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Fianna, if it's pronounced the Irish way, is FEE-na. I really like it, and Fianna Rose is gorgeous.

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Boys:
Ace - this is just absurd to me
Acksel - meh
Alfie - so bored of it
Arden - meh
Atticus - never saw the appeal
Banjo - cute as a nickname, it's to marsupialesque as a real name
Braxton - I don't see how any parents who've had access to any sort of pregnancy-and-birth literature can take this seriously
Braythen - okay then
Calloway - actually kind of like this
Clyde - meh
Colton - irrational hate
Cullen - meh. This has been around a lot longer than Twilight though.
Darius - kind of cool
Dexter - don't see the appeal, but it's respectable
Dionysius - over the top
Edan - fine
Ellis - fine
Foster - surname Child?
Fox - no
Griffin - don't like it
Harland - no appeal
Henley - place name in Western Australia
Jagger Tucker - ick
Jarick - meh
Jax - no
Jayavi - I'm guessing this is a name from a particular ethnicity
Jethro - cute
Jonas - nice
Judah - nice
Kaige - what?
Kealan - ick
Koray - ick
Kyren - meh
LG - yes, brand name
Lunden - ouch
Malcolm - unusual on this age group, cute
Mateusz - fine
Murphy - surname Law?
Nelson - meh
Nixon - really?
Oakley - brand again
Obadiah - cute but nms
Ocean - too cute for me
Orlaith - this is a girl's name. I hope it was given knowingly as a gender-bender rather than ignorantly.
Ottavio - fine
Quade - I imagine this is inspired by the actor's surname (different spelling though)
Rafe - cute
Sollai - no
Sonic - a thousand times no
Struan - I recognise this from somewhere
Tahi - probably Polynesian/Maori
Tamu - ditto
Tanae - tritto
Tayden - no
Ted - cute
Tormasi - Tomasi is nicer
Wraith - seriously?!
Zaiden - no
Zaydan - no
Zen - just... no

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Girls:
Airlie Laykyn - Airlie is ok
Alberta - cute
Alkira - meh
Allegra - quite popular these days
Avalon - meh
Avrielle - don't much like it
Breony - I knew a few of these in school
Bronx Angel - gah
Charis - cute, but I prefer Caris
Deja - nms
Delphi - a bit much
Dottie - cute as a nickname
Elydia - halfway between Lydia and Elysia? Actually I kind of like it
Emerald - too much
Everley - nms
Fianna Rose - love this
Freyja - hate this spelling, Freya is fine
Havana - no
Huxley - ugh
Ilaisaane - what?
Jessminda - this is an Indian name, more commonly spelled Jessminder. A primary school friend of mine who married an Indian man named her daughter Jessminder because it works well in both countries. She's usually called Jessie.
Koah - no-uh
Kyrilee - I agree, it'll be a form of Kirily. It's not my favourite spelling but all forms of Kirily are guilty pleasures of mine
Lanique - no
Lois - oh, nice!
Maisyn - *sigh*
Margaret - love it
Miette Rose - cute
Mindy - I like it as a nickname for Melinda
Opal - nice
Polly Pixie - Polly is fine. Pixie is silly.
River Lucinda - I actually kinda like this
Sequoia - well, ok
Sereia - I agree too, it's probably meant to be Soraya. Crikey.
Seren - nice
Sharneequah - no
Siarna - I wonder if this is a creative spelling of Siana / Shana, or an attempt to get the SEE-ah-na pronunciation?
Tigi - uh?
Tulli - meh
Vienna - very much not my style
Winnie - cute
Xaria - no
Zareya - another Soraya variation?
Zuzanna - cute

This message was edited 3/20/2013, 11:18 AM