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These are my daughters, Lily Cecelia, Arianna Jasmine, and Magdalena Violet. We call them Lily, Ari, and Maggie.

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This is my son, Avery Dylan and my daughter, Skyler Addison. We thought unisex names might discourage gender stereotyping.

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This is my son, Gabriel Joshua. My husband and I named him after our fathers. We call him Gabe.

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These are my daughters, Mia Abigail and Amy Charlotte. Their first names are both after my grandmother Amelia. Yes, they’re fraternal twins.

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These are my children, Anna Elizabeth, Jasmine Belle, and Eric Thomas. Anna helped name Jasmine and Eric. She was only five and seven when they were born, didn’t she do a good job?

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This is my son, Tyler Lennox. I think last names used as given names sound dignified, don’t you?

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This is my daughter, Elizabeth Emma. We call her Lizzy.

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These are my twins, Susanna Mariel and Samuel Matthew. I know it’s matchy, but they were the names we’d picked out for a boy and a girl, and when we had both we couldn’t resist not using them both! We call them Zanna and Sam.

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This is my daughter Calliope Athena. My husband is a professor of Greek mythology.

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