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This is my daughter.... Jenna Claire
You say: That's darling.
You think: Jenna is very cute and modern. I like it. Claire, well, like the name, but isn't it filler?

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This is my daughter.... Cassandra Juliette
You say: That's beautiful.. can I call her Cass?
You think: Nice.. long name.

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This is my daughter.... Alessandra Jillian
You say: Nice..
You think: Italian/English? Hope they don't call her Allie. I'm glad to see Jillian.

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This is my daughter.... Clara Josephine
You say: That's a pretty, old-fashioned name.
You think: I guess it's newfangled now.

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This is my daughter.... Bella Amberlee
You say: Sweet.
You think: BEH-lllah! (Italian accent). Belly. Amberlee is sweet.

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This is my daughter.... Claudia Reese
You say: Oh, I love the name Claudia.
You think: But not Reese. Reese Witherspoon just ain't that special, folks!

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This is my son... Colby Andrew
You say: Neat name.
You think: I like Colby, but I'm not sure how it'll age. I'll call him Cole. Andrew -- whatever -- a filler, or family.

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This is my son... Benjamin Trevor
You say: Okay.
You think: Meh.

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This is my son... Elijah Nathaniel
You say: Ah.
You think: Of my friends who named their son Elijah eight years ago before it was trendy. And I think it's Biblical sounding.

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This is my son... Trevor Garrett
You say: Oh, nice masculine sounding name.
You think: Trevor is ten years ago, but not bad. Garrett - blah.

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This is my son... Nicolas Caleb
You say: Cute.
You think: I like Nicholas. Glad they didn't use ugly Caleb as the first name.

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- chazda