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Calista: The sounds are not bad, but this seems like such a faddish, short-lived, dated name. Nobody ever heard of it till Ally McBeal, and then it just faded out again.
Bethany: I like this, always have. My best friend in Oklahoma is named Bethany.
Elena: Cute.
Susanna: Getting so tired of hearing about it on this board. Never really liked it anyway. Suzanne is much nicer.
Carissa: It's better than Clarissa, not as nice as Melissa.
Tabitha: Not terible, but it sounds like somebody's tiger kitten.
Christiana: Much prefer Christina. Here in Delaware, Christiana is a place name; the big hospital upstate is the Christiana hospital, the mall upstate is the Christiana mall. Named after Sweden's Queen Christina, who I understand helped establish Delaware in the 1600's.
Cameron (for a girl) Obnoxiously androgynous.

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Silas: Always gives off a creepy vibe to me.
Simeon: Simian, like an ape. Even Simon is preferable, and Simon has a sneaky, oily vibe.
Titus: Hate it. Tight-ass.
Walter: Almost comically stuffy and buttoned-up.
Nicholas: Very nice.
Jasper: Hate it. Ugly sound, hipster favorite.
Moses: Hate the sound, and it sounds like a 340-year-old slave.

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