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Adastra: A dastardly disaster.
Adria: It has a nice sound but also sounds a bit incomplete.
Adrienne: I like this, but so many people say it just like the boys' name Adrian. The one Adrienne I knew said it Ay-Dree-EHN.
Adriana: This is the best of the Adrian lot, I think.
Aimee: Spell it how you like, it's still bland boring Amy.
Alyce: If this is pronounced like Alice, the y seems pointless.
Amaryllis: Cutesy cartoony.
Anastasia: I don't exactly like this enough to use it or want to use it, but since I enjoyed the Anastasia Krupnik books growing up, I have a definite soft spot for it.
Annmarie: Marie can really brighten up a dull name. This is quite nice. I think I'd prefer Anne Marie.

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Arista: Arrest a? Heiress ta? Not seeing the appeal.
Astoria: Good name for a hotel.
Astra: Middle name should be Zenica.
Audrey: Heavy and downbeat.
Aurora: Beautiful imagery but the sound is like a dog noise.
Avalon: Good name for a trailer-park; the over-55 kind.
Belle: It has an image exactly opposite its meaning.
Breanne: It's fine, but I far prefer Brianna. Does make a good mn

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Brindle: Like a bulldog. Ridiculous on a person, and lame on an actually brindle animal.
Calista: Nobody'd ever heard of this till Ally McBeal and her miniskirts and her dancing baby. Makes me think of something to put on calluses to soften them.
Cara: I really like this. As long as it's Care-a and not Car-a.
Catherine: Yawn.
Cecette: Ick.
Celestine: What a cold, unapproachable name.
Celina: This is quite cute. I would spell it Selena. Selena seems to be very popular on young Hispanic girls around here.
Charity: Nice thought but no.
Clara: It's got slightly more spirit than spineless Claire, but not much.
Clarissa: SO prissy.
Clarity: Good name for a cell-phone company or maybe a hearing-aid.
Claudia: It's attractive but a bit cold.
Clover: Sickly on a person. A good cow name.
Cora: What is the appeal of this frump of a name?
Coraline: Weird book and movie, never know how to pronounce it and it just sounds like a lipstick shade.
Cosette: Sounds like a little puffy footstool.
Crescentia: I'd rather just have a croissant.
Dahlia: Oh, how very posh! *false society-lady laugh* Do be a dear and bring me a bit of caviah!
Daisy: I can't even count the number of people I know who have dogs named this.
Daphne: A posh, snobbish sneeze.
Delphia: It's missing it's Phila.
Delphinium: Cartoonish.
Diana: It's grown-up but youthful and never sounds out of style.
Echo: It would really sound silly to be calling out for someone named Echo.
Elettra: Looks and sounds like a misunderstanding of Electra, which is no better.
Elisabeth: Yes, the s makes it a bit more unusual but like Aimee it's the same old dull standard.
Elsie: Elsie and Clover, cropping the grass and leaving cow-pies.
Emerald: It's hard to picture a person named this, but the sound and the image are attractive.
Emilie: Go stand over there with Aimee and Elisabeth.
Enid: Seems deliberately constructed to be ugly.
Enola: Enola Gay. Take away that and you have nothing,except it might sound like some kind of off-brand granola.
Estella: It's pretty, but not as pretty as either Stella or Estelle.
Felicity: Overly cute, and the sound of it makes me think of a squeaking rocking horse.
Ginger: This definitely doesn't work on everyone; it takes a certain personality and being named Virginia or having red hair just isn't enough. Plus it's a doggie favorite.
Hannah: As dull as oatmeal with no flavor in it.
Hattie: In the field with Clover and Elsie.
Hermione: I never liked that bossy, self-important bucktoothed little Hogwarts grade-grubber.
Historia: Hysterical history of her story.
Hyacinth: Unattractive sounds, ridiculously pompous.
Imelda: Even all these years after the Marcos regime was toppled, this name is totally tied to that spoiled woman and her thousands of shoes.
Ingrid: Need a bite guard so your teeth don't get worn down?
Iridessa: Sounds like a My Little Pony name.
Jacquetta" This sounds like a 1960s Black name. Those names dated very quickly.
Jane: Don't hurt your head trying to think of names.
Jessamine: It's pretty, but like Estella it's trying to combine the best of Jasmine and Jessica and not turning out as nice as either.
Kiara: It's pretty. Hard to know how to say it, but usually I've heard Kee-AIR-a.
Kiera: This is a bit clearer on how to say it, but also throws the possibility of Kee-ra in the mix.
Kira: This is my favorite spelling of Kee-ra. It's also my niece's name.
Lavender: Feels silly on a person. And too much symbolism.
Leanna: This is cute.
Lelia: Trying to do too much with just a few letter. Looks like a mistyped Leila.
Lena: Frumpy dumpy.
Lilac: Ugly sounds for a pretty color and flower.
Lilith: So deliberately in-your-face contrary, and doesn't even have a pleasant sound to back it up.
Lillian: More spine than Lily, but that's not saying very much.
Lucelia: Smushing together the irritating Lucy and the spineless Cecilia and adding up to ... nothing.
Lucy: Another doggie favorite.
Mabel: Mabel Mabel set the table. Seems deliberately ugly.
Magdalena: Only if you're a nun and this is your chosen nun name.
Margery: Silly-looking spelling. Marjorie is sort of cute in a grandma way.
Marguerite: This is beautiful, so delicate and yet so proud. Margaret wears clodhoppers and knocks over the furniture.
Marie-Claire: Really dislike Claire and even Marie can't fix it. Plus this is a magazine.
Marigold: Another cow name.
Marina: Very summery and classy.
Marissa: I've always liked this one.
Mary: I'm sorry, did someone say something? What was your name again?
Meadow: If it hadn't been for the Sopranos, nobody would think this was a good idea.
Michella: Even bland Michelle is better than this.
Millie: Sounds like a crazy dim-witted old lady who's always falling off ladders or getting lost in her own kitchen or falling prey to a slick-talking telephone scammer.
Naomi: Very pretty.
Noelle: Love it, especially for a mn.
Nova: A PBS science show, or a Chevy.
Nymeria: Sounds like a disease.
Olive: Hate it hate it hate it.
Olivia: This is better than Olive but it makes me think of cheap fake-silk fabric.
Opal: Cute.
Ottavia: Looks like a mistyped Octavia.
Pandora: AAnother name that always seems like the person liking it is doing so not really because they like it but more because they're trying to show how against-the-grain they can be.
Persephone: Poor persnickety Persephone.
Phoebe: Always thought Phoebe was the perfect name for the airhead on Friends.
Primrose: Belongs with Hyacinth and Marigold and Dhalia, twittering over their bridge game.
Rebecca: Love it. It's timeless but youthful like Diana.
Rochella: Has the same problem as Michella, only with the added nuisance of an s where a c should be.
Ruby: Cute but almost too cute.
Sadie: Sadie and Daisy and Bella and Lucy, so sick of these dogs.
Sapphira: A clunky mouthful.
Sarah: I keep thinking someone's telling me her name, but for the life of me I can't remember her.
Serena: This is pretty.
Shasta: It's not unattractive but the only one I knew was a dog. I think there's also a line of sodas called this.
Shayna: Assuming it's Shane-a, I like it.
Sophie: Soapy Sophie on the sofa. Sick of it.
Stella: Very pretty.
Summer: Sounds just like what it describes, and I like that.
Susannah: Too antique. I do like Suzanne.
Sylvie: Sylvia feels more put-together and less weak.
Tabitha: I never actually met a cat named this but it sounds like a cat name.
Tessa: Sounds like baby talk.
Vada: Sounds like a space alien.
Veronica: This is fun.
Vidia Vidia killed the radia star.
Yvaine: What a terrible thing to do to a pretty name like Yvonne.

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Steve Martin