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I was in a museum once. There was a glass case containing a rather dingy, crude crown / coronet. The sign said it belonged to an English princess named Blanche in the 12th / 13th century and she brought it with her to Bavaria to marry the local big-wig. All of a sudden I could picture a real life Blanche traveling all that way and it charmed me into liking Blanche.

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I met a little Blanche once. (She was named after an aunt who had died.) She'd be about 30 by now. I was too young to appreciate old fashioned names back then. Now I think it's a sweet name.

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Pete is my # 1 favorite name for a boy. Blanche and Peter go perfectly well together. But I'm a name nerd. Most people probably won't like it.