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Love
Alice- Gorgeous

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Like
Florence- Very pretty. I can't think of many good nicknames though, and the "Aunt Flo" reference could be unfortunate.
Thea- Prefer it as a nickname but even on its own it's nice.
Phoebe- Cute, but also appropriate for an adult.

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Neutral
Freya- Uncommon and classic, but just nms.
Isla- Meh. Plus the "EYE-la" vs. "EES-la" pronunciation thing would get to me.
Emilia- Too common, along with its other Em-whatever counterparts. Those names are really nice but we need to branch out and move on.
Willow- Nice name, but got kind of trendy a few years ago. Willow Smith is also not the best association.

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Dislike
Harriet- All I hear is "hairy".
Imogen- Seems like an offshoot from the Emma/Emily trend for people who want to be a little different, but not too much. Makes me think "imaging software".
Poppy- I love the idea of this because I'm crazy about flower names, but I know so many people who call their grandfathers "Poppy". Plus with the opioid epidemic it seems in poor taste.
Zara- I just think of the store, and of a lifetime of correcting people on pronunciation and spelling.
Martha- I love most old lady names, but this one should stay in the past.

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Hate

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Sienna- Dated.
Harper- On the borderline of becoming dated. Plus it makes me think of the Harpies, the awful creatures from mythology that were sent by the gods to defecate on an old man's food as punishment (and also a thing men call a woman to show their disgust for her).

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I love Emilia, but it's not a British name.

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I don't mind Alice.

I really hate the trend in the UK towards cutesy names - Millie, Darcie, Lottie, Poppy, Ellie, Molly, Tilie. Ugh. I'm tired of Freya as well.

I love Phoebe (though judging by the "ugly female names" list, I seem to be alone in this!), and also like Freya, Florence, Willow, and Scarlett - though Scarlett doesn't belong on this list, considering it's in the Top 20 in both countries (also... holy crap, I had no idea Scarlett had become that popular!).

I like them all except Zara (don't hate it), Sienna (pretty much do hate it), and Florence (eh). I'd never use Poppy, Phoebe, Willow, Darcie, Lottie, Harper, or Scarlett, but I like them enough.

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I love Harriet, Imogen, Freya, Isla, Thea, Alice, Martha, Millie, and Emilia. I would definitely use Alice.

Harper is already mega popular in the US. Anyways I love Millie and Scarlett.

I like Sienna, Zara and Willow.

I like/love*:

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Imogen
Freya
Sienna - This has a more American than British vibe to me, although the numbers do say it's a lot more popular in Britain
Zara*
Florence*
Isla
Thea*
Alice
Martha
Darcie - I love Darcy on a boy, hate seeing on girls - yuck

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Harper surprised me, I thought it was more popular in USA than Britain and it feels American to me. I find Scarlett equally American and British in vibe.

I like/love Imogen, Freya, Florence, Thea, Alice, and Lottie. I don't think of Harper as any more British than American. I also prefer Darcy on a boy, and find Emilia near indistinguishable from Amelia (which is even more popular) so I don't really see the point.

I really like Thea and Isla is nice. The rest? Not so much.

Harriet is growing on me.

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I like/love:
Sienna
Harper
Alice
MillieEmilia
Willow
Lottie
Scarlett

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And Thea I guess, but it's so bland and boring where I live.

Well, Harper IS more popular stateside, so I don't know what it's doing on the list. Most of these are already fairly popular (Scarlett, Alice, Willow), nicknames for popular names (Millie, Lottie), or climbing fast (Freya, Isla, Thea, Poppy, Emilia, Zara, Phoebe). Only Harriet, Imogen, Florence, Martha, and Darcie are outside the top 1000 (not counting Millie and Lottie, since they're nicknames).

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My favorites are Harriet, Thea, and Phoebe.

I like Harriet, Zara, Florence, Alice, Martha, Willow and Lottie (only as a nn for Charlotte.

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I'm sick of Poppy, Freya, Sienna, Isla, Millie, Emilia and Scarlett.

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I hate Darcie, Phoebe and Imogen, as well as Harper, which I thought was more American than British.

Except maybe Harriet and Imogen, none of these feel particularly "British".

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I like Scarlett too, also Alice, Willow, Isla and Emilia.

I like Harriet and Alice. Millie and Lottie are horribly twee as given names. If I never hear Freya or Poppy again it would be soon enough, and the rest of them are well enough used to be dull, dull, d u l l

I love Zara, Alice, and Emilia, though I wouldn't consider Emilia particularly British.

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Isla and Thea are okay but not my style. I hate Harriet, Imogen, Freya, Poppy, Harper (since when is this British? It's in the US top 10), Florence, Phoebe, Millie (as a given name), Martha, Darcie, Lottie, and Scarlett and hope they don't cross the pond.

In my opinion these have the potential to become popular in the US:

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Isla
Thea
Freya

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They all fit in with the two-syllable, A-ending trend (Mila, Ava, Ella, Clara, Luna, Maya etc.).

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Alice
Harper
Emilia
Scarlett
Willow

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-> some of these are more common in the US, aren't they? Harper and Scarlett are crazy common and Alice, Willow and Emilia are rising. So I don't think they should be even more common :P

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Phoebe

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this really should be more common because it fits in with the trend that was at its most fashionable a couple of years ago (Zoe, Chloe) but it had a lot of exposure (popular TV show Friends etc.) and still didn't catch on so I doubt it will get more common.

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Martha

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I think this will have a comeback very soon.

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I don't think these will rise a lot:

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Harriet - might rise a bit but I guess Hattie has a better chance
Imogen - I just don't see it, can't even say why
Poppy - I think it will get more common but I don't see it in the top 100
Sienna - too associated with the actress
Zara - too close to 80s favorite Sarah/Sara
Florence - I guess a bit too old fashioned
Millie - too insubstantial
Lottie - already so many Charlottes and the US isn't as much into the nickname name trend as England
Darcie - maybe as Darcy. But Darcie? It looks really strange.

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Pretty odd in places! Sienna and Harper don't sound madly Brit to me, but nor do the last five. Lottie, I suppose, as a partial break from Charlotte.

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I like Harriet, Imogen, Alice and Florence enough to use; Florence only as a mn, though. And it's for family reasons: my British grandmother!

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I know a three-year-old Poppy Isla in London! And her brand-new sister is Charlotte, which might or might not become Lottie I suppose.

Yeah a lot of these are already popular in the US. Some of them are MORE popular here, lol.

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I like:

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Harriet
Imogen
Florence
Phoebe
Martha
Willow
Darcie (prefer Darcy)
Lottie

I like/love*:

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Freya
Poppy
Sienna*
Zara
Isla*
Alice
Emilia

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I can't stand Harper. I also dislike Harriet, Imogen, Phoebe, Martha and Darcie. The rest are okay.