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With actual names.

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You hear: This is my daughter, Brianna Lynn.
You say: That's cute
You think: and typical for the day

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You hear: This is my son, Isaac Alyosha.
You say: aw
You think: WTF is up with that middle name

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You hear: This is my daughter, Mary Miranda nn Mira.
You say: aw
YOu think: aw

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You hear: This is my daughter, Mary Renee, called Renee.
You say: cute
You think: BOOOOORING

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You hear: This is my daughter Haven Elizabeth.
You say: that's a unique name
You think: GROSS! I hate it!

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YOu hear: This is my daugther, Jessica Sue.
You say: yawn, what?
You think: Did she just say something?

You hear: This is my daughter, Brianna Lynn.
You say: Oh, isn't she cute?
You think: Why are you including her middle name when you introduce her?

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You hear: This is my son, Isaac Alyosha.
You say: Oh, was that religiously inspired?
You think: This lady really likes middle names

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You hear: This is my daughter, Mary Miranda nn Mira.
You say: Pardon? Marimiranda?
YOu think: Where does the first name end and the second begin?

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You hear: This is my daughter, Mary Renee, called Renee.
You say: That's unusual to go by the second name
You think: I can't believe there's another Mary Renee out there! I went to school with a girl who insisted on being called Mary-Renee. She wouldn't just answer to Mary or Renee

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You hear: This is my daughter Haven Elizabeth.
You say: That's nice (trying not to laugh)
You think: There's a really dingy suburb here called Elizabeth Haven

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YOu hear: This is my daugther, Jessica Sue.
You say: That's nice
You think: Slipping into a coma from the boredom

You hear: This is my daughter, Brianna Lynn.
You say: What a pretty name.
You think: Most. Boring. Name. EVER.

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You hear: This is my son, Isaac Alyosha.
You say: That's interesting - what was your inspiration?
You think: If I weren't still reeling from Brianna Lynn, I'd be more picky about how I don't particularly like Isaac.

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You hear: This is my daughter, Mary Miranda nn Mira.
You say: That's so sweet!
YOu think: Alliteration sounds so clumsy

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You hear: This is my daughter, Mary Renee, called Renee.
You say: That's pretty.
You think: Too bad Mary Renee is such a clumsy combo

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You hear: This is my daughter Haven Elizabeth.
You say: That's nice.
You think: I can't wait for the day that stripper-y names like Haven, Destiny, and Neveah are wiped off the face of the planet.

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YOu hear: This is my daugther, Jessica Sue.
You say: That's pretty.
You think: Dull, but not so bad.

You hear: This is my daughter, Brianna Lynn.
You say: Cute!
You think: Not my style.

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You hear: This is my son, Isaac Alyosha.
You say: Great name!
You think: Love it!

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You hear: This is my daughter, Mary Miranda nn Mira.
You say: I love Miranda & the nn Mira!
You think: Not my style.

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You hear: This is my daughter, Mary Renee, called Renee.
You say: I love Renee!
You think: Not my style.

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You hear: This is my daughter Haven Elizabeth.
You say: Great name!
You think: Love it!

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You hear: This is my daughter, Jessica Sue.
You say: Cute!
You think: Not my style.

Assuming I don't know your or who any of these people are

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You hear: This is my daughter, Brianna Lynn.
You say: She's so cute.
You think: eh. Just a generic name.

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You hear: This is my son, Isaac Alyosha.
You say: Isaac is such a nice name.
You think: But I don't care for Alyosha. Wonder if that's a family name.

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You hear: This is my daughter, Mary Miranda nn Mira.
You say: That's so cute. You don't hear Mary on little girls often anymore.
YOu think: Mira is cute too but I'd like it a lot better if she was called Mary.

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You hear: This is my daughter, Mary Renee, called Renee.
You say: What an interesting combination.
You think: Yuck. Mary is a nice name, Renee is nmsaa. And I hate "Mary ____" names where they call the person by the second name. It's so outdated. I didn't know people still did that.

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You hear: This is my daughter Haven Elizabeth.
You say: Haven is such an interesting name.
You think: For the love of god I hope it's spelled Haven and she's not named after the place she was conceived.

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YOu hear: This is my daugther, Jessica Sue.
You say: She's so cute.
You think: Another generic name.

LOL, fun

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You hear: This is my daughter, Brianna Lynn.
You say: What a pretty name
You think: I like how that flows

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You hear: This is my son, Isaac Alyosha.
You say: Cool Name
You think: What's up with that middle name? I couldn't pronounce it if my life depended on it.

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You hear: This is my daughter, Mary Miranda nn Mira.
You say: Mary, Huh? What's up?
YOu think: Mary, to popular... same for Miranda

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You hear: This is my daughter, Mary Renee, called Renee.
You say: What an awesome name!
You think: Again mary is too popular but, I love renee!

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You hear: This is my daughter Haven Elizabeth.
You say: Wow, Kewl!
You think: Wow, I wish that was my name

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YOu hear: This is my daugther, Jessica Sue.
You say: Sue?
You think: Sue???

You hear: This is my daughter, Brianna Lynn.
You say: hello,, cute name
You think: love brianna but i am not found of Lynn

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You hear: This is my son, Isaac Alyosha.
You say: Hi
You think: hmm poor boy with MN like Alyosha...

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You hear: This is my daughter, Mary Miranda nn Mira.
You say: I like your name
YOu think: just not together like that

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You hear: This is my daughter, Mary Renee, called Renee.
You say: hi there
You think: classic name

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You hear: This is my daughter Haven Elizabeth.
You say: what a beautiful name
You think: do you call her Beth i wonder?

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YOu hear: This is my daugther, Jessica Sue.
You say: pretty name
You think: hope they dont get teased ... for havin a redneck name like Sue