Today, on International Women’s Day, we want to honor the strong and brave women who have made history. Scientists, writers, artists, politicians and other personalities who paved the way, women who left their mark, who broke borders and continue (and will continue) to be remembered for their exploits.
Inspired by them, if you are expecting a baby, we leave you 51 names of strong women for girls who are proud to be .
51 names of strong and brave women for girls
Yes, for Ada Lovelace
Ada Lovelace, daughter of Lord Byron, was a British mathematician and writer. She was a forerunner in the world of computing, having pioneered the description of a programming language. She is considered the first computer programmer.
Alfonsina, by Alfonsina Strada
Alfonsina Strada (1891-1959) was an Italian cyclist, the first woman to compete in men’s races.
Amelia, by Amelia Earhart
Amelia Mary Earhart (Atchison, Kansas, July 24, 1897 – disappeared in the Pacific Ocean, July 2, 1937) was an American aviator, famous for being the first woman to fly an airplane across the Atlantic Ocean .
Anne, by Anne Boleyn
Anne Boleyn, elegant and educated lady, queen consort of England, is the image of a romantic victim, a tenacious and beautiful woman who was destroyed by her husband. She was executed on charges of adultery, incest and treason after a controversial trial and was the mother of the powerful Queen Elizabeth I, one of the most important monarchs in British history.
Benazir, by Benazir Bhutto
Benazir Bhutto (1953-2007): Pakistani politician, she was the first woman to be elected Prime Minister of a Muslim country.
Charlotte, by Charlotte Corday
Charlotte Corday (1768 – 1793) was one of the key figures in the French Revolution, famous for killing Marat, a Jacobin.
Carolina, por Caroline Herschel
Caroline Herschel (1750 – 1848) was a German astronomer who was the first woman to discover a comet.
Catherine, by Catherine of Aragon
Catherine of Aragon (1485–1536) was Queen of England and is considered the first female ambassador in history.
Cleopatra
Cleopatra (69-30 BC) was the last queen of Ancient Egypt and with her also ended the Ptolemaic dynasty and the Hellenistic era of Egypt. Her love with Marco Antonio occupies entire chapters of the chronicle of humanity.
Clara, by Clara Campoamor
Clara Campoamor (1881 – 1972) was one of the promoters of women’s suffrage in Spain, achieved in 1931, and a convinced feminist.
Diana, by Dian Fossey and Diana of Wales
Dian Fossey was an American zoologist recognized for her scientific and conservation work with gorillas in the Virunga Mountains of Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Diana of Wales, first wife of the heir to the British Crown. He has conquered the whole world for his personality, and after his tragic death he became a true myth and a very popular character worldwide.
Elena, by Elena of Constantinople
Elena of Constantinople (250-330): was a Roman empress and, later, proclaimed as a saint of the Catholic, Lutheran and Orthodox Churches. At almost eighty years old, she began a pilgrimage to the Holy Land, and it was she who had Golgotha excavated and who thus found the Cross, the nails and the wooden sign of Jesus Christ.
Eleanor by Eleanor Roosevelt
Eleanor Roosevelt was an American diplomat and human rights activist. She was the first lady of the United States and the wife of the president of the United States, Franklin Delano Roosevelt. She is considered one of the most influential leaders of the 20th century.
Emma, by Emma Goldman
Emma Goldman, a Lithuanian writer and anarchist of Jewish origin, was one of the pioneers in the fight for the emancipation of women .
Eva, by Eva Peron
Eva Perón was an Argentine political leader and actress who promoted the female suffrage law (1947) and was very active in the struggles for social and labor rights.
Frida, by Frida Kahlo
Frida Kahlo Mexican painter of great personality , admired by Picasso, Breton and Trotsky, her painting is classified as expressionist and surrealist. She has been rediscovered in recent years for her great personality and for having been the victim of adverse circumstances, especially her disability.
Gabriela, by Coco Channel
Coco Chanel, pseudonym of Gabrielle Chanel became one of the most innovative designers to this day. Chanel dared to take traditionally masculine garments and redesign them for the benefit of women.
Gala, by Gala Dali
Gala Dalí (1894-1982) was a surrealist artist and muse of her husbands Paul Éluard and Salvador Dalí, with whom she co-authored numerous works.
Grace, by Grace Kelly
Grace Kelly was an American Oscar-winning film actress, and later Princess consort of Monaco for her marriage to Prince Rainier III. She is considered one of the myths of the industry and one of the most recognized divas in the history of cinema .
Helena, by Hellen Keller
Helen Keller was an American deafblind writer, speaker, and political activist . At the age of 19 months, he suffered a serious illness that caused him to lose his sight and hearing completely. Keller became a prominent activist and philanthropist who promoted women’s suffrage, workers’ rights, and the fight for the rights of people with disabilities.
Indira, por Indira Gandhi
Indira Gandhi became the first woman from India to hold the position of Prime Minister of her country. Considered a national hero and India’s second-longest-serving female prime minister, she earned the nickname “Asian Iron Lady.”
Isabel, by Isabel the Catholic
Isabel La Católica or Isabel I of Castile (1451- 1504): Together with her husband, Fernando II of Aragón, they were known as the Catholic Monarchs. Under his command the reconquest was completed and Columbus discovered America.
Isabella, by Isabella Bird
Isabella Bird (1831-1904) was one of the greatest travelers of the 19th century. An explorer, writer, photographer and nature lover, she had the honor of being the first woman to be elected as a member of the Royal Geographical Society.
Jana, por Jane Goodall
Jane Goodall is an English primatologist, ethologist, anthropologist and UN Messenger of Peace and considered the foremost expert on chimpanzees.
Jeanne, by Jeanne Baret
Jeanne Baret (1740-1807) was recognized as the first woman to sail around the world.
Juana, by Joan of Arc and Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz
Joan of Arc, also known as the Maid of Orleans, was a French heroine, soldier, and saint who led the French royal army at the age of 17. She was convicted of heresy and burned at the stake.
Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz was a Mexican nun and one of the most representative figures of Hispanic letters . He learned to read and write at the age of three, cultivated poetry, auto sacramental and theater, as well as prose. She was a woman who was ahead of her time, managing to overcome the frontiers socially imposed on women in colonial times.
Laura, by Laura Bassi
Laura Bassi (1711-1778): Italian philosopher, professor and scientist who opened a private laboratory, which became famous throughout Europe and welcomed renowned scientists and young people destined to be famous.
Lucia, by Lucy Montgomery
Lucy Montgomery, Canadian writer, novelist, and teacher , best known for the “Anne of Green Gables” series of novels and recipient of the Order of the British Empire.
Louisa, by Louisa May Alcott
Louisa May Alcott was an American writer, best known for her famous novel Little Women (1868). Committed to the abolitionist movement and suffragism , she wrote under the pseudonym AM Barnard a collection of novels and stories dealing with taboo subjects for the time such as adultery and incest.
Mae, por Mae Jemison
Mae Jemison is a NASA astronaut, doctor, and engineer. She was the first African-American woman to travel into space.
Mafalda
Determined and outspoken, Mafalda is a popular comic book character created by Argentine graphic humorist Quino. The girl is concerned about humanity and world peace, and rebels against the world bequeathed by her elders.
Malala, por Malala Yousafzai
Malala Yousafzai is a Pakistani student, activist, and blogger. Winner of the Nobel Peace Prize in 2014 at the age of seventeen, she became the youngest person to receive that award in any of the categories it is awarded.
Marie, by Marie Curie
Marie Curie was a Polish scientist, nationalized French, a pioneer in the field of radioactivity. She was the first person to receive two Nobel Prizes in different specialties (Physics and Chemistry) and the first woman to hold the position of professor at the University of Paris.
Margaret, by Mata Hari
Mata Hari was a famous dancer, actress, and spy , sentenced to death for espionage during World War I. The word matahari means, in the Malay language, sun and literally “eye of the day”.
Marilina, by Marilyn Monroe
Marilyn Monroe was a Hollywood celebrity of the fifties and is one of the most popular characters of the 20th century. The American film actress is considered a pop icon and a sex symbol .
Matilde, by Matilde Montoya
Matilde Montoya (1859-1939) was the first Mexican woman to obtain a medical degree in 1887.
Nadia, by Nadia Comaneci
Nadia Comaneci is a former Romanian gymnast who won nine Olympic medals, five of which were gold. In addition, she was the first gymnast to obtain a score of ten points (perfect score) in an Olympic artistic gymnastics competition.
Olympia, by Olympe de Gouges
Olympe de Gouges is the pseudonym of Marie Gouze, French writer, playwright, pamphleteer and political philosopher, author of the Declaration of the Rights of Woman and of the Female Citizen (1791). Like other feminists of her time, she was an abolitionist. Arrested for her defense of the Girondins, she was tried and guillotined.
Rita, by Rita Levi-Montalcini
Rita Levi-Montalcini (1909 – 2012) was a neurologist and politician who dedicated her life to brain research discovering the neuron growth factor. This earned him the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1986.
Pink, by Rosa Parks
Rosa Parks was a social activist who peacefully refused to give up her seat on the bus to a white man in America. Thus, the spark was lit that would lead to non-violent civil rights protests for African-Americans.
Rosalind, by Rosalind Franklin
Rosalind Franklin (1920–1958), British chemist and crystallographer, was one of the four researchers who discovered the molecular structure of DNA in 1953.
Sara, by Sarah Breedlove
Sarah Breedlove (1867-1919): American entrepreneur and activist, considered the first African-American woman to become a millionaire in the United States.
Sibyl, by Maria Sibylla Merian
María Sibylla Merian was a German naturalist, explorer and painter, currently considered one of the most important initiators of modern entomology , thanks to her detailed observations and descriptions, with her own illustrations, of the metamorphosis of butterflies.
Simone, by Simone de Beauvoir
Simone de Beauvoir was a French human rights and feminist writer, teacher, and philosopher . He wrote novels, essays, biographies, and monographs on political, social, and philosophical topics. She was a partner of the also philosopher Jean Paul Sartre.
Tamara, por Tamara de Lempicka
Tamara de Lempicka (1898-1980): Polish painter, who achieved fame in Europe, especially in France and the United States with her art deco portraits and nudes. She was one of the freest women of her time.
Teresa, by Teresa of Calcutta
Teresa of Calcutta was a Catholic nun of Albanian origin who worked with the poor in the Indian city of Calcutta . He helped the outcasts of society, primarily the sick, the poor, and the homeless.
Valentina, por Valentina Tereshkova
Valentina Tereshkova was a Russian cosmonaut and engineer who became the first woman to travel in space .
Vera, by Vera Atkins
Vera Atkins (1908-2000) was an intelligence officer in the British Secret Service during World War II.
Victoria, for Queen Victoria
Queen Victoria of England ascended the throne at the age of eighteen and held it for 63 years, 7 months and 2 days, the second longest reign in the history of the United Kingdom , second only to that of her great-great-granddaughter Elizabeth II.
Virginia, por Virginia Woolf
Virginia Woolf, was a British novelist, essayist, letter writer, editor, feminist and short story writer , considered one of the most outstanding figures of literary modernism of the 20th century.
Zaha, for Zaha Hadid
Zaha Hadid (1950-2016) was an Anglo-Iraqi architect, from the deconstructivism current, who went down in history for being the first woman to receive the Pritzker Architecture Prize in 2004.
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