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I love Maggie & Reese, but think having a Margaret and a Gretchen is just too much (sorry).

ya too much of a boy name (plus it makes me think of reese's peanut butter cups), if you want to honor her i suggest you use it as a middle name since then it doesn't matter so much if it sounds like a boy's name

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I hate the name Gretchen, it reminds me of a stuck up evil witch

maggie is a cute mn
gretchen is a nice name i like it
reese i dont see why it couldnt be a girls name

Reese as a mn for a girl would be ok, but Reese/Rhys is a boy's name imo. I like Gretchen, but prefer Greta. I like Margaret nn Maggie but not Markie. Gretchen and Margaret definitely sound like sisters.

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I dont' think most "normal" (read: non name-obsessed) people would even realize Margaret and Gretchen are derived from one another. I still wouldn't use both though, myself.

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Reese isn't feminine enough a given name for my tastes. How about Theresa with Reese as a nn?

I dont like Gretchen at all. But i LOVE Reese.

Having a Margaret and a Gretchen together is a little repetitious, so I probably wouldn't do it.

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As for Reese, I wouldn't use it since it is supposed to be a boy's name (unless it is strictly as a middle name and with an all-female first name, and you call her by her first name, and only if it is a family name like in your case), and even then I personally wouldn't use it since I don't want to contribute anymore to the trend of giving girls boy's names.

This message was edited 11/26/2004, 9:11 AM