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Would 340 names do?
I went through every single name on BtN, and added a few of my own. Many are nns, which I tend to dislike as fns, but included anyway. I divided the list into female, male, and unisex; I also added a personal comment here and there.Ada
Adi
Agi
Ami ("water" in Japanese, pr. AH-mee)
Amy
Ana
Ane
Ann
Asa
Ase
Ava
Aya
Ayn
Ayo
Bea
Bee
Bia – Greek myth name
Chi
Cho
Cuc
Dea – Fem. Deo
Deb
Dot
Dua – Could also be fem. Duo
Ece
Eir
Emi
Ena
Era
Esi
Eva
Eve
Fay / Fae
Gay / Gae
Gia
Gro
Gry
Gul – Unfortunately reminds me of the Star Trek Cardassian equivalent term for a starship captain
Hel – Norse goddess of the underworlds, daughter of Loki. We derive our word "hell" from her name
Hoa
Hue
Ida
Ide
Ife
Ige
Ila
Ili
Iva
Ima
Ina
Ita
Ivy
Jae
Jen
Jia
Joy / Joi
Kat / Cat
Kin
Kiu
Lan
Lea / Lia
Lis
Liv
Liz
Luz
Mab
Mai
May / Mae
Meg
Mei
Mia
Moa
Mor
Mya
Myf
Nan
Nea – Could also be fem. Neo
Nia
Noa
Nuo
Nyx
Oda – Fem. Odo
Ona
Oni
Pam
Pax
Peg
Pia
Pru
Rae
Ran
Rei
Ren
Ria
Rim
Ros / Roz
Rue
Rut
Siv / Sif
Sri
Sue
Tea
Thi
Thu
Tia
Uma
Ume
Una
Ute
Wen
Yaa
Yen
Yin
Yun
Zan
ZoeAbe
Ace
Æsc – Æ is a full letter, I believe
Age
Ake
Aku
Ala
Ale
Alf
Ali
Alp
Ami
Anu
Arn
Art
Asa
Asa
Ata
Ash
Avi
Bai
Bas
Ben
Ber
Bob
Bud
Buz
Cai
Cal / Kal
Cam / Kam
Can
Car – Greek myth name
Che
Dag
Dai
Dan
Dax – Far too Star Trek-y for me though. Jadzia and Ezri Dax were both main characters on Deep Space Nine
Den
Deo
Dev
Dom – This has too much of a sexual connotation for me though
Don
Dov
Duc – Also the French form of Duke
Duo
Edi
Eli / Ely
Ern
Esa
Fox – Reminds me of The X-Files, particularly how Mulder hated his fn
Gib
Gil
Gus
Guy
Hai
Hal
Ham
Huw
Ian
Ike
Ing
Ion – Also a Greek myth name
Ira
Ivo
Iwo
Jay / Jai
Jeb
Jed
Jef
Jep
Jim
Job
Joe
Jon
Jos
Kaj
Ken
Kip
Kun
Lal – Another Star Trek name, albeit on a female: Data's ill-fated daughter
Laz
Len
Leo
Les
Lev
Lew
Lex
Lir
Lon – Yet another Star Trek name: a Betazoid murderer on Voyager, who ultimately got redeemed for his crime
Luc
Mat
Max
Nat
Ned – Reminds me of Ned Flanders
Nic
Nir
Noe
Nye
Obi
Odd – Nmsaa, for obvious reasons
Odi
Odo
Ola
Oli
Ove
Pal
Pau
Per
Pim
Pio
Pip
Pol
Rab
Rad
Raj
Ram
Ray
Red
Reg
Rex
Rik
Rio
Rob
Roc
Rod
Roi
Roy
Rui
Ruy
Ryo
Sad
Sam
Sem
Set
Sho
Sib
Sid / Syd
Sly
Ste
Stu
Tad
Tau
Ted
Tel
Tex
Þór / Þór (Thor) – Unsure if this is really a three-letter name
Tim
Tiw
Tod
Tom
Tor
Tue
Tye
Tyr
Udi
Udo
Ugo
Ulf
Uri
Urs
Utz
Uwe
Uzi – Far too violent for me though
Van
Vic
Vid
Vin
Vit
Wat
Wei
Wil
Wim
Xun
Yan
Yaw
Yvo
Zak
Zed
Zef
Zev
Zia
ZviAki
Ari
Bao
Dee
Dru
Enu
Flo
Huo
Isa
Isi
Jan
Jem
Jin
Kai
Kay
Kim / Kym
Kit
Lee
Lex
Lim
Lin
Lix
Lou
Lux
Lyn
Mel
Neo
Nur
Ora
Pat
Pen
Qiu
Quy
Ron
Sal
San
Sky
Sol
Tai
Tal
Tam
Val
Wyn
Xue
ZivMiranda
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WOW...OMG, Thank you so much Miranda, it's going to take me a while to go through all of those. Somehow I knew I could count on you for suggestions! ;)
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Okay, the ones I likeOkay went through all of them, and here are the ones I like:MIA
AVA – I like it and think it goes well with Mia, however its so popular right now.
AYA – This used to be a huge favorite of mine
AYN – Had forgotten about this one, I actually like it, mostly because I love Ayn Rand.
EVA
GIA – Like it, but its so similar to Mia
IVY – Like, but more as a nn
LIVLove it, but I just remembered that Liv Tyler’s sister is named Mia
LUX
MAI
PRU – Does it sound too much like Prune?
RAE – Also a friend of mine’s mn
RUE – Like this mostly because I named my cat Roux, haha
TRU
ZAN – I like this one, however I have an ex-friend that would insist I used it because of Zhaan from Farscape which she is obsessed with.
ZOË – An old favorite of mineARI
ASH
DAX – Didn’t realize it was used in ST, however I do like it and had forgotten about it previously
DOM – I considered this one too, since I like Dominic, but of course I crossed it off my list due to its association with Dominatrix.
IAN
KAI
LEX – Might be too nicknamey
LUC
TAI
TAL – Does it sound too much like Towel?
TYR
ZEN
ZEV

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Believe me, it took me some time to go through all the database! It didn't help that I had to break it up into two sessions because of a school lesson. But I was happy to do it. :-)Pru - No, it doesn't remind me of "prune". I prefer Prue actually, as it looks more complete, but I was sticking to three letters
Mai - I don't think this is pronounced like May, but I don't know how to pronounce it properly eitherTal - Nope, doesn't remind me of "towel". I pronounce it TAL, like Al with a T. I forgot, but this is also a ST name, albeit one used for a couple of rather minor/one-episode characters so the connection isn't really strong (hence why I forgot). One was a Bajoran womanMiranda
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I prefer Prue as well.
I pronounce Mai, as My, but not sure if its correct
And I pronounce Tal the same way, however other people may not.Thanks again Miranda!BTW, How would you pronounce Taj, I just found out that Liv & Mia have a brother named that. As well as a sister named Chelsea.

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I know exactly how I would pronounce it, but I'm not sure how to write it. You know how you say Taj Mahal? That's the way I say Taj."Taj Mahal" probably means "Crown of the Palace" (literally, "Crown Palace"). Taj is the word meaning "Crown".There's an alternate theory, but I'll let Wikipedia's article explain it: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taj_Mahal. Be sure to follow the link to Mumtaz Mahal's bio for more on the lady who inspired the Taj Mahal.Miranda
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I didn't even think of Taj Mahal, haha. But that's how I was pronouncing it anyhow. I was debating if it was correct though since sometimes j's are pronounced as i's, so I thought it might be similar to Tai.
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Yes Æ is a letter. Albeit only Danish and old norse.
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Ps: Æ is placed right after the letter Z in the alphabet btw.
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Not my fault. Blame Word's alphabetisation. :-pa
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I know. I was just stating it for further general knowledge. :-)
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:-)a
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WOW :):)
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