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Re: Names at a party
Are Tiberius and Tobius related? I doubt it, in view of the sheer oddness of Tobius, but it's quite a coincidence. Jessi looks fem, and Arlow for a girl, or for anyone, is toe-curlingly awful. Isan? I'm reminded, I hope unfairly, of those followers of Hitler who named their offspring Izan. I'd have expected Vonni to be a girl, almost named Yvonne: not sure how it would work for a boy.

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I know a female Vonnie! Not sure if it's short for anything.I wonder if Vonni is short for something
Vonni is short for Devon
All I can think of is the German Von; perhaps his ln is von Beethoven or von Bismarck?