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[an1840sgirl.livejournal.com]

EDIT, I fixed the list up some...i'd love thoughts and opinions.

Andrew Brian
Benedict (Shakespeare)
David James
Glenn Arthur
Lysander (Shakespeare)
Michael Laurent
Oliver Glenn
Russell Owen
William Oliver

And I also need help with a few girls

Amy Lenore(a?)
Christina
Devorah (yes, I mean V)
Eleanor
Juliet
Mary
Rose Marie
Zora

Comments

[ewaeva.livejournal.com]

I pretty much like all your boys' names. Lysander is really nice but it definitely sounds like a name that a mom picked out... you know? I don't think I'd like to be a 17-year old hockey player or a 35-year old carpenter named Lysander. It's a bit frilly :)
And Glenn sounds like an old man name to me.
Ditto on what someone said about Benedict not being from Shakespeare. It's a very old Latin name that means blessed. (benedictus) I like it - you could use the nn Ben, but it wouldn't be Benjamin like all the other Bens out there.

Girls': Amy Lenore is nice, but I like Lenore better than Amy - it's less common and plain, so I'd prefer that as a middle name. Not so sure how Lenore Amy sounds, though. Lenore Amelia?

Christina: Argh. Every other girl in middle school is named that around here. However, almost nobody is named Christine. That's better, I think.

I like Devorah but everyone will either think it's Deborah, or assume she is Jewish. The nickname will probably still be Debbie, too, which I don't like.

Eleanor: not a fan myself, but it's all right. I think this one's on its way up.

Juliet: Too obviously Shakespearan to me - pretentious.

Mary: Yay. A super plain name that no-one has anymore, like Jane. I think it's great.

Rose Marie: Meh. Rosemary, if you want to go that route.

Zora: I don't like this very much at all.