Asa - an ace in a pack of cards
Callum - call 'em
Clinton -
BillDexter - singer from the Offspring
Declan -
IrelandEbenezer - Scrooge
Eben (EH-ben, not EE-ben) - Dyslexic spelling of
Eden!
Ezra - Bible
Isaac - ditto
Josiah - ditto
Jonah - whale
Judah - Bible
Leo - lion
Leroy - song by
Eve 6
Liam -
GallagherLinton -
Clinton spelt wrong
Lindall - no associations
Malcolm - in the middle
Malachi - Bible
Owen - Wales
Oren - no associations
Ray - sunshine
Raymond - The Outsider by Camus
Reece - fleece
Riley - life of
Stuart -
Stuart Little
Vannie - vans
Vaughan - cricketer
Vincent - a horrible boy I knew at school
Wallace - and gromit
Walter -
Walt Disney
Westley - surname
Girls:
Adah - Hebrew
Annis -
Anais Nin
Bernice -
Joey's sister on Friends
Belrose - Melrose Place
Corasande - coral, sand
Coralie - coral
Emmaline - prairies (from a book I read when I was a kid, can't remember the name)
Felicity - luck
Iris - eyes
Jessamyn - ballet (again, from a book I read)
Jeanne - Essex
Jeanna - ditto
Kayla - the annoying black girl on Teachers
Keturah - no associations
Laurel - resting on
Lindel - lindt chocolates
Lydian -
Lydia spelt wrong
Margaret - my grandma
Miriam - a housewife
Moriah - no associations
Mahalia - Hawaii
Inez - Spain
Ophelia - Shakespeare
Priscilla -
Priscilla Scales
Selah - Psalms
Sapphira - sapphires
Tova - my friend
Fiona Tovey
Victoria - queen
Vivienne - no associations
Vania - vain
Wallis - the shop
S xx
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The truth is, I have met the right person, only he's not in love with me, and until I stop loving him no-one else stands a chance
(Four Weddings and a Funeral)