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Wow. Can't comment on all of them ... but I'll do my best.

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Adrian(n)a - prefer Adrian for a boy
Alexa - best version of Alexandra
Alexandra
Alexia
Angelina
Angelica
Anika - elderly here, in all its spelling variations
Arian(n)a
Ariane
Ariel(le)
Aurora
Beatrice - my daughter, and my mother!
Bianca
Bryony - pretty
Camilla - nice except for the chance of Milly
Camille - unisex
Caroline - my daughter
Charlotte - subtract C and -te. Yuck.
Cordelia - prefer Delia
Cressida - nice; pity about the cars
Danielle - far prefer Daniel for a boy
Delphine
Diana - nice except for the chance of Di
Dominique - see Camille
Elena - no, but Helen is lovely
Elizabeth - mn of my Beatrice daughter
Emily - lovely
Emilia
Emma - totally boring
Eugenie
Gemma
Genevieve
Georgia - no, but a big yes to Georgina
Grace
Hazel
Isabel(le) - no, but Isobel is OK
Isabella
Jacqueline
Jade
Jasmine
Jemma
Jennifer
Joanna - nicest version!
Josephine
Julia
Julian(n)a
Juliet(te) - Juliet, and only as a mn. Dislike Julie.
Justine - lovely
Kate - boring
Lara - no, but yes to Laura
Larissa
Leah
Lily
Lucinda - a former cat. Big yes to Lucy
Maya
Mil(l)a
Miranda - lovely as a mn; wouldn't risk Randy.
Nadia
Naomi
Natalie - even duller than Emma
Natalia
Nicola - better than Nicole; not good enough
Ophelia
Rachel
Rebecca - yeah, sort-of
Rosalind - not really, but I do like Rosamond
Samara
Sara(h) - very dull
Sophia - nice, but pronunciation issues
Talia
Tess - looks amputated
Tessa - like enough to use
Veronica - inconveniently long