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Wow. It looks like I'm in the minority with Sabrina Fair.

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The reason I prefer Reed is three-fold. First, whenever I see "ei" or "ie" my mind takes a minute to process whether it should be an "ee" sound like Frieda, or a long "i" sound like Lorelei. The Reed spelling is so much easier.

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Secondly, I like that it makes me think of a reed near a river. I like names from nature. While I usually think of them as more feminine than masculine, Reed seems happily ensconced in the male category.

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Finally, it makes me think of John Reed, whom the movie "Reds" was about.

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I do agree with many others that Caspian would make a terrific mn. Just for fun, others you might like:

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Reed Malachi
Reed Melchior
Reed Mordechai
Reed Malcolm
Reed Magnus
Reed Matthias
Reed Mateo / Matteo (Sp. / Ital.)
Reed Methodius (me-THO-dius)
Reed Milo
Reed Mycroft (Sherlock's brother)
Reed Casimir
Reed Carsten
Reed Cyprian
Reed Cormac
Reed Cyrus
Reed Cuthbert
Reed Constantine
Reed Caspar
Reed Jasper (too nature-y?)
Reed Japheth
Reed Jeremiah
Reed Johann
Reed Joachim
Reed Jedidiah
Reed Justinian