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I'm not a fan of either.
Bryony is one I find faintly irritating. The plant is a bit of a weird one to be named after, it's not a very pretty or interesting plant. It just does feel like female Brian even though it isn't, and is -is- the context I've come across it used (named after dad Brian, the girl was also very irritating which does not increase my appreciation of the name). The two ys are clunky. The sound is clunky. And the meaning is faintly awful - 'to swell', seriously?
I don't like Ruby. It feels very little-girl princess make-believe to me.