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Anoushka Stella Birdie is kinda cute?

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I’m warming up to Ophelia lately. Sylvianne is new to me; I like it better than Sylvia.

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Always liked Rafferty.

Zebedee, Clementine, and Florence sound like a sibset straight out of either a Dickens or Eliot novel... but Badger thrown in there is just too bizarre. Especially if it's his legal name.

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Ophelia Sylvianne is delightfully OTT but Fortune makes it sound New Age instead of Victorian Opera Singer.

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Wilfred Hector Valentine is also my kind of OTT, and I love Ottilia.

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Calista is gorgeous, but I can't stand Horatio, sorry. (Also... Hazard?)

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Elektra & Esmeralda would've kicked butt as sisters, but in the same combo...? I don't like the flow. I wouldn't pair Elektra with a middle that begins with a vowel, and same for Esmeralda. (Also, depending on your tastes, Dorothy either lucked out or drew the short straw in that sibset. I vote Short Straw.)

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Also, I tip my hat to parents who had the guts to use Loveday in real life.

These are so fun. I couldn't help myself and looked up full combos for some of the siblings:

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Samuel “Badger”
Clementine Bessie Catherine
Florence Liberty Opal
Zebedee Ebenezer Jay

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Merlin Charles
Lorcan Sebastian & Hector Sylvester
Ophelia Sylvianne Fortune

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River
Wylder Axel Aurelius
Atlas Michael Wolf

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Dorothy Diane
Wulfstan Wallace
Cleopatra Cordelia
Elektra Esmeralda

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Dalbiac Simon Bramley
Laszlo James Argyll
Marni Sky Lucia
Ernie

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Beatrice Mary “Bee”
Ottilie Mary
Jonathan Peter “Johnny”
Wilfred Kit Diggory

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Wilhelmina Rosamund Venetia

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Badger?!?

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Lol I can't handle it. His friends will probably just call him Baz at school.

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I've met a few Wilfred's, Ophelia's and Marni's.

I like Zebedee, Florence, Merlin, Zephy (as a nn), Rafferty, Calista, Esmeralda, Wulfstan, Cleopatra, Wylder (like Wilder more I think), River, Stella and Lucia. None of the combos sparked my interest in particular.

This is a pretty unique bunch! A lot of variety with these names.

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Don’t like Zebedee, Rafferty Moses, or Dalbiac. I guess Clementine, Florence, and Dorothy are alright, though, but not my favorites. I like Calista.

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Ophelia Sylvianne Fortune and Elektra Esmeralda are pretty creative! Marni Sky Lucia is, too. Wilhelmina, Cleopatra, and Wulfstan aren’t really my taste.

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Horatio Elisha Hazard doesn’t really sit well with me, nor does Wylder Axel Aurelius or Anoushka Stella Birdie. Don’t like Loveday or Laszlo, but Merlin and Lorcan seem alright. Hector is a little dated for my taste, and so is Myrtle. Ottilia and Ottilie certainly unique.

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Zebedee Leif and Huxley Abraham aren’t favorites, either. Clement Willoughby Francis St. George is a bit too heavy for a child to bear, in my opinion. Johnny is alright but seems a little too informal. As for the nature names, I like River and Bee but don’t like Badger.

Zebedee and Badger. Hmm - interesting. Clementine and Florence go together so well!
I like Hector - glad to see it appearing twice.
Zephy is a mystery. I was at school with a Zephne, which I can't make sense of; perhaps there's a connection here?
Rafferty Moses and Zebedee Leif could hardly be more discordant.
I like Horatio, but Elisha and Hazard could be better.
Dorothy, Wulfstan, Cleopatra and Elektra. Well, well. Hard to classify.
Stella is good; I wish it could be the fn.
Diggory is amazing: dare I say that I dig it?
One of my all-time favourites for sheer style and consistency is Clement Willoughby Francis St George. My one regret is that we don't know what Loveday's mns are, and how many there are. Fantastic, anyway.
And then there was Dalbiac, which doesn't fit into my head at all. Marni is awful, nicknamey, and that -i spelling will give her decades of tedium and trouble. But, to my surprise, Marni Sky Lucia actually flows pretty darn well.