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They start with M, end with a and have three syllables. No more confusing than, say, Marjorie and Melanie.

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I would never use Minerva. Matilda has very positive associations for me, but since they come from the best dog I ever had, that doesn't necessarily make me endorse it as a human name. If it shortens to Tilly, then it's great; my dog was known as Matty, Mat, or Mat the Mutt.