueline
Dominique
Rebecca
Andrea
Elizabeth
Saskia
Pandora
Alana
Christina
Evanna
Natalia

RosesAndHellebores · 12/09/2024 22:39

Cicely
Christabel
Anna
Helena
Louisa
Xara
Leonora
Felicity
Isolde
Marina
Joy

Wondergoldenlight · 12/09/2024 22:41

Dominique is always a strong fierce woman

Loooooo · 12/09/2024 22:41

Christa
Natasha
Ginny
Ffion
Delilah
Megan
Kara
Tesni

FrostyFlo · 12/09/2024 22:42

Bridget
Charlotte
Elizabeth
Felicity
Celia
Rebecca

IamnotwhouthinkIam · 12/09/2024 22:43

Some names of powerful women of antiquity, which are underused now

Claudia
Antonia
Julia
Roxana
Theodora
Sibylla

Others that have strong historical or fictional namesakes but are underused (outside Top 100) now:

Josephine
Rosalind
Emmeline
Millicent
Athena
Artemis
Persephone/Cora
Gaia
Diana

Mumofgirls2017 · 12/09/2024 22:44

Matilda
zelda
ottilie
aurora
calliope
daphne
phoebe
diana
martha
iris
venus
athena
clara
helena
edith
estelle
lara

Wondergoldenlight · 12/09/2024 22:45

Roxana sounds like a prostitute name. Or is that the Sting effect?

OolongTeaDrinker · 12/09/2024 22:46

Tabitha
Penelope
Hazel
Seraphina
Artemis
Freya
Leonore
Cordelia

SleepPrettyDarling · 12/09/2024 22:46

Constance
Hope
Diana

jazzyBBBB · 12/09/2024 22:48

Louisa
. Definition "famous warrior" 💪🏻

IamnotwhouthinkIam · 12/09/2024 22:52

Wondergoldenlight · 12/09/2024 22:45

Roxana sounds like a prostitute name. Or is that the Sting effect?

🤣 She was Alexander the Great’s wife so Queen/Empress of much of the world at one point. A good few years before The Police released Roxanne 😁.

AFlashOfLight · 12/09/2024 22:52

Hippolyta

StormingNorman · 12/09/2024 22:52

Demeter
Alexandra
Alfreda
Leonora
Victoria

StormingNorman · 12/09/2024 22:53

Caroline - short name Caro

RoseMarigoldViolet · 12/09/2024 22:57

Joan
Maude

foxyhound · 12/09/2024 22:59

Robyn
Juno
Mabel
Lois
Maria
Jane
Ester
Astrid