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I love the name Rose. I think it has a very feminine sound without being too frilly or overly sweet. I think it's very fresh as a first name after so long in the "filler" middle name crowd. I like it much better than Claire, which I generally find too sweet for my tastes.

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Stylistically, I think Rose is in a romantic, luxuriant, and fairly secular crowd. Similar:

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Evelyn
Catherine or its spelling sisters
Vivian
Renata
Antonia
Adele
Marion / Marian
Avis
Maris / Maren
Cecily
Corinne / Corinna
Camille / Camilla
Gloria
Jane
Sylvie / Sylvia
Iris
Anne / Ann / Anna
Isolde

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Claire for me is more sweet, girly, innocent. Similar names:

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Susannah (especially with my favorite nn Sunny)
Caroline
Briony
Johanna
Julia / Julie / Juliet
Lily
Matilda
Alice
Alma
Alba
Emily / Emma / Emmeline
Lucy
Eloise
Zoe