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I agree that it's silly to pretend you don't like a name that is popular simply because it is popular (or close to a name that is popular.) I admit I love the formerly popular Amber. I love the nauseatingly popular Alexander. I wouldn't use Alexander because of its popularity, but that doesn't mean I don't love it, or wouldn't include it or Amber on a list of favorites, if I had a list of favorites. Hell, if "popularity" meant "automatic hate", then I'd now have to say that I hate my daughter's name, Victoria, which has grown quite a lot in popularity since I used it, but the idea is laughable, it's still my all-time favorite girls' name.

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Although I personally hate Isabel, Isabelle, Isabella, Isobel, all of them.