My primary response to most of these is, "Yikes."
I like
Daphne. I'm growing more okay with
Noa /
Noah.
Anya isn't bad.
Opal,
Flora,
Della and
Marceline read as very old to me, but they're okay. I've actually known some girls named
Fallon, that were named well before
Jimmy Fallon was anybody, but I can't say I like it. Also, you will probably not find a person under thirty who loves
Murphy Brown as much as I do, but I would never name my child after that character.
Lainey and
Stevie are fine as nicknames.
The rest? Absolutely not. Particularly egregious are
Oaklynn, Journi,
Salem, and Jenesis. Also, I know that
Raya has been used in other contexts, but my primary association is with a dating app; I suppose I'm grateful Tinder hasn't broken the top 1000.
Andrew
put a smile on your face - make the world a better place (:
This message was edited 7/25/2022, 10:29 PM