[Opinions] Re: A few names
Laurie is OK but only as a nn. Better than Larry.
Mariel is quite nice: more interesting than Marion and streets ahead of Muriel. How would you pronounce it? I say it like Mary'll.
A good friend, Dutch and named Odile, was a diabetic and died too young. Then there's the Black Swan in Swan Lake! But I prefer Odile to Odette.