Spunky / adventurous girls names

[granger19]

Help! I'm due in a few weeks and we have no girls names picked out.

DH doesn't like "granny" names, and I don't want a top 100 name, but we both seem to like bright names with an adventurous / spunky vibe. Kind of like Robyn, Max (nn for Maxine?), Beatrix, Joy, maybe even Kit (not sure what it would be a nn for though) - but none of these we LOVE enough to be the one. Any suggestions?!

Also not a fan of the "hippy" type names like Wren, Juniper etc.

Not even sure if my brief makes sense but really hoping for some fun suggestions :) TIA!

My immediate thought was Punky Brewster, a character from an 80's sitcom. (I'm likely much older than you OP!) Apparently the characters real name was Penelope but called Punky as a NN.

What about a strong name from another country? Nordic, European etc? Any family names your could use by looking at your family tree?
Oakleigh
Meredith
Arnia
Verda
Odette/Odetta
Thora
Trudy

Bridie - means "exalted one," "power," "strength," "vigor," and "virtue" (according to Google AI!).

Erin
Hera
Jax (Jacqueline)

Roxie or Roxanne
Billy
Alexis
Clementine
Valerie

Phaedra
Nell
Bonnie
Blair
Polly
Lyra
Lola
Pearl
Frances/Frankie
Anika
Anais
Edie
Shiloh
Tallulah

Demelza?

Virginia (Hall)
Josephine (Baker)
Eloise (Page)
Nancy (Wake, but also the renames Ruth in Swallows and Amazons)
Odette (Hallows)

Nova
Juliette
Meg
Pandia
Mary

Thordis - thunder goddess

Vita?
(or Vida)

Ramona
Zara
Victoria
Tamara
Kate
Cleo

Lara (Croft!)

Hope
Nell
Cleo

Flossie
Trixie
Piper
Tawny
Heidi
Tia
Miranda
Quinn
Sloane
Luna
Cora
Cleo
Nan
Avis
Soleil
Saskia
Chiara

I like Katherine, as in Katherine Hepburn, silver screen actress and all round strong, independent, woman. Then you could have Kat, Kate, Kit, Kitty, or Rina if you wanted a nickname. The other reason is that it is a classic, beautiful, name that sits as well on an actress as it does on a high court judge. It's a name that will take her anywhere.

Etta

Tegan
Marnie
Trinity
Scarlett
Crystal
Blythe
Paige
Suki

Dorothea - Dot/Dottie/Thea
Theresa - Tessie/Tess
Winifred - Freddie/Winnie
Emmeline - Emmi
Edith - Edie
Tansy
Laurel
Florence - Flo/Flossie
Georgia
Quinn
Hester
Stella
Astrid
Jocelyn - Joss
Heidi
Judith - Jude/Judy

Nancy

Rikki
Nico
Sal (Sally / Salma)
Jean

Zeplin

So to me, names in themselves aren't adventurous sounding it's the personalities of people associated with them that does that.

You'll likely get lots of different answers here!

The 'spunkiest' girls I know are called Anna, Emily and Angharad.

Also, don't fall into the trap of thinking that a boy's name on a girl equals cool and adventurous.

I think maybe you mean that you're looking for names with hard consonants rather than softer sounds.

So with that in mind, perhaps something like:

Veronica
Kirsty
Greta
Megan
Joanna
Annika

Saskia

DM is a history graduate who wanted strong names for her girls she liked:
Isabella ( Empress of Spain)
Eleanor ( of aquitaine)
Katherine ( of Arragon)
Elizabeth ( both queens)

Of these I like Katherine ( Kate, Kit/ Kitty/ Eliza/ Liz/ Cathy, ) and Elizabeth ( Liz/Lizzy/Eliza/ Betty/:Betsy/ Beth)