If you are waiting for a girl and you are looking for a name of inspiring women, today we want to share the tribute we pay to women who have stood out in the arts and whose names inspire us.
We share you 37 names of writers and artists for girls, which also include women poets, filmmakers, composers, painters, sculptors and dancers.
Agate, by Agatha Christie
Agatha Christie, a writer recognized for her detective novel, is considered the mother of the modern police novel. It has been named by the Guinness Record Book as the writer who has sold the most works of all time (two billion copies).
Alexandra, by Alessandra Ferri
Alessandra Ferri, an Italian dancer, has starred in multiple classic ballets such as Giselle or Sleeping Beauty, as part of such important companies as La Scala Ballet.
Alicia, by Alicia Alonso
Alicia Alonso, was Prima Ballerina of the National Ballet of Cuba. Famous for her performances of "Giselle" and "Carmen", she is an emblematic figure of ballet in Latin America.
Alondra, by Alondra de la Parra
Alondra de la Parra, director of the Mexican orchestra, is the founder and artistic director of the Philharmonic Orchestra of the Americas, based in New York and Cultural Ambassador of Tourism of Mexico. She is currently considered one of the most important orchestra conductors in the world.
In Babies and more35 names of strong women for girls proud to beAna, by Anna Pavlova and Anne Dudley
Anna Pavlova, recognized as one of the best ballet dancers in history, changed the physical ideal of the dancer due to her slim and ethereal figure, giving the ballet that sophistication that remains today.
Anne Dudley, American composer, famous for participating and composing the soundtracks of the films: 'Los Miserables', 'American History X' and 'Elle', and has been an Oscar winner and three times nominated for BAFTA.
Angelica, by Anjelika Akbar
Anjelika Akbar, Turkish composer and pianist. She has received multiple awards and is recognized for creating the first piano solo adaptation of Vivaldi's "Four Seasons" in the history of classical music.
Artemis, by Artemisia Gentileschi
Artemisia Gentileschi, Italian Baroque painter, noted for the female presence in her works, considering her one of the first women to defend the place of women in the arts. She was the first woman to enter the Accademia del Disegno in Florence.
Camila, by Camille Claudel
Camille Claudel, an impressionist French sculptor, was a collaborator, model and muse of Auguste Rodin for many years. His works are exhibited in museums in France and Mexico.
Catalina, by Kathryn Bigelow
Kathryn Bigelow, American director, is the first and only woman who has won an Oscar for best director.
Consuelo, by Consuelo Díez
Consuelo Díez, Spanish pianist and composer. He has received multiple international awards and has been selected to represent Spain at the UNESCO International Composer Tribune, at the International Society of Contemporary Music (ISCM), at the Charles Ives Center (USA) and the European Biennial of Bologna (Italy).
Cristina, by Cristina Iglesias
Cristina Iglesias, Spanish sculptor, winner of the National Plastic Arts Prize of Spain and the Berlin Art Prize. His work is internationally recognized and is found in various museums around the world.
Emilia, by Emily Brontë and Emilia Pardo Bazán
Emily Brontë, author of "Wuthering Heights", one of the most famous literature classics in the world and originally published with a false male name.
Emilia Pardo Bazán, writer, novelist, essayist, journalist, literary critic, playwright and Spanish poet, fought for equal rights between men and women.
Frida, by Frida Kahlo
Frida Kahlo, Mexican expressionist and surrealist painter who came to be admired by Picasso, Breton and Trotsky. It has been rediscovered in recent years for its great personality and for having been a victim of adverse circumstances, especially for its disability.
Gabriela, by Gabriela Mistral
Gabriela Mistral, a Chilean and Mexican nationalized poet, was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1945. In addition, she was a professor in Chile and Mexico, collaborating in the latter to promote the educational reform proposed by José Vasconcelos.
Ida, for Ida Lupino
Ida Lupino, American actress and director. She was the first woman during the 1940s who simultaneously did directorial, screenplay and film production activities in Hollywood, as well as the only female director during the 1950s.
Isabel, by Isabel Allende
Isabel Allende, Chilean writer who is currently the most widely read living writer in the world. His works have been translated into more than 35 languages.
Isadora, by Isadora Duncan
Isadora Duncan, one of the most recognized dancers of contemporary dance. He stood out for creating his own style, breaking the classical rules of dance. She is known as the mother of modern dance.
Jana, by Jane Austen
Jane Austen, British novelist, considered one of the classics of English literature. His works, such as "Emma", "Pride and Prejudice", and "Sense and Sensibility" ("Sense and Feelings" in Latin America) have been taken to film and television several times.
Joanne, by Joanne K. Rowling
Joanne K. Rowling, American writer. Worldwide known for being the author of the Harry Potter series of books and has been recognized for the powerful message of respect, union, courage and inclusion that conveys through her books.
Leonor, by Leonora Carrington
Leonora Carrington, a Mexican naturalized English painter, fully engaged in the surrealist movement in Paris, later traveling to Mexico, where she made friends with other artists such as Frida Kahlo and Remedios Varo.
Lina, by Lina Wertmüller
Lina Wertmüller, director and screenwriter of Italian cinema. He started as an actress, and then was an assistant director of Federico Fellini in the 8½ movie. For her work as a director she received 4 Oscar nominations, including Best Director, becoming the first woman nominated as an Oscar director.
Lisa, by Lisa Gerrard
Lisa Gerrard, American composer and singer, one of her most famous works is the soundtrack of the movie "Gladiator", in which she worked alongside Hans Zimmer and for which they were nominated for an Oscar and winners of a Golden Globe.
Lucia, by Lucy Montgomery
Lucy Montgomery, writer, novelist and Canadian teacher, is recognized by the series of novels "Ana de las Verjas Verdes" and deserving of the Order of the British Empire.
Luisa, by Louise Bourgeois and Louisa May Alcott
Louise Bourgeois, American nationalized French artist and sculptor. Considered one of the most important artists of contemporary art, her great spider sculptures made in homage to her mother stand out from her work.
Louisa May Alcott was an American writer, recognized for her famous novel Little Women (1868). Committed to the abolitionist movement and suffragism, she wrote under the pseudonym of A.M. Barnard a collection of novels and stories in which taboo subjects for the time such as adultery and incest are treated.
Marga or Margot, by Margot Fonteyn
Margot Fonteyn, who is said not to have good feet, proved to be one of the best ballet dancers of the twentieth century, coming to participate with the Royal Ballet.
Natalia, by Natalia Makarova
Natalia Makarova, dancer of Russian origin, stood out in the world of ballet due to the delicacy with which she moved her arms and thanks to her impressive flexibility, which allowed her to perform the most complex movements of this dance.
Patricia, by Patty Jenkins
Patty Jenkins, American film director and writer. She has the merit of being the first woman to direct a blockbuster by being the director behind the Wonder Woman movie.
Pinar, by Pinar Toprak
Pinar Toprak, Turkish-American composer and author of the soundtrack of the famous Fortnite video game. It was recently announced as the one chosen to compose the soundtrack of the movie 'Captain Marvel'.
Rachel, by Rachel Portman
Rachel Portman, American composer, in her work highlights the soundtracks of the films: 'Never Abandon Me', 'Chocolat' and 'Emma'. She has won an Oscar and an Emmy, and has been nominated three times for the Oscars, one for the Golden Globes and two for the BAFTAs.
Remedies, by Remedios Varo
Remedios Varo, a Mexican nationalized Spanish painter, her surrealist work stands out for presenting magical, esoteric and mystical characters that invite you to dream, transforming the unreal into real.
Rosalía, by Rosalía de Castro
Rosalia de Castro, Spanish poet and novelist. She is recognized as one of the precursors of modern poetry with Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer. She was rejected numerous times for being a woman and for writing in another language (Galician), but left great works that have been translated into different languages.
Sibila, by María 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.
Silvia, by Sylvia Plath
Sylvia Plath, American writer and poet, is recognized as one of the leading cultivators of the genre of confessional poetry.
Simone, by Simone de Beauvior
Simone de Beauvoir, writer, teacher and French philosopher, defender of human rights and feminist. He wrote novels, essays, biographies and monographs on political, social and philosophical topics. He was a couple of the philosopher Jean Paul Sartre.
Sofia, by Sofia Coppola
Sofía Coppola, director, producer and screenwriter of American cinema. Winner of an Oscar for best screenplay, she is the third woman to be nominated for Best Director.
Tamara, by Tamara Rojo and Tamara de Lempicka
Tamara Rojo, a dancer trained in the city of Madrid, has participated in different ballet companies such as the Madrid Ballet and the English National Ballet.
Tamara de Lempicka, Polish painter who stood out for her nudes and portraits in Art Deco style. He created a unique style that influenced later modernist styles such as Pop Art and Comic.
Virginia, by Virginia Woolf
Virginia Woolf, was a novelist, essayist, letter writer, editor, feminist and British storyteller, considered one of the most prominent figures of literary modernism of the twentieth century.
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