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I think it's quite the stretch, but it's probably any Mi- names on my list. Still there's quite the gap between Michael and Mia.

I've always liked Catarina. That's what I picked, if any. (My name is Catherine.)

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My middle name is Ann. I like Anne, Anneliese,and Annika.

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Samara or Alaia

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Alaia is pretty rhymey.

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Samara is very similar sounding in that both names start with a Sa-, are 3 syllables, end in an -a and have a strong r sound.

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I wouldn't name a child after myself. I just happen to love both names.

I'd use my mn but spell it differently - Katharine.

Probably Camille. I like the nickname Cami, it's cute, and I don't mind Cam for when she's older.
Or Mollie, I'm not sure if Mollie is that close to Millie, but then I don't think Karen and Erin are very similar at all! So I'm sure it fits.

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Alina. It has the same ending.

Beckett..

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My name is Rebecca, so Beckett for a boy is probably as close as i'd get. I quite like it :)

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My father and I share the same initials, which I love so if I had a son, I'd consider using R.S again.. but I like two middle names so it wouldn't quite work.

Melissa happens to rhyme with a lot of trendy bad sounding names and sadly they are the only names that are similar.

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I'd probably go with Alyssa, since I absolutely hate Marissa and Larissa sounds very dull.

Maybe Charlie (for a girl) but I honestly doubt I would seriously name my daughter that.

My name's Emma. I really like Ella, so that's the closest I'd go. I'm not especially keen on Emily or Emmeline or Gemma.

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Karen and Erin don't sound very similar to me because of my accent haha.

Well my fn and mn is Sarah Kate, so I'd be open to using Sadie, Zadie, Kate or Kaia. I particularly love Sadie and Zadie and because they sound different to Sarah, I think I could get away with it! That said, I would still prefer to use different names for a DD and then if any of my kids wanted to name one of their children after me they have more options! ;)

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Caspian

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Alexandra

Geneve, but not with a form of Marie for the mn. Maria, or maybe I'd go Merry as a mn for a Christmas baby, from my mn.

My best friend growing up was Erin and her mom was Karen. Erin's middle name was Caitlin which is another connection to Karen.

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I think the closest I'd go is Katherine or Emmeline. Neither are very close but people always confuse Katherine with Caroline and Emmeline has the same ending. I've thought about naming a daughter Caroline as a kind of "girls can do this too" tradition starter, but then I'm like, meh, I don't love the tradition anyway. It's like "I'd like to have a child who's exactly like me, with the same name and everything, so that I may live vicariously through her!"

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I might call a kid Katherine. Might. More likely I'd call her Aikaterine.

For myself, I like both Cleo and Zoe, and I'd use either if my partner liked them (I actually think Cleo and Zoe would make a cool sister set, but a Chloe, Cleo and Zoe in one family miiight be pushing it). I'd also use either of my names in the middle name spot.

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For a boy (or girl too, if I'm honest) I also really like Clovis. That's sort of Chloe-like.

If I could, I'd probably use Eliana, however, it's entirely too similar to my name and my dd's name (Anna). Way too similar there.

There was a day--slightly pre-Ben, I guess, since by the time we were naming him I'd decided I didn't like it enough to consider--where I would've used Sean. So that's like, similar. I wouldn't name my daughter Shawna though. I get confused for Shawna often enough!

I’ve considered Anja, as a way to honor my grandmother Ana (if my husband vetoes Ana-Sofia, Anika and Anastasia).

Tanja, Vanja and Sonja are the only others I can think of that are close and I don’t like any of them.

The only thing that is coming to mind for Kelsey is Chelsea. Which I've always hated (because people call me that all the time) and because I think it's dated.

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Kelsey is also unisex so I could be lazy and just name my son Kelsey too.

Alison and Addison (b)

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Addison would be about too close for comfort but I'd call him Addy (or maybe Adz) a lot

None of the names I like bear any resemblance to Brandon. I don't like this game.

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;)

Ellen
Eleanor / Elinor
Eleri
Effie

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Elias

My name is Janice and the closest name to my own that I'd use for a child is Janine. Janine is, in fact, my eight-year-old niece's name, but I'm going to assume for the sake of this question that it isn't the name of my niece, as I would not, in reality, use a name that my sister had already used. I think it's cute and I like its retro feel. It's retro because its greatest period of popularity was the 1960s---on the other hand, it was never really popular, so it doesn't seem as tired and dated as names that were.

Probably Nicholas or Noelle. Doubt I would actually use Nicholas though, since it's very close to my brother's name.
And I wouldn't say that Noelle is close to my name (Nicole) but I couldn't come up with something else

Keva or Cavan

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Keva Leonie & Cavan. My maternal grandmothers great-grandfather was born in the Irish county

I get called Max a lot, so I would choose Pax, boy or girl.

I gave my daughter my own mn, Anne, as a mn. My fn has a direct translation that I can't stand, and I wouldn't want to duplicate my own name exactly.

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I know a Megan whose mother was Margaret. And I knew a Maria Elisabeth Helena who was known as Marelna and named her daughter Marelna after her own nn.

I'm an Alison. I wouldn't use Alice, Alicia, or Alyssa. Alix would be ok. I actually love the idea of using Ada, Adele, Adelaide, Adela, Heidi, etc, since it's a connection, but subtle enough that only namenerds will get it.

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My middle name is Vanessa, and I'm willing to use that. Esther, too.

I'd use Jessa or Jessamine.

Neva. otherwise when I already did, using my middle name for my daughter's middle name.

Only Catriona or Cathleen for the Catherine variants, but there are a few rhyming names I would use. I think Valentina is gorgeous, as are Marina and Josefina.

So it has to be close and I have to like it? :)

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As a Jodi, I'd consider Joash, Joetta, and Jobeth.
Also this isn't that close, but my full name is Jodi Rae and I totally would name a son Macrae.

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I would definately consider a variation of HeidiJoy for a child.

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Adelaide was even on our list until a friend used it this past year.
Heida, Adelle, Adelheid and Adelais we have considered. My husband still has Adelyn and Adeline on his list.

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As for rhyming names, I seriously considered Haidee... but decided it was too close to Heidi. I do like Holly, Hayley and Harmony, which are pretty similar. But, I would only use Harmoney.

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There are really no boy's names that rhyme with Heidi.

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Though, I have tried to convince my husband to consider Tullio or Tullia... which are related to his name, Julius. We also have Judith and Judita on our list.

Well, Starla doesn't exactly have much in the way of etymology or history behind it, so I guess I would need to choose a name that either sounds a lot like it or has something to do with stars.
tThe former: Carla.
The latter: Estelle.
Come to think of it, Carla Estelle, or Carly Estele, isn't half bad at all.

My name is Leah and I would have no problem using Amelia, but for some reason wouldn't use Aaliyah or Maleah.