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Emily ...
by Elena
5/1/2016, 2:13 PM
in reply to a message by RDNZL
Despite having a niece with this name, I've always found Emily to be bland, colorless and perhaps a tad insipid. Add the mn Grace and I'm tempted to scream. I just don't get the popularity of Emily. For a boy, I feel the same about Jacob or Ethan."Nobody cares how much you know until they know how much you care." Theodore Roosevelt
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- Tuesday (trayc53)
5/1/2016, 5:45 PM
Totally. And yeah I often (at least 3 or 4 times in recent years) hear parents calling for Emily Grace.The only thing that's successfully spiced it up for me is someone I know named EmilyJean.

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- Serel Channah (floppery)
5/1/2016, 3:44 PM
I love Emily. I feel like it's classic and fits a person of any age. It's definitely overused and a bit boring, given that it's been in the top 10 for like 25 years, but paired with a more unusual surname or middlename (aka not Grace), it's perfect. Anyhow, it's much better than it's cousin Emma, which feels too simply and substanceless.
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- RDNZL (Billina)
5/1/2016, 3:20 PM
I have a cousin named Emily. She is not bland, but her name is. I hardly even notice it.
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