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Adabelle: Even cutesier than Annabelle, and overly country.
Alexander: It's fine; not very interesting.
Alisa: It really needs that extra s.
Allanah: This one has the opposite problem: ditch the h and the extra l.
Camisha: Feels very dated, unattractive sound.
Chai: Latte?
Chelsea: Archetypal early-1990s brat name.
Clare: Blah. Weak, watery.
Darius: Sexy.
Gianna: Just don't like it.
Hanna: Needs the h on the end, but dull and bland anyway.
Iris: Sour somehow, despite pretty images of rainbows and flowers.
Isabella: Fat, overstuffed, frilly couch that dominates everything in the room and beats it into submission.
Jazlyn: I'ts all right.
Kakida: Sounds like a martial art or else some strange Japanese snack food.
Kasian: No idea how to say this.
Kat: Boring fantasy-fiction name for the Plucky and Not-Girly Heroine.
Arielle: Cute enough.
Kenzie: Too lazy to use Mackenzie and have one extra syllable.
Mallory: Annoying.
Mars: Maybe for a pet.
Maura: It's less depressed-sounding than Maureen.
Maya: It's okay.
Michael: Not real exciting but you can't go wrong.
Noelle: Very pretty.
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Charlie: Nice nn for a boy, lame on a girl.
Omar Rather intimidating.
Pierre: Kind of cliched-French-guy-stroling-down-the-boulevard with a beret and a loaf of bread under his arm.
Prajakta: Probably is nice in its home country but just doesn't work in English.
Rebecca: Can't go wrong.
Rocko: Embarrassing.
Roniyah: Blends in with all the other eeya and eye-a names.
Sage: Blah.
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Sophia: In danger of becoming the loveseat to Isabella's couch.
Tariana: No.
Teges: No idea what this is.

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