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Lovely carries an awful lot of baggage. I lump it with other similar names I've encountered (Precious, Princess, Marvelous, Pleasant, Delight). The names having to do with looks are worse, imo, because if the child isn't blessed with traditional good looks or has self-esteem issues, then they're up the creek without a paddle. I think a name pointing to looks in another language (Jolie, Belle, Callista, Beau, Jamal) would be easier to live with.