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I guess I'd pick Margaret and go by Greta. It might be a stretch but that's my choice.

Hm... Maybe Layla. I don't know why.

I would pick Theresa, just for Tess.

I like this game!

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I would HATE to be an Ingrid but I'm like 1000% Ingridy. My oma wanted me to be named Ingrid when I was born, so I feel like Ingrid is my alter-ego that never was.

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One of my great-whatever grandmothers was called Lucretia. It is vile and reminds me of secretions, but I could handle it if I was always Lu or Lucy.

Maybe Matilda. I've never liked it but it was the name of my great-grandmother.

Victoria.

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I really, really don't like it. It just has never clicked with me. But it's categorically something I should like--solid classic, timeless--so even if I don't love it, I can respect it.

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Then my name would be something like Leslie, Whitney, or Desiree. Desiree Whitney would be my choice, not that there was much of one. Ree (prn RAY) or maybe Rae would be my nickname. That actually does make it a bit more livable.

Maybe Katelyn, and take the "Kate" route out? Katelyn is so blah to me, but I could deal with being Kate (I'm already a Catherine, so the leap isn't very far).

Simone? Idk. That's the only one I could really stand.

This is hard. Maybe... gah. Some names I used to hate have started to grow on me, so I feel like I can't use those. Maybe Rosemary, then I could just be called Rose or Mary. But woe betide ANYONE who dares call me Rosie!

Olga, Gretchen, Hedwig, Helga, or Hildegard. All are arbitrarily "ugly" and don't sound the nicest in English, but I feel an odd bird like myself could pull 'em off.

I already hate my first name (Kelsey), so it's not that much of a stretch to imagine living with a name I dislike! If I had to choose a brand new name I don't like, I'd choose something unisex, like Quinn or Riley. Or maybe Cynthia so I could shorten it to Thia.

I could deal with being Olivia even though its incredibly popular, its the one I don't mind out of other names, I dislike. If I could go by Livia or Liv that would make the name better, though still all right with Olivia.
Abigail is find, I like Abby as a nickname.

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I think I'd slightly enjoy being Mallory, even though I hate that name.

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I'd also deal with being Abigail - if I could be Gail, though, not Abby.

A name that I don't particularly care for is Maureen, but it's probably the one I could best live with. I wouldn't mind going by Maura or Reena. Maybe even Mauri or something, sine that's the closest, sound-wise, to my current nickname. Yeah, I could deal with Maureen.

Mary.

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I chose Mary because I don't hate its sound, but rather how generic it is. So I could live with that better than being called a sound that I hate.

Hmmm... I've always kinda hated the name Hannah, but it wouldn't be do bad. I mean, I couldn't be a Brittany or an Amber or anything like that. I couldn't pull those off, but I could pull off dull, old fashioned Hannah a bit better.

Perhaps Lyra, because everyone seems to be obsessed with it.

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...aaaand it's a brand of pencils. :)

Mark or John - although I don't quite hate either name; folks have told me I look more like either a Mark or a John more frequently than any other name. This would allow me to have a regular name.

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As I've recently dropped just one letter from my name, though, I rather made the "girl's name" which I've struggled throughout parts of my life, my own - of my own choice. Besides - changing my own name myself would make me a name dropper. Ha Ha

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The various nicknames within my own name allow a greater tolerance for one that is so overtly strong and dated.

I think I would choosse Jessica. At least other people would find it cool, they wouldn't laugh as they might do at a name like Clothilde, Kunigunde or Jerusha.

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Maybe something like Riley. Even though I hate it, I think at least people would tell me how "cool" it is all the time!

Gertrude. I hate the sound. But I'd use it because I have an aunt I love to pieces and her name is Gertrude. I guess I would go by Trudy, that at least drops the worst part of the name.