Most people (myself included) tend to classify girls’ names into distinct categories: unisex and girly. Unisex names like [name]Morgan[/name] and [name]Avery[/name] have been racing up the charts, but so have frilly girl names like [name]Isabella[/name] and [name]Olivia[/name]. Some names from this girly category fall into what I call the strong feminine names. These are decidedly female, but they give off sort of a “dainty strength” aura. In addition, they sound capable–you would trust your life to surgeons named these names. Here are a couple I could think of:
[name]Alexandra[/name]
[name]Catherine[/name]
[name]Caroline[/name]
[name]Cecilia[/name]
[name]Charity[/name]
[name]Diana[/name]
[name]Eleanor[/name]
[name]Elena[/name]
[name]Genevieve[/name]
[name]Ivy[/name]
[name]Jane[/name]
[name]Katherine[/name]
[name]Margaret[/name]
[name]Miranda[/name]
[name]Priscilla[/name]
[name]Patricia[/name]
[name]Regina[/name]
[name]Susannah[/name]
[name]Vivian[/name]
Can anyone else think of names like this to add to this list?
Mythology-related names, like [name]Andromeda[/name], [name]Hera[/name], [name]Hermione[/name], [name]Persephone[/name] and [name]Olympia[/name].
I adore feminine names, and personally think them much nicer than unisex ones …
[name]Claudia[/name]
[name]Winifred[/name]
[name]Victoria[/name]
[name]Penelope[/name] (I think this is beautiful and strong yet sweet and youthful)
[name]Athena[/name]
[name]Antonia[/name]
[name]Elizabeth[/name]
[name]Lydia[/name]
[name]Georgina[/name]
[name]Georgiana[/name]
[name]Susannah[/name]
[name]Matilda[/name]
[name]Rose[/name]
[name]Anna[/name]
[name]Ines[/name]
[name]Irene[/name]
[name]Freya[/name]
[name]Tatiana[/name]
[name]Louisa[/name]
[name]Audrey[/name]
[name]Antionette[/name]
[name]Greta[/name]
[name]Iris[/name]
[name]Mary[/name]
[name]Jemima[/name]
[name]Sarah[/name]
[name]Laura[/name]
[name]Lauren[/name]
[name]Allison[/name]
[name]Kate[/name]
Cant agree on [name]Regina[/name]. I dont know how it is pronounced in [name]America[/name], but here it is RegEYEna. [name]Imagine[/name] the teasing in the playground.
[name]Anne[/name]
[name]Anastasia[/name]
[name]Gretchen[/name]
I’ve always heard and said [name]Regina[/name] as Reh-geen-ah