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GIRLS:
Joanne: I like it, she will stand out among all Emmas and Madisons. But I'd like Joanna even better.
Leagha: This one looks ugly. Very hard for a non-English speaker to guess the pronounciation. Leah would have been so much better!
Katelyn Brenda: Katelyn is pretty but boring. I like Brenda as mn, she will stand out a little from all Katelyn Grace and Katelyn Rose
Diana: Beautiful classic
Lily Marie: Very pretty
Sophia Grace: Nice but her parents don't have much imagination.
Bailee Elizabeth: I hate Bailee
Tiarra Faye: I like the mn better than the fn
Laura: Nice classic
Cheyenne Elizabeth: Cheyenne is very American. I refrain from commenting.
Kaitlyn Summer: Another one
Donna: I start singing "Donna, donna, donna ..."

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BOYS:
Jaelon: Looks newly made-up
Christian Joseph: Nice, tradtional and safe
Craig: I like Craig, it sounds tough and not trendy
Austin Lucas: Ok
Connor Lowell: OK, Lowell is interesting
Damien Xavier: Love this, sounds like it belongs to someone interesting!
Lucas Rosevelt: Fine, maybe the mn is a family name.
Ashton Kale: Ashton is ok, but what is Kale?
Cameron Christopher: I like Christopher
Harrison: I think Henry would have been classier
Ronin William: Ronan would have been great. A "ronin" is a roaming samurai
Eric: A classic, which is not overused
William: A classic, which IS overused
Dale: Ok

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FEMALE:
Tatrice: What is this, a form of Beatrice?
Eunice: Sounds old-fashioned
Lisabeth: Lisabeth and even more Lisbeth sounds Swedish
Jeanica: The same as Jannica?
Sheyla: Sheila?
Nisha: Totally new to me

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MALE:
Elvin: I like it. Melvin and Alvin are getting popular in Sweden.
Jahaziel: ?
Tally: Makes me think of fox-hunting and I want to shout "tally-ho, tally-ho" .)

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"You sought a flower and found a fruit. You sought a spring and found a sea. You sought a woman and found a soul. You are disappointed."
"It does not become me to make myself smaller than I am." (Edith Södergran 1891-1923)