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The ones I like...

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William
Vincent (but only for Vince or Vinny)
Timothy
Samuel
Robert (but only for Rob or Robbie)
Phillip (I hope you like this one, LOL)
Paul
Patrick
Nathan (LOVE. Would use it on a son if I magically had one today, or ANY day)
Noah
Michael
Levi
Joseph
Jonathan
John
Jesse
Jeffrey
James
Eric
David
Charles
Benjamin
Andrew

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Valerie
Summer
Rebecca
Paige
Noelle
Natalie
Melanie
Lisa
Lauren
Kathleen
Jillian (I prefer Gillian, though)
Jenna (this one seems to be going the way of the dodo, but I still like it)
Jasmine
Holly
Hailey (prefer Hayley)
Erica
Erin
Christina
Carla
Carly
Candace
Autumn
April
Angelina
Allison (prefer Alison)

I like:

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Allison
Alyssa
Amber
April
Autumn
Brianna
Dawn
Ellen
Erin
Erica
Jenna
Jessica
Jillian
Kathleen
Maria
Melanie
Melissa
Natalie
Paige
Rebecca
Stephanie

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Boys:
Andrew
Anthony
Benjamin
Christopher
David
Eric
James
Jason
John
Jonathan
Levi
Nathan
Phillip
Samuel
William

Aw, you have Ellen on you list!

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I like:
Amanda
April
Carly
Carla
Diana
Holly
Jasmine
Jenna
Jillian
Jocelyn
Kathleen
Noelle
Pamela - I don't really like it but I think it would be cool to meet a little Pamela
Summer
Valerie

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Boys:
Benjamin
Carl
Christopher
David
Dennis
Eric
George
James
Jason
Jeremy
Jeremiah
Jesse
John
Jonathan
Joseph
Noah
Oscar
Patrick
Paul
Robert
Russell
Samuel
Timothy
Vincent
William

I love Valerie & never hear it. So great that there's a young one around.

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Also like:
April
Carla
Christina
Diana
Ellen
Erica
Gina
Holly
Jessica
Maria
Noelle
Pamela
Rebecca
Stephanie
Yvonne
(& Amber & Crystal are GPs)

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& all the boys except Jeremiah, Levi, Noah & Nathan

Cool, thanks for posting. I, like LMS, have wondered if there are names you like. Good to see a fairly substantial list. :)

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Of your list, I love:
Natalie
Anthony
Benjamin
Timothy
Philip

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I was a bit surprised to see:
Crystal
Carly
Autumn
Summer
Jasmine
Dennis
Oscar
Russell

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I would most like to see Valerie have siblings named
Tiffany
Anthony
Jonathan

I like (*=would use)

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Allison - prefer Alison*
Alyssa*
Amber*
April
Ashley - on a boy
Autumn
Carla
Diana
Ellen
Hailey - spelled Hayley
Holly
Jasmine
Jenna
Laura
Maria
Melissa*
Natalie
Rebecca
Stephanie
Summer

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Andrew
Anthony
Benjamin
Christopher
David
Eric
George
James
Jeremy
John
Jonathan*
Joseph
Michael
Noah*
Patrick*
William

I tried making some combos with the ones I like the most, just for fun. :)

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Alyssa Dawn
Carla Jasmine
Gina Noelle
Rebecca Ellen

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Benjamin Timothy
James Christopher
Oscar Jonathan
Samuel Robert

Wow, you like quite a few names from my extended family! Ha! That said, I think we have pretty different tastes in names.

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Personally, I like: Carla (family name), Jillian, Lauren / Laura (family names), Melissa (family name) and I'm torn about Pamela. Part of me thinks it's super dated, but another part of me thinks it could be paired with a spunkier fn/mn and make quite an interesting, fresh combo. I also think Pamela "Mel" rather than Pamela "Pam" could be kind of fun.

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Anthony (family name), Charles (family name), James, Jason (family name), John (meh, but variants thereof are family names), Levi, Oscar (family name), Robert (family name), Russell, Samuel, Vincent and William. A lot of the 'family name' male names are ones which I would use if I wanted to follow family name tradition or honour someone.

I'm with you on these! So nice:

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April
Christina
Diana
Gina
Melanie
Paige

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Charles
George
Jesse
Levi
Oscar - I'm shocked you like this, I never would have guessed in literally a million years!
Vincent
William

The ones of your list that I would consider using:

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Rebecca
Yvonne

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Overall, a somewhat blasé collection of feminine names that would have been fresh 20 years ago, but now seems a bit low-class/low-quality. No upward mobility. Crystal is particularly glaring.

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Andrew
Benjamin
James
John
Jonathan
Joseph
Levi
Michael
Noah
Robert
Samuel
Timothy
Vincent
William

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Far better choices for males. Tried-and-true classics, unlike the faded trends of your female rolodex, which needs an upgrade.

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We have pretty different tastes (80s names bore me to death) but here goes.

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Favorites:
Noelle
Rebecca
Benjamin
David
James
John
Jonathan
Joseph
Michael
Noah
Nathan
Samuel
William

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Also nice:
Holly
Jasmine
Melanie
Andrew
Anthony
Paul

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Super dated and/or bland but fine:
Allison (love Alison, though)
Amanda
April
Christina
Ellen
Erin
Erica
Jessica
Laura
Melissa
Natalie
Stephanie
Allen
Christopher
Jason
Jeffrey
Jeremy
Jesse
Phillip (prefer Philip)
Robert

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Don't like:
Carla
Jenna
Jillian
Jocelyn
Kathleen
Maria
Paige
Valerie
Carl
Charles
Jeremiah
Patrick
Timothy

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I like and could picture myself using:

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Christina -- Actually, I wish I had used this somewhere in my dds' names after my late bff. As a fn, I would call her Christa.
Diana
Laura -- Of all the names on your list, this is the one that I'd most likely use. I love the timelessness of it.
Maria
Melanie

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Christopher -- if I already didn't have nephews named Christopher and Christian, that is
Jonathan
William

The ones I like enough to use: (some, practically speaking, I wouldn't use because of popularity issues, but I like them enough to)

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Amanda
Amber
Brianna
Candace (but prefer Candice spelling)
Jasmine
Jessica
Melanie
Natalie
Rebecca
Summer
Vanessa

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Anthony
James
Jeremiah
Jesse
Nathan
Patrick
Samuel

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The ones I sort of like or are neutral on, I could live with them if my husband threatened to divorce me if I didn't:

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Angelina
Ashley (but oh this would be oh so painful due to popularity issues)
Diana
Ellen
Jenna
Jillian
Pamela (except it's my sister's name)
Stephanie
Valerie
Yvonne

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Andrew
Dustin
Jason (but ditto what I said about Ashley)
John
Jonathan
Joseph
Levi
Phillip (but prefer Philip)
William (my son's name, and yes, I agreed to it to avoid divorce)

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The ones I'd go to divorce court rather than use: I have put a star next to those I don't really hate, but just couldn't bring myself to use--the rest you can assume I hate

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Alexis
Allison
Alyssa
April
Autumn
Carla
Carly
Christina
Courtney
Crystal
Dawn
Erin
Erica
Hailey
Holly
Jaclyn (just can't stand this spelling or the nickname Jackie, Jacqueline is okay)
Jocelyn
Kathleen
Kayla
Laura
Lauren*
Lisa*
Maria
Makayla
Melissa
Noelle
Paige
Tiffany

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Allen
Benjamin
Carl
Charles
Christopher
David
Dennis*
Eric
George
Jeffrey
Jeremy
Michael
Noah
Oscar
Paul
Robert
Russell
Timothy
Vincent

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I like...

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Alyssa - I wouldn't use it but I think it has a pretty sound
Christina - I'd like to use this as a middle name if I ever have a daughter
Diana - Really like this but it's still too tied to Princess Di to use it here in the UK
Ellen - this is very underused, I don't know why it's not more popular considering other E names like Ella, Emma, Emily etc. are very much on trend right now.
Jasmine
Jenna
Maria - I think this is beautiful
Melissa
Noelle - Really pretty
Rebecca
Valerie

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Boys:
Allen
Andrew
Anthony
Benjamin
Carl
Charles
Christopher
David
Dennis
George
James
Jason
Jesse
John
Jonathan
Michael
Nathan
Paul
Robert
Samuel
William

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I especially like your boys list. George, James, Jonathan, Samuel, William and Michael are all in my current top 10.