feminine notable figure inspired names
( notable figure, title )

ada ( ada lovelace, mathematician )
amelia ( amelia earhart, pilot )
amy ( amelia earhart, pilot )
ana ( anastasia nikolaevna, grand duchess of russia )
anne ( anne frank, jewish german-dutch diarist )
annie ( anne frank, jewish german-dutch diarist )

bade ( ruth bader ginsburg, us supreme court justice )
bader ( ruth bader ginsburg, us supreme court justice )
bella ( isabella bird, british explorer )
belle ( isabella bird, british explorer )
betty ( elizabeth i, queen of england )

cady ( elizabeth cady stanton, american suffragette )
cate ( catherine the great, empress of russia )
catie ( catherine the great, empress of russia )
cleo ( cleopatra, pharaoh of egypt )
cixi ( dowager cixi, empress of china )

dickie/dicky ( emily dickinson, poet )

edie ( edith cowan, first female member of australian parliament )
eleanor ( eleanor roosevelt, us first lady & human rights activist )
eliza ( elizabeth i, queen of england )
elizabeth ( elizabeth i, queen of england )
elle ( eleanor roosevelt, us first lady & human rights activist )
ellie/elly ( elizabeth i, queen of england )
emily ( emily dickinson, poet )
emmeline ( emmeline pankhurst, english suffragette )
emmie/emmy ( emmeline pankhurst, english suffragette activist )

flo ( florence nightingale, statistician & founder of modern nursing )
florence ( florence nightingale, statistician & founder of modern nursing )
fran ( francesca caccini, composer )
frances ( francesca caccini, composer )
frannie/franny ( francesca caccini, composer )
francesca ( francesca caccini, composer )
frankie ( anne frank, jewish german-dutch diarist )

ginevra ( ruth bader ginsburg, us supreme court justice )
ginny ( ruth bader ginsburg, us supreme court justice )

harrie ( harriet tubman, abolitionist )
hat ( hatshepsut, pharaoh of egypt )
helen ( helen keller, author & disability rights advocate )
helena ( helen keller, author & disability rights advocate )
hilde ( hildegard von bingen, composer )

ida ( ida b. wells, investigative journalist/ida tarbell, muckraker )
isa ( isabella bird, british explorer )
isabel/isabelle ( isabella bird, british explorer )
isabella ( isabella bird, british explorer )

jane ( jane austen, author )
jeanne ( jeanne baret, french voyager )
joan ( joan of arc, french heroine )

lena ( helen keller, author & disability rights advocate )
lia ( amelia earhart, pilot )
liz ( elizabeth i, queen of england )

mal ( malala yousafzai, pakistani female rights activist )
mala ( malala yousafzai, pakistani female rights activist )
marie ( marie curie, physicist & scientist )
maya ( maya angelou, poet )
millicent ( millicent fawcett, english author & suffragette )
millie ( millicent fawcett, english author & suffragette )

nora ( eleanor roosevelt, us first lady & human rights activist )

rence ( florence nightingale, statistician & founder of modern nursing )
rin ( catherine the great, empress of russia )
ruth ( ruth bader ginsburg, us supreme court justice )
ruthie ( ruth bader ginsburg, us supreme court justice )

schuyler ( elizabeth schuyler hamilton, philanthropist )
shep ( hatshepsut, pharaoh of egypt )
stasia ( anastasia nikolaevna, grand duchess of russia )
sut ( hatshepsut, pharaoh of egypt )
suttie/sutty ( hatshepsut, pharaoh of egypt )

vic ( victoria, queen of england )
vicki/vickie/vicky ( victoria, queen of england )
victoria ( victoria, queen of england )

wellie/welly ( ida b. wells, investigative journalist )
winnie/winny ( winifred carney, irish suffragette )

zetia ( wu zetian, emperor of china )

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