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I once worked under a woman named Esperance van Heerden. Her father had been responsible for founding a Teacher Training College and one of its halls of residence was named Esperance, presumably after his daughter, or perhaps the other way round. The meaning is good: I've just watched the Democratic Party vice-presidential candidate explaining why his daughter is named Hope. I'd prefer to use either name as a mn only.

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Bethesda is a way of having a daughter known as Beth without using Elizabeth or Bethany; plus, it's biblical, which might or might not matter.

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Rosariamaria is seven syllables long! I hope she goes by Rosie.