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Those popular names ... I feel like, on paper, in the abstract, taken as a group, they seem boring and overdone. But in real life, you run into them on individuals, and the impression is different, to me. I've encountered at most 3 of any of them, only one of most, and zero of some - among the school peers of my daughter (since she was born 2006). So each one of them has her own name, to me. Knowing 2 different Ellas doesn't make the name seem boring (it's boring because it's Ella, and the popularity of Isla doesn't make it more so imo). And no popular name is so popular anymore, that you're guaranteed to personally meet more than one of them in the space of a few years. So I don't need a breath of fresh air. It doesn't mean that much to me.

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Anyway, Bree. It's not the usual, but doesn't sound totally fresh to me, and certainly not counter-fashionable. It slightly retro-unusual - about like Tai or Kyle (f) or Ally - not quite as bland as Ally, but blander than Tai.

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I think it's a good nickname for Brianna or Sabrina, but it's a little too glib for my taste as a full name. Maybe it would not be, if I liked Br-names ... I think I would like more to see Dree, than Bree.

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- mirfak

This message was edited 10/20/2022, 1:02 PM