In my last post Strong Names for Girls - Part 1 I looked at the names of notably "strong" women throughout history and in folklore. This time around I will focus on names with suitably strong or powerful meanings in their etymology.
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Names containing "strength"
Ethelfryd - Old English "noble strength" Ermendrud - Germanic "universal strength" Gertrude - Germanic "spear strength" Iphigenia - Greek "strong of birth" Mildred - Old English "gentle strength" Philomena - Greek "friend of strength" Roswitha - Germanic "famous strength" Treasa - Irish "strength" Valentina - Latin "strong, vigourous" Valerie - Latin "to be strong"
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Names containing "battle"
Agrona - Old Celtic "battle" Andromache - Greek "battle of a man" Aristomache - Greek "best in battle" Audhild - Norse "fortune in battle" Borna - Slavic "battle" Clotilde - Germanic "famous battle" Hedwig - Germanic "war" Hilda - Germanic "battle" Matilda - Germanic "strength in battle" Magnild - Norse "mighty battle" Romilda - Italian "famous battle"
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Names containing "victory"
Berenice - Greek "bringer of victory" Boudicca - Old Celtic "victory" Eunice - Greek "good victory" Jaya - Sanskrit "victory" Nike - Greek "victory" Nicola - Greek "victory of the people" Signy - Norse "new victory" Sigrid - Norse "beautiful victory" Victoria - Latin "victory"
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Miscelleaneus
Bellatrix - Latin "female warrior" Hero - Greek "hero" Louisa - Germanic "famous warrior"* Morrigan - Irish "great queen" Nanna - Norse "brave" Rhiannon - Old Celtic "great queen" Shakti - Sanskrit "power" Valencia - Spanish "power"
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* Louisa is a feminine form of Louis, the French form of the Germanic name Ludwig.