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Daphne has an "aristocratic British" image for me, which actually does have a basis in reality as it was particularly common as a name for upper-class British girls in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. It is anachronistic for the "Bridgerton" character, though, as she would have been born at least 70 years before Daphne was regularly used in Britain.

I love Daphne, would have used it.

Daphne's kind of perfect in that it's ancient yet fresh and accessible.

Never watched Frasier, so I have no associations. I was at school with a Daphne, which I rather liked (her sister is Isabel); I was also at school with a Zephne, which I can't trace and never enjoyed. Zephne became a distinguished medical specialist, so nothing proves anything.

I've become far less opposed to it, but I wouldn't use it for a daughter. "Daff" and "nee" as sounds on their own are kind of tricky to mix well with other sounds.

The only association that I have with it besides Scooby Doo, is the character of Daphne Vasquez from Switched at Birth. I don't care much for the name to be honest. It's not the worst, but I also just don't see the appeal. I mainly dislike the daf/daph part.

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The first principal I worked under was a Daphne and that supplanted Daphne Moon as my immediate association.

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Anyway, it's... fine? Pretty enough? Not a big reaction from me positively, but nothing negative either.

My cousin had a little girl last year and named her Daphne - she was a huge Scooby Doo fan as a kid and I think that influenced her taste lol Her nicknames are Daffy and Duckie, which I find adorable.

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I think it's a beautiful name. It's not my own taste but it's very pretty and doesn't ring as dated to any specific era to me.

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I've never met a Daphne, but I really would like to. It seems like it could be very pretty, but for some reason it's hard for me to really 'hear it' or process it, so I can't tell. I kind of associate with Scooby Doo, but not so much that I can't look at the name without thinking of it.

I find it a misfortune; it is an unlucky name.

I love it! Sweet, feminine, pretty and warm.

I'm partial to it because my aunt, born in 1932, is named Daphne Belle. Her father heard the name on the radio and thought it was pretty. She is the eighth child, the fourth girl.

I think it’s really pretty.

I love Daphne, it has a ton of positive features: evergreen, natural meaning, not overused but definitely not rare either, rolls off the tongue and the Scooby-Doo character is a positive association. I wonder what would work as nicknames.

Not my favorite but I enjoy it enough

It worked for the character in Frasier, but it's never grown on me. Bridgeton made it popular, but the show has done nothing to change the vibe it gives me. It's in the same category as Mildred and Ethel. Nothing wrong with it per se, just makes me think of the smell of mothballs.

There was a girl in my elementary school class named Daphne when I was growing up, and I always thought her name was SO cool. It felt so exotic and cheery. It also helped that she was really cute, and pretty nice. She was, and remains to be, the only Daphne I have ever met. Daphne was definitely not a typical name for a girl in a small Canadian city in the 80s - it felt really special.

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I like Daphne's eccentric classicism a lot. I would use it.