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I like Alexander, Amadeus, and Anders.

That's an impressively long list! I couldn't vote on quite a lot of the names because I've never encountered them in real life, even though there was quite a large Muslim community where I grew up. (But I gave Imran five stars!)

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On your A-B list, I like Alexander, Anders and Brendan enough to use.

I like

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Abbas
Alexandros
Aminah (2) ("a-meen-ah", Also spelled Amina)
Amir
Amira

Favourites:
Aliyah
Alexander (my son's middle name)
Amira
Asher

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There are so few B names I like, and none of those work for me.

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Comments:
Abdullah - this is the main character in "Castle in the Air" (sequel to Howl's Moving Castle) and so I kind of have a soft spot for it. But I'd never use it. It makes me laugh.

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Boutros - sounds like some kind of bilious sickness

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Amadeus - anciently cool, but not something I'd ever use

There are just so many names it's hard to remember. I skimmed through it and I have always loved Zaynab. To get a response to that question here I suggest making smaller groups of names and posting them.