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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.

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Billie is adorable! It's Old West meets Computer Nerd, somehow. Needs a super feminine middle name, though.

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Sadie has a similar vibe to Billie except it's more overtly feminine.

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Penelope is a lovely name from Greek mythology, though I can understand if the "pee" ending puts people off.

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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.

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I agree with you about the others, for the most part.

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