WOW. I am stunned. You went to WAY too much effort for that, but I totally appreciate it! :-D
Alice variants I like:
Adelaide -- reminds me of a porcelain doll
AlinaAryaAdaraAdela -- what about
Adele?
On
Estelle... I have always loved the name
Danica. What bugs me is when people pronounce it dah-NEE-kah. Grr. And
Roxana is great!
Mary variants:
Maia (it's on my PNL, but spelled
Maya)
Mairin -- kind of exotic, kind of unique, but still really cool
Mara -- I love this, but my name is
Laura, so it would be weird to use on my child.
Maria -- I like this one lots. Always have.
Mariel -- had not thought of this one! I like it!
MarisMolly -- ADORE this name.
Hmm...
Toiba variants... my mother is named after
Toiba (Toba), and I like some of the meaning similarities... especially
Tova. I agree with you,
Paloma and
Jemima are the better ones [grins], although I doubt I'd use
Jemima just because of the Aunt
Jemima Pancake Syrup stigma.
Bertha:
Clara -- very nice. I had no idea this was related to
Bertha!
Roxana -- since it works for honoring two relatives, I like it double!
Godiva... that is COOL. I had NEVER considered that before. Very cool.
I was thinking I'd use
Paul on a boy... mn
Simon. That should cover
Pauline, since I've never really liked any of the feminized versions of
Paul.
Again, THANK YOU.