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Deborah - I actually like it and would like to see it back in use, if only it didn't turn into mutton-dressed-as-lamb Debbie.
Alice - totally marvellous name, and my Alice was a pretty excellent cat, too.
Caitlin - pronounced 'KAHT-leen' - yes, but it wouldn't be! Rather go for Catriona or Katrina.
Cheyenne - looks and sounds silly.
Jade - the only one I've known is extremely male! Sounds like Jane with a cold.
Kristin - too many spelling pitfalls; I don't even like Christine.
Nicole - too darn many in circulation. Prefer Nicola.
Zara - trying too hard; less bland than Sara and Sarah, but still bland.

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Arlie - really? Never seen that one. Arlo is better.
Bram - a civil rights hero where I live, but still an unattractive form of unattractive Abraham.
Byron - give me Brian any day.
Daniel - wonderful name, one of the very best. Dan is excellent, but not Danny.
Hayden - or Hadyn, or Haydn ... nah. Too much trouble for not much of a return.
Inigo - too astonishing to use, but fascinating
James - one of the all-time greats!
Kester - I actually rather enjoy it, but not as a form of Christopher
Marlowe - there was a pink-haired pop singer here called Marloe, which makes it female and unusable
Natan - that's what Nathan sounds like to many of my countrymen. I don't like either.