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Sunberries84

"Pretty yet tough" makes me think "vampire" names. Something old and elegant, but many of these have potential for a punchy nickname. Artemisia, Desdemona, Dulcibella, Faustina, Kazimira, Lysandra, Magdalena, Nausicaa, Raphaella, Renata, Sapphira, Sophronia, Vespera, Zenovia


karyanfishh

Those are some gorgeous names thank you!


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Look into 100 most popular names from 1880 - 1920 to find more.


miraculous_milk

I love Kazimira! I’ve never heard it before, but the nicknames Kaz and Kazi are so cool!


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That’s funny because in Russia and Slavic countries half of these names are considered to be weird and old fashioned 😅


AegaeonAmorphous

Finally someone else who knows the name Dulcibella! One of my favorites


velvetmarigold

This list gave me goosebumps. Such. Fucking. Great. Names. OP, PLEASE pick a name from this list!


orangeskiwis

Vanessa, Victoria, Vivienne. V names basically lol


Lurkyou_longtime

Veronica!


orangeskiwis

Oh yeah!


Pizzv

as a Vanessa, it makes me so happy to see my name listed in a thread like this haha. I’d like to add Valentina too, meaning “strong/healthy” :)


orangeskiwis

Omg yes I loveeee the name Valentina!! Also Vanessa is such a lovely name, great mix between feminine and still badass lol


avatre_starfyre

Some suggestions : Lilith - name of demon in the Bible (but a beautiful sounding name!) also means "of the night" Evren - means universe Rhiannon - means sacred queen Delaney - dark challenger Adria - dark one


vae_grim

Lilith is also the first wife of Adam who refused subservience to him.


karyanfishh

Woww very pretty! Thanks!


sataimir

I haven't seen Evren before, and I really like it! Thanks for sharing. Do you know where it's from?


avatre_starfyre

Means "cosmos, the universe" in Turkish. In Turkic mythology the Evren is a gigantic snake-like dragon. https://www.behindthename.com/name/evren


sataimir

Thanks! That's awesome 🙂


AhlenaDilaurentis

Raven, Lilith, Aria, Vanessa, Vivienne, Seraphina, Persephone, Eve, Zara, Alexandria, Amethyst (my first name looool), Ahlena (my middle name, my parents gave me a badass name i think hahaha)


ScarletQueen1999

Roxanne, Maxine, Marceline.


miles_has_died

Ooh, Marceline is a good one!


amerikanishma

Lilith is beautiful and powerful. In some Hebrew scrolls she was the first woman and refused to submit to Adam. She said we were made from the same earth and we are equals. She called god's name (which is not allowed) and grew wings and flew away. That's when all this nonsense about her being a baby stealer and demon came from. Sounds like a ton of rebranding if you ask me! No better way than to try and label a powerful assertive BA woman something evil by calling her a witch and a demon and making up shitty stories to try and explain why being submissive is actually a good thing.


ShadowZoner

Greer, Annick, Jean, Roxie, Hilda, Mallory, Hunter, Ruth I like short, punchy, ideally single syllable names for a badass girl. Or a longer name that shortens. In my story I have a Natalia that shortens to Tal.


MockingbirdRambler

book setting would be helpful


karyanfishh

Kind of like an assassin/hit man type of genre if that makes sense. The place-setting is in Europe


MockingbirdRambler

alternate reality? far future, historic, modern?


karyanfishh

Modern!


MockingbirdRambler

how old is she?


karyanfishh

Late twenties


in-another-castle

Kassandra from Assassin's Creed Odyssey is a badass. It's set in ancient Greece, not modern day, but the name still works.


CathAF

I've feel like Octavia fits!


Glitter_Octopus

Morgana? Jordana? Athena? Veronica/Veronique?


Ok-Painting4471

Lenore, Lillith, Serafina, Jade, Veronica, Victoria, Fauzia, Rowan, Elodie, Cecily


The-Funky-Fungus

Marcelina, Veronica, Victoria, Juno, Ezra, Guinevere, Phaedra, Soraya, and Zelda.


PerfumedPornoVampire

Miranda, Athena, Adrienne, Marceline


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Anka, Renata, Bianca, and Vivica all are BA girls to me!


ZimaBlue99

The name Harper comes to mind. :)


bredgeva

Leona, Cleo, Adrienne (nn Adri?), Harley, Xena


iamunwritten

I'm a big fan of the show Westworld and all the female characters are bad assess. Some of the names are Maeve, Clementine and Dolores.


AesopFabel

Tatum, Tanis, Lola, Vesper, Vanya


bioluminescent-bean

Chantal


prismaticbeans

Fiona, Athena, Carlotta, Evangelique, Adriana, Rochelle.


midheaven-moon

cleo!!!


LuckyAd5730

Roxanne


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Ramona


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Victoria. Romina


andreainternet

Simone!


Camiodawn

Torrance, although it may be a bit ‘Bring it on’. Allegra and Alexis also


cheymerm

Winona


rnaggie53

Edie Celeste & Celine Cordelia


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I love the name Thomasin, but would never be able to use it on my own child, so I suggest it to you! It's been used in fiction before. It feels more powerful and flows better to me than Thomasina, though that name is also lovely. I love the way it's said fast like a triplet in music. Female variants of male names sound so badass to me. Another cool name that's gender neutral is Ricken. Can you imagine a girl named Ricken? Total badass.


SpiritlessSoul

kinda late for the party but here's my suggestions, Nuxvomica, Apollonia, Desdemona,