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This is my son JAMES
You say: hi james
You think: beautiful classic name..love it!

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This is my son JASPER
You say: hey jasper
You think: cool name, hope it doesn't get too popular, he'll be artsy

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This is my son RYSHAD
You say: hi ryshad
You think: ry is a nice nn, sounds a little made up and makes me think of phylicia rashad (who i love, but who is a woman)

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This is my son TRISTAN
You say: hi tristan
You think: love love love it

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This is my son LANCE
You say: hi lance
You think: ugh, too romance novel

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This is my son IAGO
You say: hi
You think: evil shakespearean character, he'll never live it down. also disney character. reminds me of igor

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This is my son EDWARD
You say: hi edward
You think: kinda stuffy and old-manish

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This is my daughter CERIDWEN
You say: hi ceridwen
You think: that was a mouthful, hope i pronounced it right. sounds a bit like a man's name

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This is my daughter EIRLYS
You say: hi erilys
You think: what a beautiful welsh name, cute and should age well. hope people don't butcher the spelling!

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This is my daughter CALLIOPE
You say: hi
You think: like calli(e) as a nn, but sounds like a constellation and has pee in it :(

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This is my daughter ESYLLT
You say: could you repeat that please?
You think: like yseult/iseult better, and either way it's mabye a bit too obscure/archaic

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This is my daughter FELINA
You say: hi felina
You think: reminds me of filly...sounds like a horse

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This is my daughter GWENAËLLE
You say: interesting name
You think: what a burden! sounds made up and unattractive to me

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This is my daughter HEFINA
You say: hi
You think: oh dear. heiffer meets hugh heffner...i bet she and felina are sisters

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This is my daughter IZAR
You say: wow
You think: izod clothes, b/c of the spelling. and strange sounding but nice meaning

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This is my daughter NERISSA
You say: hi nerissa
You think: sounds like a prissy evil child (sorry!)

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This is my daughter VIVIANA
You say: hi viviana
You think: that's pretty-ish...softens vivienne a little, not sure if i love it, though

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This is my daughter SEREN
You say: hi!
You think: love love love it

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This is my daughter RÓISÍN
You say: hi to you too!
You think: ditto love love

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This is my daughter BRIALLEN
You say: hi to you
You think: sounds kind of mannish, like brian and allen, maybe brielle/brienne would be better or at least briellen

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This is my daughter AMARYLLIS
You say: that's a pretty flower to be named for
You think: it's a flower. and hard for a kid to spell. and sounds like a grandma.