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I think using Athena in the mn position is a really nice idea and it is a really cool name as a mn. You know, mns should be a little interesting I think. Having a boring one like Rose or Marie kind of makes the whole thing kind of negligible- it makes it a complete non-event. It is is barely worthy of a conversation. Having a cool one like Athena (or Cosmas) means that if you don't want there to be a conversation about it or you're uncomfortable about having an uncommon mn, you just don't discuss it and you have that option. But if you do like it, you have a great conversation and something that makes you a little different.

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Umm, yes, anyway...I am in a rambling mood. Over-tiredness and writing a gazillion essays does this to me. I think Rachel Athena and Akua Topaz's suggestion of Miriam Athena would be lovely. Both would sound beautiful with Judith Cecilia.

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Michelle is really nmsaa. And both Rachel and Katarina as a fn with Michelle make the combos sound like they are straight out of the 80s. At least with a fn like Veronica for example, Michelle wouldn't date the fn so much. Any chance of using Michaela as a mn option to honour your soon to be father-in-law? I think Michaela is less dated. I think Rachel Michaela would be quite pretty actually. Miriam Michaela sounds nice too- but I have a thing for alliteration so I may be a tad biased.

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Raphael Cosmas is nice. Ideally, I think Raphael should have a simpler mn just because Raphael is a big name to carry as it is. But I think honouring is more important, and as I said above, people don't have to know about a mn if he ever thought his whole name was too much. Besides, chances are he will think it is cool, cos, you know, it is.