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On your boy list, I don't mind Leo though I don't like it enough to consider using it. I love Jack as a nn for John, but not as a stand-alone. Brooks means 'pants' where I live. Elias and Ethan sound whiney to me. I dislike surnames as given names, which eliminates Jackson and Blake. Kash is beyond dreadful.

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I love Caroline, Penelope and Norah; Olivia is beautiful but too popular. Adeline has pronunciation issues. Amelia, with that whiney ME-E-E sound, puts me right off: Emily is popular but would be much better. Delia is OK; Mia is trite but also very popular - two strikes against it.

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So, for a combo I'd consider Leo and Norah or Leo and Penelope. Leo and Caroline seem to share too many sounds.