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Willoughby
Do you like Willoughby?Boy or girl or both?I think it's so fun to say, better than Willow.Please rate my list: https://www.behindthename.com/pnl/6232
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It makes me think of the book The Wolves of Willoughby Chase by Joan Aiken, one of my favorite books as a kid. Definitely an upper-crust English boy.

This message was edited 8/21/2021, 3:52 PM

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Definitely a boy in my book. Makes me think of a blond preteen in the Australian outback.
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I like the sound, but I would prefer to spell it Willoby.I like it better on a boy.

This message was edited 8/20/2021, 11:18 PM

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I find I've a distaste for it. I think due to the Jane Austen character. That -ough- is heavy visually in an unpleasant way as well. Though alternate spellings are terrible. I also think that letter sequence very masculine (again hardly logocal)Willemina Beatrix called Willa Bea is my new favorite idea though.
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Boy, it's ok but nms. Sounds like the name of an Austen character.
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Don't like it
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It IS fun to say.I like it, but wouldn’t use it as a first name. Nice surname or mn(any gender, it would count as “name + surname + surname”)
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^^^ That is basically my stance too. I don’t mind it on boys, but it fits a lot better as a middle or last name in my opinion.
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