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Elimination: my favourites
Take two boys' names and two girls' names, and explain your choices.
Boy':
ALAN
ALBERIC
AUBREY
BLAISE
BRADLEY
BRAITH
CADFAN
CHRISTIAN
DAFYDD
DAVID
FABIAN
FINLAY
GERARD
GODFREY
HAYDN
HENRY
ISRAEL
JACKSON
KENNET
KIEFER
LELAND
LIAM
MATTEO
MATTHIAS
MICHAEL
OCTAVIAN
QUINN
RYAN
SEBASTIAN
SHAW
SIDNEY
THADE
TRISTAN
VERCINGETORIX Girls':
AOIFE
ARIA
ARIANNA
ASHLYN
BRIALLEN
BRIELLE
BRITTANY
BROOKLYN
CAOILFHIONN
DECEMBER
ELISABETH
ELLA
ENYA
GENEVIÈVE
GRACE
GREY
HELENA
HOPE
JULIA
KESTREL
MEMORY
MIRANDA
OLIVIA
OPHELIA
RHIANNON
ROHAN
ROSEMARY
ROWAN
SADIE
SAOIRSE
TERRA
TRINITY
VIOLA
WILLOW
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Taking Aubrey (I just don't like the name at all, on either sex) and
Braith (because it sounds looks like "breath") for the boys.
Taking Brittany (because I know so many of them, it's a little used up) and Rowan (I love this name, but only for boys) for the girls.Boy':
ALAN
ALBERIC
BLAISE
BRADLEY
CADFAN
CHRISTIAN
DAFYDD
DAVID
FABIAN
FINLAY
GERARD
GODFREY
HAYDN
HENRY
ISRAEL
JACKSON
KENNET
KIEFER
LELAND
LIAM
MATTEO
MATTHIAS
MICHAEL
OCTAVIAN
QUINN
RYAN
SEBASTIAN
SHAW
SIDNEY
THADE
TRISTAN
VERCINGETORIX Girls':
AOIFE
ARIA
ARIANNA
ASHLYN
BRIALLEN
BRIELLE
BROOKLYN
CAOILFHIONN
DECEMBER
ELISABETH
ELLA
ENYA
GENEVIÈVE
GRACE
GREY
HELENA

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Distant_Stars, I love Vercingetorix! (But I would never use it...)
Daddysdancer, I agree with you about Rowan.Person who removes Vercingetorix...bewareI shall take...
Blaise because it means "lisping"
Dafydd because I don't like the way it's spelled in Welsh
Caoilfhionn because it looks much different than the way it's pronounced
Elisabeth because I just hate it.ALAN
ALBERIC
BRADLEY
CADFAN
CHRISTIAN
DAVID
FABIAN
FINLAY
GERARD
GODFREY
HAYDN
HENRY
ISRAEL
JACKSON
KENNET
KIEFER
LELAND
LIAM
MATTEO
MATTHIAS
MICHAEL
OCTAVIAN
QUINN
RYAN
SEBASTIAN
SHAW
SIDNEY
THADE
TRISTAN
VERCINGETORIX Girls':
AOIFE
ARIA
ARIANNA
ASHLYN
BRIALLEN
BRIELLE
BROOKLYN
DECEMBER
ELLA
ENYA
GENEVIÈVE

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Men - Removing Bradley (sounds a lot like bratty) and Jackson (Michael Jackson...this is one of my most-hated surnames-as-first-names).Women - Removing Kestrel (there are nicer bird names) and Grey (like the color, this is blaaaahhhhh).ALAN
ALBERIC
CADFAN
CHRISTIAN
DAVID
FABIAN
FINLAY
GERARD
GODFREY
HAYDN
HENRY
ISRAEL
KENNET
KIEFER
LELAND
LIAM
MATTEO
MATTHIAS
MICHAEL
OCTAVIAN
QUINN
RYAN
SEBASTIAN
SHAW
SIDNEY
THADE
TRISTAN
VERCINGETORIX Girls':
AOIFE
ARIA
ARIANNA
ASHLYN
BRIALLEN
BRIELLE
BROOKLYN
DECEMBER
ELLA
ENYA
GENEVIÈVE
GRACE
HELENA
HOPE
JULIA
MEMORY
MIRANDA
OLIVIA
OPHELIA
RHIANNON
ROHAN
ROSEMARY
SADIE
SAOIRSE
TERRA
TRINITY
VIOLA
WILLOW
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Boys: Taking Cadfan, Octavian, and VERCINGETORIX
Girls: Taking Aoife, December, and MemoryALAN
ALBERIC
CHRISTIAN
DAVID
FABIAN
FINLAY
GERARD
GODFREY
HAYDN
HENRY
ISRAEL
KENNET
KIEFER
LELAND
LIAM
MATTEO
MATTHIAS
QUINN
SEBASTIAN
SHAW
SIDNEY
THADE
TRISTAN
Girls':
ARIA
ARIANNA
BRIALLEN
BRIELLE
BROOKLYN
ELLA
ENYA
GENEVIÈVE
GRACE
HELENA
HOPE
JULIA
MIRANDA
OLIVIA
OPHELIA
RHIANNON
ROHAN
ROSEMARY
SADIE
SAOIRSE
TERRA
VIOLA
WILLOWKristen~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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Boys
I'm taking Fabian because, well, I think it is an awful name and Shaw because it looks like someone left of an "N".
Girls
Viola has anyone ever said that this is a string instrument, I hate string instruments and it doesn't work any better as a name.
Rohan is one of my little brothers friends, it is a male name.Boys
ALAN
CHRISTIAN
DAVID
FINLAY
GODFREY
HAYDN
HENRY
ISRAEL
KENNET
KIEFER
LIAM
MATTEO
MATTHIAS
QUINN
SEBASTIAN
SIDNEY
THADE
TRISTAN
Girls':
ARIA
ARIANNA
BRIELLE
ELLA
ENYA
GENEVIÈVE
GRACE
HELENA
HOPE
JULIA
MIRANDA
OLIVIA
OPHELIA
RHIANNON
ROHAN
ROSEMARY
SADIE
TERRA
WILLOW
Hanging is too good for a man who makes puns;
he should be drawn and quoted.
- Fred Allen
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For boys I'm taking Godfrey because it seems very outdated and also Thade because it sounds to me like someone is saying it with a lisp. For girls I'm taking out Brielle and Ariana because they are both under the category of names that I consider quasi-elegant (because of the extra "a" or "elle" at the ending) but trashy sounding.Boys
ALAN
CHRISTIAN
DAVID
FINLAY
HAYDN
HENRY
ISRAEL
KENNET
KIEFER
LIAM
MATTEO
MATTHIAS
QUINN
SEBASTIAN
SIDNEY
TRISTAN
Girls':
ARIA
ELLA
ENYA
GENEVIÈVE
GRACE
HELENA
HOPE
JULIA
MIRANDA
OLIVIA
OPHELIA
RHIANNON
ROSEMARY
SADIE
TERRA
WILLOW
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Taking
ISRAEL - I know its a name in its own right but all I see is the country when I lok at this
LIAM - too nicknamey for me
SADIE - just dont like it
TERRA - I just prefer all the other names
Boys
ALAN
CHRISTIAN
DAVID
FINLAY
HAYDN
HENRY
KENNET
KIEFER
MATTEO
MATTHIAS
QUINN
SEBASTIAN
SIDNEY
TRISTAN
Girls':
ARIA
ELLA
ENYA
GENEVIÈVE
GRACE
HELENA
HOPE
JULIA
MIRANDA
OLIVIA
OPHELIA
RHIANNON
ROSEMARY
WILLOW
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ENYA because all I see is the singer, and it looks like a bastardization of Anya
GENEVIÈVE because I hate the French pron
SEBASTIAN because it's so ugly to me. I've never understood why so many people love this.
TRISTAN because it's trendy and sounds like someone can't say Christian
Boys
ALAN
CHRISTIAN
DAVID
FINLAY
HAYDN
HENRY
KENNET
KIEFER
MATTEO
MATTHIAS
QUINN
SIDNEYGirls':
ARIA
ELLA
GRACE
HELENA
HOPE
JULIA
MIRANDA
OLIVIA
OPHELIA
RHIANNON
ROSEMARY
WILLOW
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Kennet because it just sounds odd to me.
Alan because it sounds sort of sleazy...
Boys
CHRISTIAN
DAVID
FINLAY
HAYDN
HENRY
KIEFER
MATTEO
MATTHIAS
QUINN
SIDNEYRhiannon because it just doesn't sound right.
Hope because it is too "precious" for my taste.
Girls':
ARIA
ELLA
GRACE
HELENA
JULIA
MIRANDA
OLIVIA
OPHELIA
ROSEMARY
WILLOW
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