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There have been a few posts regarding "classic" names, but I believe we all share different ideas of which names are actually classics. This is no surprise given our diverse backgrounds, and perhaps somewhat arbitrary notions of what constitutes a classic. However, I thought it would be interesting to see how our ideas of classic names compare.

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Below I have comprised a list of what I believe to be true classics (a few obvious possibilities might have slipped my mind). Your task, should you choose to take it, is to add or omit any names on the list to modify it to resemble your own notion of a list of classic names (for example, I am on the fence about the name Philip, but this might be my own experience with the name). I will say that I speak English, and my ideas of classic names are English-language-based. Perhaps if your ideas are based on another language, a different thread might be better tailored to discuss such a list.

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What would you add or omit? Please note your revisions. It would probably also be very helpful in letting a final list take shape if you were to comment on the additions and omissions of the responses here.

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Repost the list with your revisions.

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Alice
Anne
Caroline
Catherine
Charlotte
Eleanor
Elizabeth
Emily
Emma
Frances
Grace
Jane
Julia
Katherine
Lucy
Lydia
Mary
Margaret
Rachel
Rebecca
Sarah

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Aaron
Andrew
Arthur
Benjamin
Charles
Christopher
Daniel
David
Edward
Francis
George
Henry
James
John
Joseph
Louis
Matthew
Michael
Nathaniel
Nicholas
Paul
Peter
Robert
Samuel
Thomas
William

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This message was edited 7/31/2015, 1:02 PM