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Lovely that you love both Kitty and Rosamund - I'd want to use those together. :)

Hermione is steadily becoming one of my all-time favorite names. I'm not particularly worried about the inevitable association with Harry Potter, because it's such a lovely name and Hermione Granger is a strong character.

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I'm glad to see someone else who loves Briony. My SO hates it, so no little Brionys for me, but I adore it anyway.

Thank you for the detailed feedback!

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Natalie is my own name and mother's name and Virginia nn Ginny honors my beloved late grandmother, so both of those would honor if I chose them.

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Joseph and Lea/Leia have been growing on me a lot lately, as have Sadie and Damien. I struggle with Lea/Leia because the accent would not work well in the US and because, while I am fine with a Star Wars association, I wouldn't want to burden a daughter with the spelling if she didn't want it. I'm considering it for a middle name though!

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Thanks for the feedback!

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Sadie is an old-fashioned nickname for Sarah, kind of like Bess for Elizabeth or Polly for Mary.

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I also dislike Bob/Bobby as a nickname for Robert. I much prefer Robbie. Robert also looks like it will be a middle name choice rather than a first name.

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I'm glad you like Elisabeth with the nickname Ellie. My SO actually came up with Ellie when I expressed how much I liked Elisabeth, but don't like Beth or Liz. It's really grown on me. :)

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Isn't Josèphe Estelle simply gorgeous?! I thought of that one last night and I am just head over heels! They are two names I found in my family tree, some great-great grandsomething-or-others.

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You are right, Jean Baptiste does need a middle name. I'm just not sure on that one. I don't want to pair it with any of my usual choices, and excavating new names takes time. I like the rather insubstantial Jean Baptiste Rudy because it is so fun, but should it be Jean Baptiste Rudolph?

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I do prefer just Penny over Penelope. I'd kind of like a "full" name for Penny, but kind of not. For one thing there are not many options, and for another there is something simple and quaint and kind of dark about just-Penny that has me currently hypnotized. I just need to find a good middle name to bring out that sense of unease and secrecy that I get from Penny (as opposed to highlighting its propensity to be rather air-headed).

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Haha, Elvis Larry was a Name Genie combo, I just adore it, it is so silly and joyfully self-unaware.

MEE-lah

You're right, Finnegan Sage is a great combo:-)

Why wouldn't you suggest a middle name starting with D for Cecily?