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Milka is very sweet - it's also a popular chocolate brand in Poland, so I wouldn't dream of using it as a full name, but I like it a lot as a nickname for Emilia.

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I like Lirian - gold and sci-fi and fey and princely.

GIRLS:
Hedda - OK I suppose. Too Gabler for me.
Ava Beau - but don't 'ave a Belle?
Keely - trite, bland and forgettable.
Milka Fabienne - Milka, like a farm labourer? Fabienne is fine.
Elfie - better than Effie, but too twee.
Raimy Nouri - Ray-my? Rhymy? No.
Jomaima-Maliyah Hailey - fascinating! Presumably a jazz improvisation on Jemima and Maria, followed by dull and dated Hailey?
Clarissa - Good; I prefer the less frilly Clare, but Clarissa is OK.
Emanda - needs to be emanded ... er, amended! A merger between Emma (but why just one m?) and Amanda, no doubt.
Theda - OK.
Jillian Marie - fine. I'd prefer Gillian Mary, but this will do.
Johanna Aletta - could be an Afrikaans family! Unremarkable.
Erna Martha - fine in German. Nice to see Martha.
Inga Henrike - can't warm up to either of them.
Juna Novabell – Juna would sound like Una, no doubt, which is fine. Novabell for a beautiful new baby is understandable but unlikely to last.
Bruna - better by far than Brunhilde.
Eléna - OK; I prefer Helen to all its possible variants.
Lavea - awful; like a soap made by Nivea.
BOYS:
Jorin Bosse - unattractive.
Philian Richard - affiliate? Phil(ip) plus (Will)ia(m)n? Yikes! Richard is great.
Lirian - maybe a cousin of Philian? Or, Ian playing the lyre? Oh dear.
Spiros Alexandros - great.
Jonathan Leander Lawrence - wow: astonishing, and oddly attractive though I only really like Lawrence.
Ümmüs - I can't see beyond hummus, which is delicious but not human!
Lyo Jamie - awful. Leo James, yes; this mangled version, no.
Fiete William Alexander - I dislike nns as full names. OK, Friedrich with the other two would make it very long, but rather that than leave the child with no nn options as he grows up.
Vedant - meaningful to the namers no doubt; looks like Verdant to me.
Mohammad Rahim - once again, a culturally significant choice.
Matiyos - gosh! Is it a version of Matthias?
Elrik - clumsy, somehow. I prefer Erik.
Kobi - once again, Jakob or Jakobus would be preferable because of giving more options later on.

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I like:

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Hedda
Ava Beau
Keely (I prefer Keeley)
Elfie
Clarissa
Theda
Johanna Aletta
Inga
Eléna
Lavea
Angelina Melody
Emmi (I prefer Emmy)

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Jorin
Richard
Lirian
Spiros Alexandros
Lawrence
Alexander
Emilio
Gabriel

I like (* are my favourites):

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Ava *
Keeley
Hailey *
Marie
Johanna
Martha
Elena *
Angelina *
Gioia

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Richard
Jonathan *
Leander *
Lawrence
Jamie
William
Alexander
Tyrese
Charlie
Karl
Joshua *
Matheo *
Gabriel

I like Inga from the girls and Lirian from the boys

My favorites are Hedda, Milka Fabienne, Elfie (as a nickname), Clarissa, Theda, Inga Henrike, Bruna, Spiros, and Gioia.