Science/Noble theme?

[senoritashan]

I kind of agree that they might not get the connection. Some girls names that mean noble: Aceline (AH-seh-leen) (Ace could be a cute nickname!), Ada, Adelaide (love!), Adele, Adeline, Alice, Alina, Allison, Alissa/Alyssa, Arwen, Arya, Audrey, Brea (bree or BREE-uh, I like the latter), Briana, Brianne, Gentry, Heidi, Lydia.

I actually really like Aceline, Adeline (I say it add-uh-lyn), Adelaide (favorite), Arwen, Brea (I'm liking this more!), and Lydia

[norseberry]

Thanks for the suggestions! Just discovered Arden(Elizabeth Arden was a scientist), which I really love! Gertude is also a name of a scientist and would love some nickname ideas for Gertude. I am keeping in mind e noble thing too

[meetcute]

I was going to suggest Tesla too...its the surname off a man but super cute for a girl's name!

[senoritashan]

I actually really like Arden! I was totally feeling Arwen (which has a LOTR connection that some might not like), but I think Arden is a great name and I don't find it unisex at all, though it is listed as such. It sounds very feminine to me. Edison and Arden aren't too close in sound either, if you ended up with a full-on scientist theme!

Gertrude sounds very heavy to me (I don't like a lot of names with with hard-g's the exception of Greta). The only nicknames I can think of are Gertie and Trudy which I also dislike. Arden sounds a lot softer and classier to me!

[niteowl13]

Nameberry actually did a blog on women scientists
http://nameberry.com/blog/science-he...rrier-breakers

[peppersprout]

Ada Yonath - Ada
Irène Joliot-Curie - Irene
Dorothy Mary Crowfoot Hodgkin - Dorothy
Rosalyn S. Yalow - Rosalyn
Françoise Barré-Sinoussi - Frances
Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin - Cecilia
Maud Leonora Menten - Maude or Leonora (Lenora)
Ellen Swallow Richards - Ellen
Ida Noddack - Ida
Edith Rebecca Saunders - Edith
Dian Fossey - Dian (Diane)
Emmy Noether - Emmy
Laura Bassi - Laura

Also, people generally don't know some of the more obscure people of science. However, when you introduce your children and they ask why your daughter's name isn't as obviously scientific as your sons... it will be an opening to educate them about a female scientist's contributions to our world. That's awesome.

[norseberry]

Thank you everyone so much! Arden and Tesla made our list!
niteowl13- thank you for reposting that blog, didnt know they did one on female scientists!