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Naming so many can't be easy! But ... Harcourt Harper? Really? Robert Harcourt Harper, yesyesyes! And then, along comes Gresley Tatlock, who is sheer comedy, poor child. They were fond of the letter H. Amazing how Wilfred has effectively vanished: it's not that bad. I like Jeffrey but far prefer Geoffrey. And the girls ... I don't like the rhyming Clara Julia: Clare Julia, yes, Clara Juliet, yes. The twins got lucky! Aileen Fanny is a whole lot better than, say, Fanny Aileen, but Aileen Frances is prettier. Aileen always brings me up short: a friend (Antoinette, brother Alan) came from a family which used A- names for all the children, and of course after a couple of generations they ran out of good choices, so my friend's mother was named Aileen but with the pronunciation like Eileen. Ludicrous!