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Love: Cora

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Like: Layla & Sara

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Neutral: Amedea & Luna

I don't like Amedea or Muriel. They don't sound very nice. Saphirra is the queen here. Luna and Layla are* the princesses. The other names are "okay". I'm not against them.

I love or like: Sara, Sapphira, Cora

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Neutral: Matilda, Luna, Layla

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Dislike: Abigail, Muriel, Melissa, Amedea

I've put them in order of how much I like them.

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Cora
Layla (though I prefer it spelled Leila)
Luna
Melissa
Abigail
Sapphira (I prefer it spelled Safira)
Sara
Matilda
Amedea
Muriel

I like Abigail, Cora, Melissa, Matilda, Sarah

Ranked from most to least favourite.

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Matilda: I enjoy Matilda very much. It feels sprightly and confident and ages well.
Cora: I prefer Cordelia, but Cora is agreeable too. Charming, but level-headed.
Sapphira: okay, maybe God struck her down but at least she had a bewitching, incandescent name.
Sara: I appreciate how international it is. It feels smoky and subdued.
Layla: this would place higher if it was spelt Leila.
Abigail: friendly, but tiring.
Amedea: unsatisfyingly fragmentary.
Melissa: um I like the honeybee meaning. That's all.
Luna: meretricious. Like cheap and satiny wrapping paper that looks pretty at first, but after you unwrap your presents, you're left with this mass of it on your floor, and you think "might as well have wrapped them in newspapers".
Muriel: macabre. It's only redeeming quality is the association with Muriel Spark.

Abigail - I'd use Alice
Cora - I'd use Caroline
Sapphira - I'd use Susannah
Melissa - I'd use Deborah
Matilda - I'd use it
Muriel - I'd use Mariel
Layla - I'd use Laura
Luna - I'd use Lucy
Sara - I'd use Sally
Amedea - I'd use Antonella

Abigail is good, solid name. Muriel is nice too. Not a fan of the rest.