curiosity...

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 what do you consider to be a "filler name"?
answers for both boy and girl names would be appreciated.

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What about Dawn? Everyone in my high school, practically, had the middle name Dawn...either that or Elizabeth, so they are the two I think of first as fillers. But honestly, almost any one-syllable name (Anne, Beth, Dawn, Faith, Grace, Hope, Jane, Jean, Kate, Kay, Lee, Lynn, May, Rae, Rose, etc.), or two-syllable with the second one accented (Elise, Louise, Marie, Nicole, Noelle, Renee, etc.), is going to be seen as a filler name. I much prefer most of these as first names. I know an Elyse, and honestly I consider her name pretty unique, next to all the Laurens and Saras and Rachels and Jessicas I know....

Though, personally, I'd rethink my "filler" definition in the case of a more unique name (for example, to the person who posted about the name "Colleen," even though that fits the two-syllable/second one accented "rule"...I wouldn't personally consider that a filler name like Marie or Nicole). Other uncommon and therefore "non-filler" 1-2 syllable names that come to mind are...let's see, Adele, Danielle, Denise, Elaine, Gisele, Helene, Joanne, Lisette, Rochelle, Ruth, Tamar....

Personally, I prefer a completely different flow, though, just cause the rhythm "da-DA-da da-DA" --as in "Rebecca Marie" or "Brianna Nicole" or "Melissa Renee" (no offense to any with these names, of course!) or...well, you get the idea...is kinda old. I like stuff like...Sara Catherine, or Elizabeth Rachel, for example, that completely break what I've come to see as the "expected" flow.

And I have absolutely nothing to say about guys' names. :-) They're all either filler or weird, as far as I'm concerned, lol.