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Anastasia - prefer Anne or even Stacy
Annaliese - too popular
Adria - prefer Adrian for a boy
Annika - too popular (usually Anneke, which I prefer the look of)
Bionca - a lifetime of spelling and pronunciation errors
Brenna - sloppy version of unlovely Brenda
Carina - too popular
Elsa - prefer Elsje
Elise - too popular
Ellie - short for something, fine; on its own, not good
Emily - absolutely wonderfully gorgeous
Evangeline - not keen on Eva; greatly dislike Vangie
Hazel - the nut.
Isis - a lot to live up to
Jas - silly
Jinny - prefer Jinty, much prefer Janet
Jacklyn - nasty. Jacqueline is fine.
Jenna - annoying. Jenny is OK.
Jocelyn - nice if you can avoid Joss and Jossie
Katya - would turn into overused Kate before her third nappy change.
Larissa - trying too hard
Lila - LIEla? LEEla? No, but Leila is fine.
Lily - there are many better flower names
Nadia - eerily manages to be both harsh and balletic. No.
Ren - no, but Rentia is good
Rhonda - very Beach Boys. No.
Sonia - prefer Sophia

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All of them? The ones that might be less usable in my area are:

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Adria - I look at this and would say AY-dree-uh, but I'm sure there would be some pronunciation issues
Bionca - Bianca is reasonably popular, and Bionca would be seen as a little bit... bogan
Isis - a bit cheesy imo, but I can see it being confused with Iris
Sigi - would not be pronounced properly
Viann - spelling nightmare

I don't love them all, but I think you could use any of them with the exception of Sigi maybe.

All of them except Sigi and maybe Yasmin d/t the birth control association are usuable.

I've *ed the ones I like.

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Anastasia*
Anneliese*
Adria, if you're okay with pronunciation confusion
Annika*
Brenna
Carina
Elsa, Ellie, Jas, Jinny, Katya, Ren, Sigi, and Tess as nicknames
Elise* (I much prefer it as a nickname, though)
Emily*
Evangeline
Hazel*
Jenna
Jocelyn
Larissa
Lila*
Lily*
Nadia
Rhonda
Sonia
Sierra
Tabitha
Violet*

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Yasmin's a brand of birth control, so I'd stay away from that one.

In my area (Northeastern US,) almost all of them! Specifically, all of these would be completely usable, even if some are not very common:

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Anastasia
Annaliese- maybe. I have met one.
Adria
Annika
Bionca- if spelled Bianca
Brenna
Carina
Elsa
Elise
Ellie
Emily
Evangeline- This seems to be gaining mainstream popularity.
Hazel
Isis- maybe. Met one.
Jinny- if Ginny.
Jacklyn
Jenna
Jocelyn
Larissa
Lila
Lily
Nadia
Rhonda
Sonia
Sierra
Scarlett
Tabitha
Tess
Violet
Yasmin

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Anastasia
Annaliese
Carina
Elsa
Elise
Ellie
Emily
Hazel
Jas
Jenna
Larissa
Lila
Lily
Ren
Rhonda
Sonia
Sierra
Scarlett
Tabitha
Tess
Violet
Yasmin

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Emily could take a break since it and Emma are so popular right now, but it's still usable.
Sigi sounds like slang for cigarette, not usable imo.
Jinny- a new Duggar? Jenny or Ginny, not a creative spelling.
Ren, Viann- no, sorry.
Everything else is fine to me.