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Of the "original trio," my favorite is Lauren, despite the fact that it's becoming dated / a "Mom name." It was very popular in my generation (Millennial), and I can see why: the "Laur" part is strong without having sounds that are necessarily "harsh" - no hard consonants, but the vowel sound isn't one to be missed. And the -n ending is palatable to people who like N (like me), and possibly less "basic" than yet another feminine name that ends in -a (Laura).

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Laurel is nice in print, but out loud I find I don't like saying it as much. With the L at both the beginning and the end, it kind of... slurs together? Aurora does the same thing for me.

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While I know in other cultures Lauren can be masculine, I'm sorry, I can't see it. Even the French Laurent is too similar to Lauren for me to think it's very masculine.

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One of my childhood best friends was Loren, though for years I didn't realize that was her true first name. She always went by her middle name. Her mother I always thought was Lorena (though I called her "Mrs. ____"), but recently I found out her first name was something else entirely (don't want to post it because it might become identifying). So I wonder if that's actually a tradition in her family, to go by a middle name for everyday use but keep the first name professionally.

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Lauryn is synonymous with Lauryn Hill, for me. I don't actually dislike the spelling, though I prefer Lauren, but it looks (to me) like you're naming your daughter after Lauryn Hill.

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I cannot, however, stand by Laura Daphne or Laurel Daphne as combos. The names mean the same thing. If anything, Laura & Daphne make fantastic twin names.

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