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GIRLS:
Aina -I like how it looks but hate the sound. I adore Anna "Anya", though.
Amelie -Gorgeous!
Anastasia -I love ah-nah-STAH-see-ah or ah-nah-stah-SEE-yah but don't care for ann-ah-STAY-zha.
Elva -Reminds me of elves. I love Elisabeth "Elsa", though.
Freja / Freya -I like Freya a lot but don't care for Freja.
Katri -Adorable as a nickname but awful as a full name.
Kreszentia -How on earth is this pronounced? I don't care for the look.
Lisbet -I can't say it without spitting and it's so insubstantial.
Liv -I love it as a nickname but it's too cutesy as a given name IMO.
Senka -I find it really ugly.
Seraphina -Adore it!
Severina -It's pretty in theory but awful in practice--sever, severe, sever in....
Siri -Adorable as a nickname but way too cutesy as a full name.
Siv -I just see sieve.
Svenja -Ugly IMO.
Svetlana -Ditto, though I really want to like it.
Theda -Tritto.
Vita -Sounds nicknamey.
Zlata -Hard to say and rather harsh.

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BOYS:
Aleksei -Love it!
Dimitri -Love it.
Elias -Love it!
Halldor -Hate, sorry.
Hinrik -It looks so wrong to me.
Ivan -It's so harsh in English and sounds like Yvonne in Russian.
Johann -I like this one but wouldn't use it.
Ludovic -Bagman (Harry Potter). That aside, I find it hideously ugly.
Ludvig -Hideously ugly.
Luka -Adore it!
Oskari -Hmm, this could grow on me! I hate Oscar but might like this.
Stanislav -Definitely not.
Sven -Hard for me to pronounce.
Thorbjorn -No. I like Bjorn, though.
Viktor -It's a word to me.
Vladimir -Reminds me of vampires, sorry.