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GIRLS
This is my daughter, Joanna.
You say: Hey Joanna!
You think: I like Johanna better.

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This is my daughter, Nora.
You say: Nice to meet you, Nora.
You think: I hope it's short for Eleanora or something.

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This is my daughter, Lena.
You say: Hi there!
You think: I never know how to pronounce Lena (is it LEE-nuh or LAY-nuh or LEH-nuh)

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This is my daughter, Amelia.
You say: Hi Amelia!
You think: It's a nice name, but Amelia Bedelia springs to mind.

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This is my daughter, Gemma.
You say: Hi Gemma!
You think: I dislike this name.

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This is my daughter, Genevieve.
You say: Hi Genevieve! You have a beautiful name.
You think: ... that is slowly creeping up on my list and is currently the middle name in my favorite combo.

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Boys
This is my son, Jacob.
You say: Hi Jacob! Do you prefer Jake?
You think: I. Hate. This. Name. (for personal reasons, of course *cough*Team Edward FTW*cough*

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This is my son, Benjamin.
You say: Hey Benjamin!
You think: Oooo. Benjamin is one of my favorites!

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This is my son, Jasper.
You say: Hi Jasper!
You think: This is my second favorite boys name! How nice to see it used!

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This is my son, Joel.
You say: Hey Joel!
You think: Ew. I hate it.

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This is my son, Jesse.
You say: Hi Jesse.
You think: Bleh. It reeks of 90s to me.

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This is my son, Baron.
You say: Hi Baron.
You think: Interesting... I don't like it.

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This is my son, Cullen.
You say: Nice to meet you, Cullen!
You think: OMG OMG OMG OMG! CULLEN! OMG OMG OMG OMG!

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This is my son, Collin.
You say: Hey Collin
You think: Hm. This person seems to have a good amount of Twilight named kids (Jacob, Benjamin, Jasper, Cullen, Collin). Maybe she's a fan!

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This is my son, Ezra.
You say: Hey Ezra.
You think: THis name has been growing on me. I like it.

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This is my son, Elias.
You say: Hey Elias.
You think: Meh, not a bad name. Not to my taste either.