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Josephine, Penelope, Alasdair, Cato
What do you think of these names individually?Josephine
PenelopeAlasdair
Cato
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Can do without the Cato, honestly, but the rest of them are DIVINE!
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Josephine- Really like it. It's underused and has a lot of nickname options.Penelope- Love it. It's quirky but not silly and also has lots of nickname options.Alasdair- I like it, almost love it. I prefer Alistair in spelling/look, but Alasdair gives the option of Dair as a nickname, which is really cool.Cato- I think I would like it more if it didn't remind me of The Hunger Games right now. But I think it's got an interesting, unusual sound.
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Josephine -love it! Josie is my fave nickname, but I like it even better as a middle name, it fits with everything, imo
Penelope -like it, but dislike PennyAlasdair -like it, but can never decide which spelling I prefer
Cato -a good name for a male cat
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Josephine - nice
Penelope - very pretty, but a little trendyAlasdair - not my style
Cato - If you mean the Dutch nickname Cato, then I don't have a problem. If you mean the ancient Roman thing, then it looks silly. It's one of those Roman names best left for the history books, like Cicero and Seneca.

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I love Josephine and Penelope. Alasdair is okay. I'm not sold on Cato. :)
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Josephine - LOVE!
Penelope - I always thought it sounded like a fairy tale princess for some reason
Alasdair - I always thought Alastair looked better (but I like that name because I know this really cool guy with that name)
Cato - I do like the sound of it but many people will think you named him after that dickhead from the Hunger Games (not everyone will think that because the HG hasn't reached recognition like Harry Potter has yet), although I do happen to know (sort of) a 16 year old South African boy called Cato (but it might actually be Kato).
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Josephine - this name, along with Henrietta, has been growing on me recently but I hate the nickname Jose and am struggling to warm up to Jo.
Penelope - really dislike it, and Penny - which is a dog's name to me - I find it awfully snotty and upity.Alasdair - not a fan of this spelling or prenunciation though I do like Alister.
Cato - I dislike the way this both looks and sounds, plus I think it's unusable because of the Hunger Games.
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Josephine seems demure, conventional, and plain to me.
Penelope seems quirky and bright ... I like it.
Alasdair ... is pronounced "Allister," right? The foreign clash between prn and spelling is a problem for me because the name is not familiar enough. It's familiar, sort of, and I like the sound of "Allister" and the look of "Alasdair," but it's not working for me. Besides that, it's a cool name- I get about the same impression as Elliot which is good. Too bad it shortens so easily to "Al" ... which I don't like.
Cato is a name I should like, but it seems a little too spunky and Hunger-Gamesy-hip for me to really get enthused. I think it'd be a great name for a dog.
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I like all of them, though I'm troubled by the swelling popularity of Penelope and thus prefer Parthenope.
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Josephine - Absolutely adore this name. I love how it looks, how it sounds, and the nicknames.
Penelope - Again, love it. It's elegant and cute at the same time.Alasdair - Like it, but I am never sure on the spelling.
Cato - Sounds like a good name for a pet, IMO. Can't really see it on a human. :/
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I love Josephine and Penelope. They're very beautiful and feminine without being too frilly, and they're pretty much ageless to me: would suit a little girl or an adult.Alasdair is very handsome and I like it a lot. However, I dislike the nicknames which come with it, such as Ali.Cato is a bit too short and unusual for me, it sounds kind of trendy or trying to be unique. Also, the Hunger Games association is a bad one.
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Josephine - Sweet and quaint. I like it.
Penelope - Joyful and youthful sounding. I used to think that it was too sweet sounding, but it has grown on me. I love the nickname Nell. Nella is cute too.Alasdair - I really like it.
Cato - I dislike the sound of it. It sounds like a brand name to me.
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Love Josephine, particularly with the nn Josie. Penelope is a favorite, I think it's sweet but still formal and sophisticated-sounding.I'm not a fan if either Alisdair or Cato, sorry. I've always found Alisdair/Alistair to be too stuffy to be useable. Cato is interesting, but not really my style.
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Josephine is fine and so is Jo. I knew a Josephine at school who went by Jody, which is not good.
Penelope is an excellent name and all its possible nns are fine too.
Alasdair looks very distinguished: could lead to pronunciation and spelling issues, but it would be worth it!
Cato where I live wouldn't really work. It's used though rarely as a nn for Catherina and is also the name of a ghetto suburb notorious for violent rioting. If you stick to ancient Rome it'd be fine.
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I love all four of these. I slightly prefer Josephine over Penelope and I prefer Alasdair over Cato. But as I said I like all four of these.
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This message was edited 10/2/2012, 3:15 AM

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I like Alasdair but only with a Scottish surname. I don't like obviously "ethnic" names with surnames of another ethnicity - it's a quirk I have.
I like Penelope a lot but have never been a fan of Josephine and the fact it's my cousin's dour and prim wife's name ensures I'd never use it.
Cato reminds me of the Cato Street Conspiracy and I don't like it in any case.
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I love Penelope, and I like the others too but I prefer Alistair over Alasdair.
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