Strong girl names

[properandprim]

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 :)

The names i love.
Earther.
ivy.
ethel.
susie.

From moulin rouge

@Thunderpants88 the song was a long time before Moulin Rouge!

Alexandra
Ruth
Elizabeth
Victoria
Catherine

I feel people are just typing names now 😂 'Betty?' 'Janet!'

Strong names IMO:
Hiro
Hera
I've just heard the name Arelis which means Lion of God & I love it.

I work with an incredibly wonderful and fierce Vashti, and the Old Testament Purim story is pretty baller. Also fond of Vida, Avis, Samara and Zara.

Esther

Astrid

Zara

Dido

Domino is such a random inclusion in that list!!

I quite like Tess

Victoria.
Alexandra.
Margaret.
Catherine.

Agree with Helena and Diana.

Thordis
(Thunder Goddess, the female version of Thor).

Saskia
Matilda
Amelia
Alexandra
Harriet
Valentina
Ella
Ramona
Lottie
Eloisa
Elizabeth
Emily

I almost called my child Celeste, until my eldest rhymed it with molest. I couldn't say the name, without the word 'molest' popping into my head. I ended up calling her something else. I don't think it's a particularly strong sounding name anyhow. Strong ones are, Claudia, Victoria, Freya, Alexander, Harriet.

I actually know a Domino! She's been a bouncer before and is currently a debt collector/bailiff, she's hard as nails. I wonder sometimes if she's had to become tough because of her slightly silly name. À la "A Boy Named Sue".

I'd vote for Tess, I've always had a fondness for it.

Hannah
Catherine
Emma
Caroline
Rebecca

Stella

Did you mean Domini? It's a lovely name. Cassia, Hebe, Cleo, Damaris, Xanthe.

Stella was the first thing that I thought of, too!

Stella
Alexandra
Beatrice
Theresa (Tess)
Christina
Helena
Anna

How funny - Stella is my DD and I'm an Alexandra, strong girls in this house!

Howling at your username 😂

Thea
Edith

When I think of 'strong' names for women they tend to be names that end in hard consonants or a sounds - definitely nothing with a y or ie sound at the end (Lottie, Daisy, Poppy, Amy etc):

Ruth
Maeve
Elizabeth
Victoria
Claire
Sinead
Joan
Alexandra

Venetia
Thelma
Judith
Morgan

Vivienne