my partner wants to name our baby something with a strong meaning in history.. any suggestions/examples?

Here are some names that might fit the bill:

Clara (after Clara Barton)

Cady (after Elizabeth Cady Stanton)

Eleanor (after Eleanor Roosevelt)

Aurelia (10th century saint and Austrian princess)

Marina (8th century saint)

Tallulah (a Celtic saint)

Lydia (biblical noblewoman who helped St. Paul)

Lucia (4th century martyr)

Clementine (19th century Belgian princess)

Truth (after Sojourner Truth)

Rosa (after Rosa Parks)

Coretta (after Coretta Scott King)

I'll post more as I think of them.

Alexina Elissa Ellen Tianna Kellyann Selina

I think it would have so much more meaning if you found a name from your ancestors. I mean we all have some everyday heros in our ancestors. Think of the hardships they overcame. In my family a native american woman whos mother died when she was a small child and how she took care of her father and siblings, having to stand on crates to cook and wash dishes she was so small. Or my great great grandmother who came here from Holland as a new bride. I think those are wonderful and you would have a great story to tell her. If you don't know of any try finding out something on a geneology site like ancestry.com. You may not know any actual stories but if you find a name and date you can figure out if they lived trough the dust bowl or depression if they were a single mother in a time when it was harder than now. I just think that is much more personal. Unfortunately the women in history I admire the most don't really have great names. Elenore Rosevelt, Ladybird Johnson. Esther from the Bible. yeah. But in my family women had names like Malena, nickname Lena and Goldie I can live with those.

For a boy perhaps William, George, Samuel, Joseph, Abraham etc

For a girl perhaps Gwendolyn, Carolyn, Frances, Anna or Jane, Eleanor, Ani etc

I think the trick to choosing a strong name is to make sure that its not too cutesy with spelling.

Anestassia Zara - her dad was the last Zar of Russia

Elizabeth Queen

Cleopatra

Dianna

Hillary

Joan

Boys

Troy

Richard

Charles

Washington

Lincoln

Clinton

Regan

Jesse James

Carter

An

Hmmm

Napoleon

Cleopatra

Arcadia (Joan of Arcadia) - not a fan of Joan

Marie Antoinette

Adolf (Hitler)

Nelson (Mandela)

Madonna

Abraham (Lincoln)

Noah (Ark)

Genesis (means beginning)

Elvis

Joan (as in Joan of Arc) is a wonderful name.

You can also try Florence (as in Florence Nightingale) or Agnes (Mother Theresa).

Hope this helps!

~Princess.

Napoleon

Teresa like Mother Teresa and I like how that person said Joan. Its pretty.

Victoria Elizabeth. got both the major british queens! and it is a very strong name... i love it!

also there is Beatrice (dutch queen) or Juliana (also dutch)

Beatrice Juliana or Juliana Beatrice. love it too!