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My Top 10 changed a lot this past month - to the extent that my long time #1 names were actually dethroned:

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Adam Raphael
Wesley Sebastian
Nicholas Rowan
Finn Gabriel
Donovan Leo
Malcolm Elliott
Dominic Edwin
Theodore Bennett
Ezra Nathaniel
Julian Francis
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Zinnia Florence
Sabrina Lily
Miranda Violet
Felicity Charlotte
Juliet Aurelia
Andromeda Sylvie
India Seraphine
Ursula Margot
Ella Josephine
Persephone Rose

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In the past, India has felt like a colonialist, tone-deaf name to use (especially since I'm White). I asked a poll question regarding this, and didn't get a huge turnout... but basically 80% of self-reported Indians & South Asians on this site didn't find India as a personal name offensive at all. I wondered if I had perhaps been prescribing a reaction for Indian people to the name, without actually listening to them.

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Adam & Zinnia usurped the #1 spots from Nicholas & Sabrina, respectively. Also, this is the first time Ezra has been in my Top 10, ever. Same with Andromeda. They sort of... sneaked up on me. Theodore, Ezra, Zinnia, Andromeda, India, Ella, and Persephone replaced Bennett (now a middle), Luke, Charlotte (now a middle again), Amalia, Alexandra, Eleanor, Viola, and Magdalena. Still not 100% sure this is the "master list."

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I did not participate in July 2011's thread, so there is no comparison to make this month. :-(

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