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If associations played no role at all, then my top 10 probably would change, but I'm not sure what they'd change to...because I'm always going to like names I'd realistically use more than names I wouldn't, and that's how I choose my top 10.

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But, if I was basing my opinion exclusively on sound and meaning, I'd add a bunch of names (that I wouldn't normally consider using for a kid) to my favorites, including:

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Archimedes
Algernon
Amichai
Benvolio
Caratacos
Carmine
Darwin
Esme
Enoch
Faruq
Fidel
Fiachra
Fabrizio
Friedrich
Gaius
George
Gawain
Gwenaël
Garfield
Gilgamesh
Habakkuk
Liberius
Maria
Nicodemus
Nadav
Maverick
Meshach
Moana
Oberyn
Osama
Oz
Orsino
Olivier
Plutarch
Rudolf
Raoul
Shafiq
Shankara
Siegfried
Sylvester
Tariq
Thorin
Tevye
Tybalt
Valentin
Winfred
Wapasha
Yaromir
Zusman
Zvonimir

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Claire
Jade
Jemima
Marigold
Amanda
Twyla
Thandiwe
Lilavati
Siranush
Verushka
Vedrana
Arethusa
Medea
Salvatrice
Shinobu
Sieglinde
Tiamat
Sappho
Nemesis
Ludmila
Ermendrud
Sumati
Shahar
Solveig
Nadira
Khalilah
Pacifica
Roshanara
Praxis
Iphigenia
Ixchel
Rosemary
Blodeuwedd
Arevig
Nadezhda
Genesis
Swanhild
Themba
Shalev
Matsuko
Hippolyte
Leopoldine
Rene
Rubena
Philomene
Izdihar
Kavita
Verdandi
Viatrix
Shannon

This message was edited 12/7/2016, 1:53 PM