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July is my birth month, so I think it's time for a bit of a hefty shake-up! Here goes...

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Carmen / Carmela
Octavia
Ludovica or Lucrezia
Circe
Cybele or Cynara - which do you prefer?
Adelina
Xenia
Asherah
Sapphira

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Trying to make combos with other well-liked names, aiming for theatrical rather than names I'd realistically use:

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Carmen Elara / Carmela Frida
Octavia Beatrix
Ludovica Josephine / Lucrezia Fiammetta
Circe Melusine
Cybele Ottoline / Cynara Zenobia
Adelina Meredith
Xenia Hecate
Asherah Laurel
Sapphira Delphine

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Eugh, those all suck... I'm in a name rut.

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Elowen has fallen off, as although it's beautiful I don't think I could ever use it. I'm a bit bored of Mélisande, as pretty as it is. Zenobia is gorgeous but I am a bit out of love with it atm. Francesca is one of my true name loves, but I took it off as it has been there so long at number three, and it's gotten a bit tired.
Elowen, Mélisande, Zenobia, Francesca - would you save any of them?
Marisa has probably dropped off for reals, I'm not sure if it's all fluff and no substance?

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My boys are all pretty solid favourites, and hard to 'shake up'. I knocked off the ones I don't totally love. That is... the last three. My top five never change because I pretty reliably love them.

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Oscar
Jasper
Mathias
Roland
Magnus
Ozias
Casper / Caspar
Samuel or Samael (Samael feels a bit "edgy" but I like that it's different to Samuel and it speaks to me on some level)
Zoticus or Zebulon
Ptolemy (I dig that silent P, and it's gloriously weird and historic and kinda cool)

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The fact that I feel I need to justify them means they'll probs be off the list next month, but they're a bit of a change, I guess...