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I love Benjamin/Ben. I don't like Maggie at all, it sounds like a servant, but I do think it stands well enough on its own without Margaret. These days, a nn without a formal name is fairly common and won't be seen by employers and such as any kind of hindrance, unless it's a very babyish or silly nn, such as Bunny or Red.
I do think Charlie doesn't serve an adult woman well, it's very self-consciously tomboy and childish.

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Carly I think stands on its own too. Cali, not so much.
Caroline?
Carla?
Carlotta?
Carmella?

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