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I remember you once said that names with a connection to royalty are expecially attractive to you. I've noted the non-obvious royal connections, as well as special interest ones. Sorry it's so long, but I'm never sure if I'm erasing *the* name.

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Maria Ehrengarde
Maria Melusine ;-)
Maria Aurelia
Maria Eugenia / Eugenie (Empress)
Maria Octavia
Maria Egidia
Maria Aloisia / Aloysia
Maria Celeste (Galileo's daughter's name when she became a nun)
Maria Antonia / Antonina / Antonella
Maria Eudoxia / Evdokia (ev-da-KEE-a)
Maria Eulalia / Eulalie
Maria Euphemia
Maria Lucretia / Lucrezia
Maria Constanza / Constance
Maria Artemisia
Maria Demetria
Maria Theodosia
Maria Theodora
Maria Isidora
Maria Imelda
Maria Iphigenia
Maria Bartolomea
Maria Consolata
Maria Dulcinea
Maria Ariadne
Maria Evadne
Maria Eurodice
Maria Aglaia
Maria Agnesca (silent 'g')
Maria Inez
Maria Hermione
Maria Persephone
Maria Callista / Callisto (too close to Maria Callas?)
Maria Ursula / Orsola
Maria Astrid
Maria Dagmar (Empress Maria (Tsar Alex III)'s real name)
Maria Sylvia
Maria Rosamund (Henry II's mistress Rosamund Clifford)
Maria Adelaide
Maria Augusta
Maria Cornelia
Maria Astraea (click on this one)
Maria Drusilla
Maria Natalia
Maria Anastasia (too Romanov?)
Maria Roxelana (click on this one)
Maria Emanuela
Maria Iolanthe
Maria Amarante
Maria Athenais
Maria Europa
Maria Renata
Maria Evangeline
Maria Evelina
Maria Georgina
Maria Helena
Maria Eustacia
Maria Fortunata
Maria Sybil / Sybilla
Maria Philomena
Maria Septima
Maria Theophania
Maria Xanthippe (Socrates' wife)
Maria Zenobia (queen of Palmyra)

This message was edited 12/29/2005, 4:00 PM