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I'm with you about Marlee. Marley is nmsaa (too Bob, and too movie-dog) but if it's like (actress) Marlee Matlin? Mar- + Lee? It's neat.

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I like Alys, but dislike Alice.

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I like Marc, don't really care for Mark.

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Like Gillian, dislike Jillian

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Like Vivien, don't care for Vivienne or Vivian f.

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I like Audra a lot more than Audrey (if that counts as a variant)

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Like Alison, dislike Allison. Alison is the original, so I'm not sure you'd count that one, but Allison is now more popular in the US

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I like the pronunciation of Anna as AH-na, don't like AN-na nearly as much.

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Isabel > Isabelle / Isabella
Mari, Meri > Mary
Bronwen > Bronwyn
Karissa > Carissa
Forest > Forrest
Laurence > Lawrence
Marion > Marian
Lauretta > Loretta
Jasmin > Jasmine
Cristina > Christina / Kristina
Silvan > Sylvan
Viveca > Vivica or Viveka
Wray > Ray (if Ray is the full name)
Xaviar > Xavier (if it's in American English)
Evette > Yvette
Mellisant > Millicent
Liana > Leana

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- mirfak