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GIRLS
This is my daughter, Joanna.
You say: I went to school with a Joanna
You think: Give me hope Joanna, boring!

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This is my daughter, Nora.
You say: This name is ready for a comeback
You think: ... on someone else's kid. It was my great-aunt's name

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This is my daughter, Lena.
You say: very feminine
You think: and so boring!

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This is my daughter, Amelia.
You say: So pretty and classic
You think: I love all the nicknames

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This is my daughter, Gemma.
You say: I went to school with a few Gemma's
You think: And that was in the 80's, so dated

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This is my daughter, Genevieve.
You say: How lovely and feminine, and still quite unusual
You think: Too frilly for me

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Boys
This is my son, Jacob.
You say: A lovely Biblical name
You think: but far too common

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This is my son, Benjamin.
You say: This is really growing on me!
You think: As above, but far too common

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This is my son, Jasper.
You say: Very unusual!
You think: Jasper Carrott

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This is my son, Joel.
You say: That's nice
You think: but too boring

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This is my son, Jesse.
You say: I've never met a Jesse
You think: Jessie, too girlie for me

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This is my son, Baron.
You say: That's very unusual, is it a family name?
You think: Yuck, Baron who? Sounds like a name for a dog

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This is my son, Cullen.
You say: That's cool and spunky
You think: It's a pity that I have a really annoying customer with that surname

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This is my son, Collin.
You say: Interesting spelling
You think: BORING!

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This is my son, Ezra.
You say: That's an unusual Biblical choice
You think: I prefer so many others

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This is my son, Elias.
You say: What a beautiful name!
You think: Yeah, and I love the nickname Eli too. Please don't steal it!