71 baby names inspired by feminist icons

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71 baby names inspired by feminist icons

By Kayleigh Dray

6 years ago

Instill your sons and daughters with a sense of girl power from an early age…

The Office for National Statistics (ONS) recently its annual list detailing the baby names which are currently trending across the nation.

Oliver topped the boys’ list for the sixth year in a row (according to the data, some 5,390 boys were given the name in 2018), while Olivia retained its number one spot on the girls’ list for the third time running.

However, if you’re hoping to find something a little less mainstream, and a lot more empowering, we recommend looking to these feminist icons for your baby name inspiration…

From Virginia Woolf to Greta Thunberg, vintage nicknames to modern monikers, there is a vast plethora of intriguing names here which can be adapted to suit babies of any gender.

Come delve in…

ADA

Meaning: Nobility

Famous namesake: Ada Lovelace (1815 - 1852)

Ada Lovelace – aka the Enchantress of Numbers - is widely considered to be the world’s first computer programmer, foreseeing the ability to code pretty much anything long before anyone else did. She wrote that algorithm way back in the 1840s.

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AMELIA

Meaning: Work

Famous namesake: Amelia Earhart (1897 - 1937)

The first woman to ever reach an altitude of 14,000 feet, Amelia Earhart was constantly challenging gender norms. The pilot famously said: “Now and then women should do for themselves what men have already done — occasionally what men have not done — thereby establishing themselves as persons, and perhaps encouraging other women toward greater independence of thought and action.”

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AUDRE

Meaning: Noble strength

Famous namesake: Audre Lorde (1934 - 1992)

Audre Lorde was an African American writer, feminist, womanist, lesbian, and civil rights activist, who set out to confront issues of racism in feminist thought. In short? She was a total badass.

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BELL

Meaning: Handsome

Famous namesake: bell hooks (born 1952)

bell hooks – also known as Gloria Jean Watkins – penned Feminist Theory: From Margin to Centre, which encouraged women to acknowledge the differences between one another, yet still embrace one another as sisters. That’s right, she gave us the sisterhood.

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BETTY

Meaning: God is my oath

Famous namesake: Betty Fridean (1921 - 2006)

The author of The Feminine Mystique, Betty Friedan was a leading figure in the women’s rights movement. She co-founded the National Organization for Women (NOW) in 1966, which aimed to bring women "into the mainstream of American society now [in] fully equal partnership with men."

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BILLIE

Meaning: Resolute protector

Famous namesake: Billie Jean King (born 1943)

This phenomenal tennis player set up the first ever all-woman’s tour, before going on to form the Women’s Tennis Association. But she really made her name at Wimbledon’s Battle of the Sexes, where she took on men’s tennis champ (and anti-feminist) Bobby Riggs, winning 6-4 6-3 6-3. 

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CAITLIN

Meaning: Pure

Famous namesake: Caitlin Moran (born 1975)

As in, yes, the iconic author, comedian, and all-round goddess. Her book, How To Be A Woman, helped make feminism more accessible to women everywhere, exploring everything from abortion, to motherhood, to what to call our vaginas.  

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CAROL

Meaning: Free man

Famous namesake: Carol Ann Duffy (born 1955)

All hail Carol Ann Duffy, the first woman, the first Scot, and the first openly LGBT person to ever be named Britain’s Poet Laureate.

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CHRISTINE

Meaning: Follower of Christ

Famous namesake: Christine de Pisan (1364 - 1430)

She may look like your typical Renaissance poet, but Christine de Pisan’s feminist writings, which analysed the role of women in society and argued for their rights, were lightyears ahead of their time. 

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CLEO

Meaning: Fame, glory

Famous namesake: Cleopatra (69BC - 30BC)

As in, yes, the immensely powerful Egyptian queen. Forget all that romance stuff with Julius Caeser and Marc Anthony; we’re more interested in the fact that she found time to pen a book – or, more accurately, medical treatise -  while queening over a vast kingdom.

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COCO

Meaning: Help

Famous namesake: Coco Chanel (1883 - 1971)

Shunning the restrictive clothes that women were forced to wear at the time, Coco Chanel pushed the social boundaries of fashion. She made trousers acceptable for women, helped rid the world of the corset, and revamped men’s designs for women everywhere as she promoted comfort over restraint.

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DOLLY

Meaning: Gift of God

Famous namesake: Dolly Parton (born 1966)

Don’t believe us? Check out the lyrics she penned for the stage version of Nine To Five: “Under this hair is a brain, not that you'd ever care. And you only see tits, but there's a heart under there…"

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EDITH

Meaning: Blessed

Famous namesake: Edith Archibald (1854 - 1936)

The Canadian suffragette may be linked to the Temperance movement, but let’s not forget that she battled for decades for women's right to vote. She was the one who led a 1917 delegation of women to convince the Nova Scotia leader George Henry Murray not to block the suffrage bill – and succeeded, too.

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ELEANOR

Meaning: Bright shining one

Famous namesake: Eleanor Smeal (born 1939)

The president and cofounder of the Feminist Majority Foundation, Eleanor Smeal was the brainchild behind the phrase ‘gender gap’.

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ELIZABETH

Meaning: By God’s Oath

Famous namesake: Elizabeth I (1533 - 1603)

Good Queen Bess is something of a feminist icon, thanks to her intelligence, her strength, and her refusal to be trapped by a political marriage. Plus remember those iconic words? “I know I have the body of a weak, feeble woman; but I have the heart and stomach of a king, and of a king of England too…”

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EMMELINE

Meaning: Industrious and hard-working

Famous namesake: Emmeline Pankhurst (1858 - 1928)

Emmeline Pankhurst, famed as the leader of the British suffragette movement, shook society into a new patter and helped to win women the vote.

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EMILY

Meaning: Rival

Famous namesake: Emily Davison (1872 - 1913)

Truly passionate about winning women the vote, Emily Davison often opted for extreme methods, which included chaining herself to the Houses of Parliament, and embarking on over forty hunger strikes. Her most famous moment of protest, however, saw her killed when she stepped in front of King George V's horse Anmer at the Epsom Derby on 4 June 1913.

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EVA

Meaning: Living one

Famous namesake: Eva Peron (1919 - 1952)

A dedicated champion of women’s rights, the First Lady of Argentina founded the Female Peronist Party – going on to earn women the right to vote in 1947.

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FLORENCE

Meaning: Blossoming

Famous namesake: Florence Nightingale (1820 - 1910)

The original career woman– and a fierce advocate for women’s rights – Florence Nightingale rejected a marriage proposal from the man that had courted her for nine years, because she was convinced it would interfere with her dreams of being a nurse. She went on to become known as the founder of modern nursing.

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FRIDA

Meaning: Beautiful, beloved

Famous namesake: Frida Kahlo (1907 - 1954)

“I was born a bitch. I was born a painter…”

Frida Kahlo has long been held up as a feminist icon, thanks to her artistic exploration of pain, self-image, femininity, and sexuality. 

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GERMAINE

Meaning: From Germany

Famous namesake: Germaine Greer (born 1939)

This pioneering feminist became a household name when, in her book The Female Eunuch, she declared that the key to women’s liberation was in reclaiming their libido and sexuality.

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GLORIA

Meaning: Glorious

Famous namesake: Gloria Steinem (born 1934)

Dubbed the ‘mother of feminism’, Gloria Steinem would be a truly admirable namesake for your daughter. If only for the infamous line: “a liberated woman is one who has sex before marriage and a job after.”

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GRETA

Meaning: Pearl

Famous namesake: Greta Thunberg (born 2003)

Greta Thunberg may be young, but the Swedish activist has already done so much in her fight to save the planet from climate change. In a stinging speech delivered on Monday 23 September 2019, Thunberg told governments: “You are still not mature enough to tell it like it is. You are failing us. But the young people are starting to understand your betrayal.”

“You have stolen my dreams and my childhood with your empty words,” she said.

“The eyes of all future generations are upon you. And if you choose to fail us I say we will never forgive you. We will not let you get away with this. Right here, right now is where we draw the line.”

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HARRIET

Meaning: Ruler of the homestead

Famous namesake: Harriet Tubman (1822 - 1913)

Born into slavery in the States, Harriet Tubman escaped and used the Underground Railroad to rescue another seventy enslaved families and friends. Throw in the fact that she was the first keynote speaker at the National Federation of Afro-American Women in 1896, and you definitely have a feminist icon.

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HILLARY

Meaning: Cheerful

Famous namesake: Hillary Clinton (born 1947)

Hillary Clinton is a vocal feminist, highly qualified public servant, and a liberal Democrat. She also has the honour of being America’s first female presidential candidate, which is a pretty big deal.

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IDA

Meaning: Work

Famous namesake: Ida Bell Wells-Barnett (1862 - 1931)

Ida B. Wells was an African-American journalist and activist who led an anti-lynching crusade in the United States in the 1890s. She later became joined the National Equal Rights League, going on to create the first African-American kindergarten in her community and fight for women's suffrage.

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ISADORA

Meaning: Gift of Isis

Famous namesake: Isadora Duncan (1877 - 1927)

Isadora Duncan was a confident and self-made woman, who challenged the repressive fashions and disciplines enforced upon her gender in the 1800s – and she did it all through the emancipation of modern dance. She even danced whilst pregnant – a move which outraged her peers, particularly as Duncan was unmarried.

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JOAN

Meaning: God is gracious

Famous namesake: Joan of Arc (1412 - 1431)

She wasn’t the innocent French maiden everyone made her out to be; this fiery public speaked led an army, had buckets of character, and refused to suffer fools.

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JOSEPHINE

Meaning: May Jehovah add

Famous namesake: Josephine Butler (1828 - 1906)

Following the shock death of her youngest daughter, Victorian social reformer Josephine Butler threw herself into helping others, campaigning for women’s suffrage, the right for women to have a better education, the end of child prostitution, and more.

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KATHARINE

Meaning: Pure

Famous namesake: Katharine Hepburn (1907 - 2003)

One of the most radical feminists in Hollywood, Katharine Hepburn demanded roles for strong female characters – and, as a result, became the embodiment of empowerment for women all over the world.

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LOUISA

Meaning: Famous warrior

Famous namesake: Louisa May Alcott (1832 - 1888)

In Little Women, Louisa May Alcott gave the world a far more progressive look at womankind – and gave us Josephine March, the ultimate career girl. The author was also the first woman to vote in the local Concord election of 1879, became a Civil War nurse, and carved out a life as a best-selling literary spinster.

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MARGARET

Meaning: Precious pearl

Famous namesake: Margaret Atwood (born 1939)

The science fiction writer is known for her proto-feminist works, including The Edible Woman, The Handmaid’s Tale, and Surfacing. When asked whether she believes feminism is a set of human rights, she explained: "Yes, because I radically think that women are human beings and therefore they have all the variety that other human beings have. But just because some of them are wonderful, some of them are terrible and most of them are in between, that should not have any bearing on the laws."

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MARY

Meaning: Wished-for child

Famous namesake: Mary Wollstonecraft (1759 - 1797)

An early supporter of women’s rights, Mary Wollstonecraft penned an entire book (A Vindication of the Rights of Women) about why women aren’t intellectually inferior. Her incredibly sound reasoning? That she – and the rest of her gender – had not been offered the same access to education as men. 

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MARIE

Meaning: Rebellion

Famous namesake: Marie Stopes (1880 - 1958)

The pioneer of family planning, Marie Stopes sparked a sexual revolution when she founded the first ever birth control clinic in Britain. 

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MAYA

Meaning: Goddess

Famous namesake: Maya Angelou (1928 - 2014)

Poet, activist, and writer, Maya Angelou was a cultural icon – and was praised for speaking out about rape, abortion, life as a single mother, and her experiences as a prostitute. Her feminist legacy can be summed up by her most famous quote: “I hope that the children have not been so scarred by their upbringing that they only think fear when they see someone else who looks separate from them.”

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MILLICENT

Meaning: Strong worker

Famous namesake: Millicent Fawcett (1847 - 1929)

Millicent was one of the first women to attend a suffrage meeting in the UK – and went on to become president of the National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies (the NUWSS), a position she held from 1897 until 1919.

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NAOMI

Meaning: Pleasantness

Famous namesake: Naomi Wolf (born 1962)

The former political advisor has since become a world-renowned writer – and is best known for The Beauty Myth, in which she argues that ‘beauty’ is a patriarchal construct designed to control women. Go figure.

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OCTAVIA

Meaning: Born eighth

Famous namesake: Octavia E. Butler (1947 - 2006)

One of the best-known women authors in the world of science fiction, Octavia E. Butler worked to fill the gap in the market and provide readers with noteworthy female protagonists.

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REBECCA

Meaning: To tie firmly

Famous namesake: Rebecca West (1892 - 1983)

The author and journalist was a stanch feminist, and, when anyone asked her why, she replied: “People call me a feminist whenever I express sentiments that differentiate me from a doormat or a prostitute.”

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ROSE

Meaning: Fame

Famous namesake: Rose Schneiderman (1882 - 1972)

The women’s rights activist coined the phrase ‘bread and roses’ whilst fighting for women’s suffrage, when she said: "What the woman who labours wants is the right to live, not simply exist — the right to life as the rich woman has the right to life, and the sun and music and art.

"You have nothing that the humblest worker has not a right to have also. The worker must have bread, but she must have roses, too. Help, you women of privilege, give her the ballot to fight with."

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SIMONE

Meaning: One who hears

Famous namesake: Simone de Beauvoir (1908 - 1986)

Her landmark book The Second Sex inspired the Women’s Liberation movement – and she inspired all women to find a job of their own, as it was the “first condition for women’s independence”.

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SOJOURNER

Meaning: To stay at a place

Famous namesake: Sojourner Truth (1797 - 1883)

Born into slavery, Sojourner escaped with her daughter in 1826 and became one of the most powerful equal rights activists ever when she delivered her famous speech, Ain’t I A Woman? She called upon her gender to take what was rightfully theirs, saying: “If women want any rights more than they's got, why don't they just take them, and not be talking about it.”

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SUSAN

Meaning: Graceful lily

Famous namesake: Susan B. Anthony (1820 - 1906)

A founder of the National Women’s Suffrage Association, Susan B. Anthony worked hard to change minds everywhere with her weekly journal, The Revolution, in which she advocated equal rights for both women and African Americans.

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TATYANA

Meaning: To honour

Famous namesake: Tatyana Fazlalizadeh (born 1985)

Tatyana Fazlalizadeh is currently leading the charge against street harassment, thanks to her powerful ‘Stop Telling Women To Smile’ posters. Speaking about her role as an activist, she told the New York Times: “Women need to start talking about their daily moments because it’s the smaller stuff that affects the larger things, like rape, domestic violence, harassment in the workplace.”

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VIRGINIA

Meaning: Maiden

Famous namesake: Virginia Woolf (1882 - 1941)

The famous author examined lesbian and feminist issues in her writing, particularly in her book-length essay, A Room Of One’s Own, in which she underlined the issues faced by female writers.

"A woman must have money and a room of her own if she is to write fiction,” she summarised.

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ANDREW

Meaning: Manly

Famous namesake: Andy Murray (born 1987)

Tennis star Andy Murray has loudly and proudly declared himself a feminist, speaking out on behalf of female coaches and sports stars (such as the Williams sisters) time and time again.

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ANTHONY

Meaning: Graceful lily

Famous namesake: Susan B. Anthony (1820 - 1906)

A founder of the National Women’s Suffrage Association, Susan B. Anthony worked hard to change minds everywhere with her weekly journal, The Revolution, in which she advocated equal rights for both women and African Americans.

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ATWOOD

Meaning: Precious pearl

Famous namesake: Margaret Atwood (born 1939)

The science fiction writer is known for her proto-feminist works, including The Edible Woman, The Handmaid’s Tale, and Surfacing. When asked whether she believes feminism is a set of human rights, she explained: "Yes, because I radically think that women are human beings and therefore they have all the variety that other human beings have. But just because some of them are wonderful, some of them are terrible and most of them are in between, that should not have any bearing on the laws."

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AUSTEN

Meaning: Dignity

Famous namesake: Jane Austen (1775 - 1817)

Jane Austen’s novels addressed many issues important to women, making her a noteworthy feminist of her time. She also gave us Elizabeth Bennett, and for that we remain truly thankful.

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BEAU

Meaning: One who hears

Famous namesake: Simone de Beauvoir (1908 - 1986)

Her landmark book The Second Sex inspired the Women’s Liberation movement – and she inspired all women to find a job of their own, as it was the “first condition for women’s independence”.

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BENEDICT

Meaning: Blessed

Famous namesake: Benedict Cumberbatch (born 1976)

Benedict Cumberbatch – aka Sherlock Holmes – has spoken out time and time again on behalf of feminism, famously telling his ‘Cumberbitches’ that he refused to call them so because “it sets feminism back so many notches”. Instead, he said, they are “Cumberpeople”.

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BUTLER

Meaning: May Jehovah add

Famous namesake: Josephine Butler (1828 - 1906)

Following the shock death of her youngest daughter, Victorian social reformer Josephine Butler threw herself into helping others, campaigning for women’s suffrage, the right for women to have a better education, the end of child prostitution, and more.

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BYRON

Meaning: Place name

Famous namesake: Byron Hurt (born 1969)

The filmmaker and activist penned an essay entitled Why I’m a Black Male Feminist, which examined how he – after watching his father do the same – slowly came to feel entitled to mistreat women when it benefitted him to do so. Over time, he recognised his discriminatory behaviour and addressed it, embracing the feminist movement.

He said: “Not only does feminism give woman a voice, but it also clears the way for men to free themselves from the stranglehold of traditional masculinity. When we hurt the women in our lives, we hurt ourselves, and we hurt our community, too.”

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CHARLES

Meaning: Free man

Famous namesake: Charles Fourier (1772 - 1837)

This radical French philosopher invented the term ‘feminism’ back in the 1800s, when he wrote about how women deserved more status and rights than they had been given. Or, as he put it, “liberty, unless enjoyed by all, is unreal and illusory.”

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CHRISTIAN

Meaning: Follower of Christ

Famous namesake: Christian Isobel Johnstone (1781 - 1857)

An early feminist, this pioneering Scotswoman became the first woman to serve as the paid editor of a major Victorian periodical magazine.

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DAVISON

Meaning: Rival

Famous namesake: Emily Davison (1872 - 1913)

Truly passionate about winning women the vote, Emily Davison often opted for extreme methods, which included chaining herself to the Houses of Parliament, and embarking on over forty hunger strikes. Her most famous moment of protest, however, saw her killed when she stepped in front of King George V's horse Anmer at the Epsom Derby on 4 June 1913.

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FRANCIS

Meaning: Frenchman

Famous namesake: Francis Hutcheson (1694 - 1746)

Francis Hutcheson is thought of as Ireland’s greatest forgotten philosopher, particularly because of his utilitarian views and desire for gender equality. He famously said: “action is best which procures the greatest happiness for the greatest numbers; and that is worst, which, in like manner, occasions misery”.

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FREDERICK

Meaning: Power

Famous namesake: Frederick Douglas (1818 - 1895)

In 1848, Frederick Douglas was the only African-American to attend the Seneca Falls Convention (the first women’s rights convention) in New York – and he argued that he couldn’t accept the right to vote as a black man if women did not share that right. His eloquent words helped pass a resolution asking for women’s suffrage.

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GARRETT

Meaning: Rules by the spear

Famous namesake: Elizabeth Garrett Anderson (1836 - 1917)

This suffragette broke a lot of boundaries; she was the first female surgeon in Britain, the co-founder of a hospital staffed by women, a member of the Central Committee of the National Society for Women's Suffrage in 1889, and the first female mayor and magistrate in Britain. Believe us when we say that’s just the tip of the iceberg.

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JACKSON

Meaning: God is gracious

Famous namesake: Jackson Katz (born 1960)

One of the first men to embark on a Women’s Studies course at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst, Katz went on to co-found Mentors in Violence Prevention in a bid to encourage men to discontinue trends of violent masculinity and control. He has also made several critically-acclaimed documentaries about the representations of women and men in the media.

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JEREMY

Meaning: Exalted of the Lord

Famous namesake: Jeremy Bentham (1748 - 1832)

Bentham was a staunch campaigner for women’s rights – he wanted them to have the personal freedom that would allow them to obtain a divorce, he wanted the double standards in sexual matters to be redressed, and he wanted them to be seen as equals in the political arena. 

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JOHN

Meaning: Jehovah has been gracious

Famous namesake: John Lennon (1940 - 1980)

The famous Beatle once said: “We can't have a revolution that doesn't involve and liberate women. It's so subtle the way you're taught male superiority. It took me quite a long time to realise that my maleness was cutting off certain areas for Yoko [Ono]. She's a red hot liberationist and was quick to show me where I was going wrong, even though it seemed to me that I was just acting naturally. That's why I'm always interested to know how people who claim to be radical treat women.”

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JOSS

Meaning: One of the Goths

Famous namesake: Joss Whedon (born 1964)

The creator of feminist icon Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Joss Whedon has spoken passionately about his desire for gender equality – and consistently called for Hollywood to create more roles for strong women. No wonder he’s such a feminist icon.

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JUSTIN

Meaning: Just

Famous namesake: Justin Trudeau (1971)

The Canadian Prime Minister has vowed that he is “going to keep saying loud and clear that I am a feminist until it is met with a shrug.”

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MARK

Meaning: God of war

Famous namesake: Mark Ruffalo (born 1967)

Actor Mark Ruffalo is a pro-choice campaigner and an avid feminist. To all those who don’t believe in gender equality, he has this to say: "You're insulting every woman who was forcibly restrained in a jail cell with a feeding tube down her throat for your right to vote, less than 100 years ago. You're undermining every woman who fought to make marital rape a crime (it was legal until 1993). In short, kiss my ass you ignorant little jerks."

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MURRAY

Meaning: Manly

Famous namesake: Andy Murray (born 1987)

Tennis star Andy Murray has loudly and proudly declared himself a feminist, speaking out on behalf of female coaches and sports stars (such as the Williams sisters) time and time again.

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PATRICK

Meaning: Noble

Famous namesake: Patrick Stewart (born 1940)

Actor Patrick Stewart was raised in a home with an abusive father, which has encouraged him to speak up about gender equality, and work with organisations like Ring the Bell to end violence against women.

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RYAN

Meaning: Little king

Famous namesake: Ryan Gosling (born 1980)

Thanks to those ‘Hey Girl’ memes, Ryan Gosling has become synonymous with feminism – and, in the real world, he’s spoken out against the media’s reaction to ‘controversial’ oral sex scenes in cinema, too.

He said: “The MPAA is okay supporting scenes that portray women in scenarios of sexual torture and violence for entertainment purposes, but they are trying to force us to look away from a scene that shows a woman in a sexual scenario, which is both complicit and complex.

"It's misogynistic in nature to try and control a woman's sexual presentation of self. I consider this an issue that is bigger than this film.”

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STUART

Meaning: House guard

Famous namesake: Stuart John Mills (1806 - 1873)

One of the earliest male feminists, Mill’s famous essay Subjection of Women - written in 1869 - campaigned strongly for women’s rights, suffrage and equal access to education for women. 

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WILLIAM

Meaning: Resolute protector

Famous namesake: William Masters (1915 - 2001)

If you’ve seen Masters of Sex, you’ll know that William Masters began researching female sexuality in 1956 – and wound up proving that women don’t need a man to help them climax, and that everyone, regardless of gender, deserves to enjoy themselves in the bedroom. 

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Please note: this article was originally written in 2016, but has been updated throughout.

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