"This is my daughter, Elaina Halle." (HAL-ee, not HAY-lee)
You say: How beautiful!
You think: How beautiful (I'm assuming Elaina is pronounced eh-LAY-nuh) though Halle woulnd't be my first chose as a mn.
"This is my daughter, Lilah Cordelia."
You say: How pretty.
You think: I don't like Lilah, Lily or Lillian or Liliana is much better. Cordelia is nice though.
"This is my daughter, Lilah Rhiannon."
You say: How pretty.
You think: I don't like Lilah, Lily or Lillian or Liliana is much better. Rhiannon is okay.
"This is my daughter, Isabel Aurora."
You say: How Beautiful!
You think: How beautiful!
"This is my daughter, Isabel Helena." (hel-AY-nah)
You say: That's Pretty.
You think: Beautiful.
"This is my daughter, Eleanor Ophelia. We call her Elle."
You say: How Pretty!
You think: I love Eleanor, I love the nn Elle, Ophelia is okay.
"This is my daughter, Fiona Scarlett."
You say: How pretty.
You think: NMSAA
"This is my son, Sebastian Oliver."
You say: How beautiful (Handsome?)!
You think: I love the name Sebastian, it's only down fall is that there are no nice nn. I dislike Oliver which makes me thinks of a dirty scruffy orphan.
"This is my son, Rhys Alexander."
You say: How nice!
You think: Alexander Rhys would be nicer but Rhys Alexander is a good name too.
"This is my son, Parker Aidan."
You say: How nice.
You think: Parker is a nice last or mn but not a fn. Aidan is okay.
"This is my son, Clark Gregory."
You say: How Nice.
You think: uhg, I hate the name Gregory. Clark is okay.
"This is my son, Owen Connor."
You say: How nice!
You think: What a nice name!
"Don't part with your illusions. When they are gone you may still exist, but you have ceased to live."
Mark Twain