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Re: Names we never warmed up to... why do you love / like them?
Melanie, Melody and Alice are sweet, gentle and melodious.
Margaret is strong without being harsh.I agree with you on:
Ollie/ Olly
Asher
ArcherAshley
Gertrude
ShelbyMine:Emily
Amelia (both ə-MEE-lee-ə and ah-MEH-lee-a)
Billie
Nova
Avery
Sadie
Morgan
Trish / Tricia
PenelopeMicah
Asa
Grayson
EzraMy PNL http://www.behindthename.com/pnl/111792

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I've always thought Ezra sounds incredibly cool. The Ezra Pound association is a bit discouraging, though.
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I feel like I wouldn't have a problem with Emily if I didn't hear it... possibly literally every day of my life. Over a decade at #1, and it just left the Top 20 nationwide. It's not objectionable, but it is very, very soft.Billie is adorable! It's Old West meets Computer Nerd, somehow. Needs a super feminine middle name, though.Sadie has a similar vibe to Billie except it's more overtly feminine.Penelope is a lovely name from Greek mythology, though I can understand if the "pee" ending puts people off.Masculine names ending in -a are a bit hard to come by in the Western world, so I appreciate names like Asa, Ezra, and Micah shaking things up a bit. Grayson is another one of the -son names I don't mind as a personal name, though I prefer the Greyson spelling. (Gray is used for the color in the U.S., so Grey looks more like a person's name to me.) Funnily enough, I forgot Grace in my OP - Grace as a name is much harsher to my ears than Grayson / Greyson.I agree with you about the others, for the most part.
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