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If it's not hyponated, but is still accented, would it still seem pretentious? Like, if I used Marie Léonide or Marie Thérèse, with those being the middle names? I don't think I could use Leonide or Therese, it would just look so wrong, since accents are part of the spelling. (Also, isn't Therese a German name pronounced ter-EES-uh?) There's no family history, unless you count my French stepgrandmother.

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Edith I can totally leave the accent off, because it's correct spelled Edith. The others might drive me a little batty, though.