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Female:
1. This is my daughter, Mariska Magdalena
You say: Nice to meet you, Mariska.
You think: Beginning and ending with the same sounds, a double whammy.

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2. This is my daughter, Juliska Sariah.
You say: Hi Juliska!
You think: Juliska is very pretty, I like it a lot. I despise Sariah as I despise all forms of Sarah, but it's the mn so don't really care.

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3. This is my daughter, Ivanka Yekaterina.
You say: Hello, Ivanka.
You think: I get that it's the Russian form, but when I see Yekatarina, I think, "Come, all ye Katerina..."

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4. This is my daughter, Adellia Charisma.
You say: Hello, Adellia.
You think: Charisma? Virtue names have officially gone too far.

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5. This is my daughter, Kasia Liliana.
You say: Nice to meet you, Kasia.
You think: Is she the Kasia of Germany? *rereads* Oh, right, that's not how it's pronounced. Still, though, cash-a? Hopefully that's not a virtue name...

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6. This is my daughter, Elisabet Svetlana.
You say: Hey, Elisabet.
You think: What a pretty name.

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7. This is my daughter, Winter Beatrise.
You say: Hey Winter.
You think: Like Beatrise quite a lot. Really, really don't like Winter (or Autumm, Spring, or Summer for that matter).

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8. This is my daughter, Pandora Alda.
You say: Hey, Pandora, how's it going?
You think: Yay! I adore the name Pandora.

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9. This is my daughter, Guinevere Svajone.
You say: Hi, Guinevere. Your name is so lovely.
You think: It is.

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10. This is my daughter, Clarice Lyric.
You say: Hello, Clarice...
You think: To each their own I guess. Clarice is okay but I really dislike Lyric.

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Male:
1. This is my son, Malachi Dathan.
You say: Hi, Malachi. How did you say you pronounced that again?
You think: Hard to say without stressing the second sylable for some reason, unless it sounds almost like "malarkey", which I'm pretty sure it shouldn't. Dathan looks like a trehndeigh Nathan, though it isn't...

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2. This is my son, Dathan Kale.
You say: Hi, Dathan.
You think: NMS at all. I know both names are legit and unrelated, but he looks like a trehndeigh Nathan Cale.

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3. This is my son, Maksim Dacre.
You say: Hello, Maksim!
You think: Maksim is adorable. I can't figure out Dacre. Should it be "daccer" like "attacker"? Or "dahkr" (I don't think I spelled that out phoenetically very well), as in "D'acre" like it was French (my first impulse, but I doubt it because the name isn't French)? Oh well. I love Maksim, and the first name is what's important.

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4. This is my son, Cathan Fletcher.
You say: Hey, Cathan.
You think: Not bad, I like them together.

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5. This is my son, Richard Maxwell.
You say: Hey, Richard!
You think: Prefer Maxwell.

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6. This is my son, Kaloyan Adair.
You say: Hello, Kaloyan, it's nice to meet you.
You think: Bless you.

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7. This is my son, Ewan Conley.
You say: Hi, Ewan.
You think: I really like Ewan but when combined with a middle name it sounds like "you and so-and-so", or in this case "you and Conley". Hm.

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8. This is my son, Guiseppe Adamo.
You say: Hello, Guiseppe.
You think: And why there no photographers? For Sangara no photographers. Only capitalists get photographers- not right! No fair nowhere...&c. &c. (i.e., Guiseppe Sangara.)

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9. This is my son, Sergei Makari.
You say: Hello, Sergei.
You think: When he's in school he'll probably get called Sir Gay.

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10. This is my son, Zachary Alexander.
You say: Hey, Zachary.
You think: Nice name. I like those together.