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Yeah thats why I put "legit" in inverted commas, it's kind of complicated! Also I think a lot of "legit" names have proper meanings, based on the words or other names which they're derived from, or their meaning in another language. Braelyn doesn't have a real meaning because it's just made up from random words/sounds which people liked the sound of - in the database it just says "A recently created name, formed using the popular name suffix lyn."

This message was edited 7/19/2011, 1:58 AM

Those names were made up, but they were purposely formed using elements from other names or languages. Braelyn is just made from random sounds. It doesn't have any history or meaning which seems to make it much more "fake" than the other names you've mentioned.

This.

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I don't like Braelyn, but I wouldn't say it's not "legit". I've met kids with the name, so it's plenty legit to me.

*like*

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:)

Actually, I think Gloria existed before the 1890s. Maybe not as a mainstream English name, but as a Spanish/Italian name.

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Sorry that I'm nitpicking. But I agree with you 100 percent!