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I've just never heard the name Felicity outside of the American Girl dolls. I didn't know how to pronounce it or what it meant until I looked it up because of the doll. All the other dolls had names I'd at least heard of before, except Josefina which I thought had a hard "J" until someone explained it was more like "H". But I still see that name elsewhere, and I don't think I've seen Felicity anywhere else.
Kaya, Addy, Molly, and Samantha are just common names, and I don't associate Kit with the doll so much.
I think it's perfectly fine to have a name that's tied to a character like this. I think all the American Girl doll characters were written to be pretty unproblematic so the name is usable even in a place where it makes everyone think of the doll.

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I remember a few of the stories vaguely (some boys were telling Felicity that girls couldn't ride so she became a great rider?) but for the most part I judged the dolls based on how aesthetically appealing they were and used them to play my own characters. I liked Felicity for her costumes as well as Josefina and Kaya for their costumes and overall look. I didn't like the costumes that looked "too modern".