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Adrian(n)a - flowery, girly, prissy
Alexa - trying to be cool
Alexandra - okay, ordinary
Alexia - silly version of Alexa
Angelina - trying to be cool
Angelica - too close to the word angelic
Anika - sweet, love it, almost as good as Danica
Arian(n)a - see Adrianna
Ariane - like Aryan? no
Ariel(le) - I get confused on whether these are pronounced the same and then I second-guess myself and then I don't like either of them anymore
Aurora - I like Rory, but Aurora feels cheap
Beatrice - nice in theory, for someone else
Bianca - love the look, but it feels clunky
Bryony - love the sound, but it looks like pony
Camilla - love this one
Camille - can never decide whether this or Camilla is better.
Caroline - fine, nice, safe
Charlotte - boring
Cordelia - spunky, zesty, zippy
Cressida - trying too hard
Danielle - 80s
Delphine - really want to like it, but find it a bit lacking
Diana - uninteresting, tied to royalty
Dominique - like. Dominika too
Elena - pretty. Elena and Elise are so classy to me
Elizabeth - fine but uninteresting
Emily - overused
Emilia - Amelia is better
Emma - overused
Eugenie - You, genie. No
Gemma - dislike, seems not-name-y, even if it is
Genevieve - a bit pretentious, but nice
Georgia - like it
Grace - fine
Hazel - like it, lively
Isabel(le) - boring
Isabella - boringer
Jacqueline - this could come back, I think. Nickname options: Jack, Jax, Jacquie, Lynn, Lynnie
Jade - cheap
Jasmine - cheap
Jemma - shudder
Jennifer - boring to be, a kid of the 80s
Joanna - beautiful, I love it
Josephine - awesome
Julia - nice enough
Julian(n)a - fine
Juliet(te) - dislike
Justine - not my style, but I'd like to see it around more
Kate - yes, simple and nice
Lara - interesting, noteworthy
Larissa - meh, whatever
Leah - ordinary
Lily - overused
Lucinda - dislike
Maya - simple and nice
Mil(l)a - as a nickname
Miranda - meh, whatever
Nadia - like this
Naomi - love this
Natalie - this too
Natalia - and this too
Nicola - enjoy the different sound of it
Ophelia - a bit silly, like a name for a pet, but still usable I think
Rachel - fine
Rebecca - fine
Rosalind - dislike
Samara - great name
Sara(h) - uninteresting
Sophia - way overused
Talia - nickname
Tess - nice
Tessa - better
Veronica - dislike

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Three boys nappin', one mama namenerdin'
To peruse my top 100ish names: http://www.behindthename.com/pnl/82589

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"My Inner Birthing Mother Paddles a Canoe" and other non-name musings
found on my blog: http://jodifriesen.blogspot.ca/2014/07/paddle-power.html