Popular Names in New Zealand

Information from the New Zealand Government
Boys · Girls
Boys
Rank Name Times +/-
1.
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John
1,504 0
2.
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David
992 0
3.
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Peter
919 0
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Robert
680 0
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Michael
666 0
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Brian
530 +1
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Kevin
527 +1
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William
501 -2
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Bruce
452 +4
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Ian
440 +1
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Paul
404 +3
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James
403 -3
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Graeme
399 -1
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Alan
385 +3
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Murray
331 +1
16.
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Graham
325 -1
17.
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Richard
304 -7
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Kenneth
303 0
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Colin
301 0
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Wayne
297 0
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Anthony
293 +1
22.
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Stephen
286 +17
23.
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Barry
278 -2
24.
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Trevor
267 +1
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Raymond
266 -2
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Christopher
257 +1
27.
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Allan
240 +1
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Donald
240 -2
29.
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Ronald
235 -5
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Dennis
231 -1
31.
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Philip
226 +7
32.
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Gary
216 +3
33.
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Roger
212 -2
34.
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Geoffrey
203 -2
35.
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Keith
202 -5
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Ross
196 -4
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Russell
195 -3
38.
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Thomas
176 -2
39.
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Douglas
166 -2
39.
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Malcolm
166 +14
41.
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Grant
161 +29
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Neil
160 -2
43.
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Warren
157 -2
44.
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Terence
154 -2
45.
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Leslie
153 0
46.
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George
152 -3
47.
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Patrick
140 +2
48.
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Gordon
137 +1
49.
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Charles
133 +7
50.
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Rodney
127 +8
51.
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Noel
126 +3
52.
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Robin
125 -5
53.
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Phillip
120 +8
54.
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Andrew
118 +1
55.
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Neville
113 -9
56.
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Mark
112 +12
57.
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Stuart
108 -9
58.
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Garry
106 +1
59.
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Lindsay
105 -7
60.
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Edward
103 -16
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Gregory
103 +4
62.
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Bryan
99 -11
63.
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Arthur
95 -1
64.
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Maurice
93 -4
65.
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Rex
89 +1
66.
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Eric
88 -9
67.
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Denis
86 +9
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Norman
86 +3
69.
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Alexander
83 +5
70.
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Francis
79 -3
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Martin
76 +19
72.
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Joseph
75 +5
73.
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Timothy
74 +23
74.
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Kerry
73 -11
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Owen
72 +2
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Desmond
70 -12
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Gavin
70 +4
78.
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Clive
68 +7
79.
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Bernard
65 +3
80.
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Lawrence
62 +8
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Steven
62 new
82.
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Henry
59 +6
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Warwick
59 +4
84.
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Laurence
58 +9
84.
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Mervyn
58 -12
86.
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Derek
57 -5
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Frederick
57 -18
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Roy
57 -2
89.
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Ivan
55 -15
90.
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Gerald
53 0
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Jeffrey
53 -13
92.
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Alistair
52 new
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Leonard
52 -2
94.
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Roderick
50 +5
95.
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Allen
47 +5
95.
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Glenn
47 new
95.
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Terrence
47 -13
98.
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Larry
46 -4
99.
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Nigel
45 new
100.
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Lloyd
44 new
Girls
Rank Name Times +/-
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Margaret
749 0
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Christine
562 +6
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Judith
495 -1
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Jennifer
473 0
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Susan
450 +1
6.
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Patricia
437 -3
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Mary
415 0
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Barbara
398 -3
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Elizabeth
382 +1
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Linda
348 +10
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Lynette
329 +2
12.
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Helen
318 +2
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Janice
314 -1
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Heather
301 +3
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Pamela
295 -4
16.
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Sandra
284 -7
17.
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Carol
278 -1
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Diane
263 -3
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Shirley
260 0
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Kathleen
254 -2
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Lorraine
223 0
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Robyn
223 +2
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Beverley
216 +1
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Pauline
203 +2
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Colleen
201 +2
26.
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Janet
196 -1
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Maureen
190 +1
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Carolyn
188 +1
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Marilyn
187 -7
30.
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Gail
181 +21
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Suzanne
181 +1
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Anne
177 +1
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Raewyn
171 +1
34.
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Dianne
165 -2
35.
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Karen
156 0
36.
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Alison
155 0
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Lesley
149 -8
38.
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Catherine
141 +1
39.
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Ann
139 +10
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Marie
139 -2
41.
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Annette
136 +2
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Wendy
135 +1
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Cheryl
133 +11
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Yvonne
132 +2
45.
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Julie
129 +2
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Valerie
129 -5
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Rosemary
122 -2
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Dorothy
120 +2
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Denise
118 -8
50.
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Kathryn
116 +24
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Kay
113 +8
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Elaine
112 0
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Joan
112 -10
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Frances
111 -6
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Sheryl
111 -1
56.
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Marion
108 +5
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Jeanette
107 -3
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Joy
106 -2
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Gillian
103 +9
60.
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Jillian
102 -23
61.
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Lynne
100 +27
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Sharon
100 -1
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Lois
98 0
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Ruth
96 +11
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Lynda
95 +6
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Glenys
91 -9
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Diana
88 -5
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Gloria
86 0
69.
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Jocelyn
84 -4
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Jill
82 -3
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Irene
78 -5
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Sally
78 +15
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Jacqueline
76 -15
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Lynnette
73 +25
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Vivienne
68 +11
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Ngaire
67 -12
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Dawn
65 -7
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Noeline
63 +2
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Shona
63 +2
80.
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Jean
60 -9
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Josephine
60 -5
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June
59 -9
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Adrienne
58 -4
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Brenda
58 +14
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Sharyn
57 new
86.
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Eileen
56 -9
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Jane
56 +3
88.
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Jan
55 new
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Janis
54 -11
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Beverly
52 +2
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Maria
51 +6
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Penelope
50 new
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Faye
49 -13
94.
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Carole
46 -9
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Evelyn
46 -3
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Rosalie
46 +5
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Stephanie
46 new
98.
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Nancy
45 -2
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Glenda
44 new
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Julia
44 new
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Lynley
44 new
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Marjorie
44 new