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I think May is a good one, Alice, Charlotte, Cora, Beatrice, Eleanor, Grace, Hazel, Evelyn, Margaret, Susannah, Annabel, Clementine, Estelle, Esther, Rebekah, Phoebe, Penelope, Ida, Louisa, Ruby, Tessa, Dorothy, Elsie, Martha, Myrtle, Millicent, Mabel, Esme, Edith, Edna, Betty, Pearl, Clarinda, Clara, Victoria, Adelaide, Caroline, Matilda
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If by 'Colonial names' she means 'names used in the US in the 1700s', then I don't think most of these work--a lot of them feel much more 19th century to me.
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