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What are your opinions on the name Bryan? Personally, it's one of my favorites. I prefer it to Brian which I think is such an overused name. Everyone I know has met someone named Brian at least once in their life. It's just...ugh...SO COMMON! I love the sound of Brian, but the spelling isn't for me. It looks like it should be pronounced "Bree-an" (not "Bree-AN" like Brianne) which I'm not a fan of. I also don't like that it's an anagram of the word Brain. So many people misspell Brian as Brain that it isn't even funny. I HATE when people misspell Brian as Brain. It's interesting how replacing the "i" with a "y" changes all of that for me. Sort of like a modern-classic. Unique and trendy but it also has that warm and homely classic feeling. Bryan would be less likely to get mispronounced. The only problem I have is that it might be misspelled as Brian, but it isn't that big of a deal to me. To me, Bryan seems like a cool guy kind of name. Someone fun to hang out with and who you can trust with all of your secrets. He always picks the coolest hangout places.

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One combination that I'm really liking atm is Bryan Xavier. What are your thoughts on that as well?