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Girls favorites:

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Lydia -- Just eighteenth century charm. Getting trendy in the US, but oh well, it deserves to be.

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Susannah -- Gorgeous and also has eighteenth century charm. Miles above Susan, which was the wildly popular form here fifty to sixty years ago.

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Veronica -- So elegant.

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Girls least favorites:

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Amelia -- I can't stand the "meel" sound in this.

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Calliope -- Can't stand the "pee" sound at the end. Same reason I don't like Penelope.

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Artemis -- Sounds like an ugly male name to me.

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Favorite boys':

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Luke -- Handsome, classic, Biblical, I've always loved it.

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Samuel -- Ditto what I said about Luke, and I love the nn Sam. The name of great and great-great grandfathers, so that's a plus for me.

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Cassius -- This is so cool, I love ancient Latin names, and really like the nn Cash.

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Least favorite boys:

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Benjamin -- Very popular, but has always sounded big and brown and bearish to me, and those are not pluses.

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Jude -- I can't stand the sound. Also makes me think of a Neanderthal.

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Jasper -- Sounds slimy and evil to me.

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