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This is my son Balthazar.
You say: hello
You think: shakespeare. not attractive.

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This is my son Emil.
You say: hey emil!
You think: nice name!

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This is my son Halid.
You say: hello halid
You think: okay name. think i like khalid more

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This is my son Katashi.
You say: yo
You think: watashi

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This is my son Mustafa.
You say: *double take*
You think: oh good heavens. lion king! now we're on to disney names!

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This is my son Otto.
You say: hi otto
You think: that guy in star trek deep space nine, and i just don't like it. i think it just sounds goofy.

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This is my son Rupert.
You say: hey i knew someone in college named rupert!
You think: okay name. old-fashioned. think i like rufus better. not keen on "p"s

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This is my son Theodosius.
You say: um...hi?
You think: do you want him to be a monk?

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This is my son Valerian.
You say: hey val
You think: cool nickname, but i think of a root. and because of valerie/valeria, could be seen as too girly. like the roman historicity of it though.

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This is my son Zahir.
You say: cool name
You think: cool name. also like zahid

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This is my daughter Chastity.
You say: nice to meet you
You think: probably one of the worst "virtue" names you could doom a child with (and i even like some of them a bit)

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This is my daughter Ernestine.
You say: hello
You think: what were you thinking? ponderous and ugly

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This is my daughter Hipolita.
You say: oh hi
You think: hippo (and for a girl, not the best association) the different spelling is interesting though

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This is my daughter Kalanit.
You say: how do you spell that?
You think: like how it looks, might be hesitant on where the stress is. think it could grow on me

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This is my daughter Mushka.
You say: heh..hi
You think: babushka...not great.

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This is my daughter Oceane.
You say: hello
You think: sounds pretty, might get made fun of. think it's okay

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This is my daughter Rayna.
You say: hi
You think: meh. don't love this name, whatever spelling. not the worst, not great

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This is my daughter Sharifa.
You say: well hi
You think: sounds like a boy's name to me (probably cuz i've only heard of sharif). it's alright

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This is my daughter Viorica.
You say: say again?
You think: a little complicated. like veronica, and formica rolled into one. maybe vorica would be better? but i still wouldn't like it.

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This is my daughter Zemfira.
You say: hi
You think: don't like it. i like zafira, though.