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Well, I can only talk from my point of view. If I didn't like any feminine version of a name to give my daughter, I would use a whole different name altogether. Yes, I know they wanted to have a relation to her father, and yes, there are worse names out there than Livia Charles, and yes, it's more understandable to call your daughter Charles for a beloved person than name her Jaymes because "male names make girls strong" and it's oh so cute, but that trend is just so, so annoying and tiresome (holy long sentence). One of my all-time favourite boys names is rendered pretty much unusable because it's been taken by the girls. I hate this trend with a passion and it has nothing to with an "open mind" or intolerance or wanting to stick to names like Ava, Mary and Elizabeth.

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I, for one, am glad that where I live, stuff like male names on girls and tryndee made-up names are forbidden (and we still get our share of complete oddballs: Fanta, Emily-Extra, Galaxina, Pumuckel, Windsbraut ("bride of the wind") anyone?!).

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I don't like Charlotte either, by the way, at least not the English pronunciation.

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Congratulations on your A. :D And sorry for weird incomprehensive rambling. I'm horribly tired and it's the middle of the night and I need to go to bed.