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What do you think of these names and would you like to see them being used or use them yourself?

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I’d like to hear any opinions positive or negative! ;)

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The names of my great-great grandparents were:
Charles Gédéon and Osithe Adélaïde
(for some reason she was called Odette)

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Their children were:
1. Marie Fébronie Philomene Satine (was called Phebe)
2. Joseph Hormisdas Valentin
3. Marie Lea Ghysaline
4. Marie Edwige Ursule
5. Marie Zénaïde Zite Genevieve (was called Jennie)
6. Joseph Eugene Jacques Charles Gédéon (was called Jim)
7. Marie Henriette Osithe (was called Haddie)
8. Joseph Pierre François
9. Joseph Adelard

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Just some background-- French families, and more commonly those in Quebec, would give almost every female child the honorific first name of Marie for the Virgin Mary and the males Joseph. Children were usually called by their second name, and had several middle names.

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The names I can honestly say I like are Marie, of course, Lea, Genevieve, Joseph, Charles and Henriette. However, the names Ursule and Osithe (or Odette) are growing on me.

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I've noticed some of these names aren't in the database and I'm thinking about submitting them.