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[moshimoshi-13.livejournal.com]

I think a lot of these names have become more popular lately (the book was published in 1998), but these are the "Endangered Species" names.

Ada
Agatha
Agnes
Althea
Araminta
Augusta
Candida
Christabel
Claudia
Clementine
Cordelia
Cornelia
Cressida
Desdemona
Drusilla
Edwina
Eleonora
Elvira
*Emmeline
Ernestine
*Esmé
Eudora
Eulalia
Evangeline
Genevieve
Guinevere
*Harriet
Henrietta
Isidora
Jacinda
Josepha
Lucretia
Myrtle
Octavia
Pearl
Philomena
Rowena
Sidony
Thalia
Theodora
Theodosia
Ursula
Viola
Wilhelmina
Zenobia
Zuleika

Absalom
Archibald
Artemas
Aubrey
Augustine
Balthazar
Barnabas
Batholomew
Benedict
Caspar
Cecil
Cedric
Clement
Clive
Conrad
Cyril
Cyrus
Digby
Ebenezer
Elmo
Erasmus
Eustace
Evander
*Ezekiel
Ferdinand
Giles
Gustav
Hector
Hiram
Horatio
Humphrey
(call me) Ishmael
Jarvis
Leander
Lemuel
Leopold
Linus
Llewelyn
Lucius
Nicodemus
Obadiah
Percival
Percy
Peregrine
Philo
*Phineas
Quincy
Roderick
Rollo
Roscoe
Rupert
Septimus
*Silas
Thaddeus
Titus
Ulysses
Uriah
Virgil
Waldo

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[sandtree.livejournal.com]

Ada
Eleonora
Emmeline
Esmé
Evangeline
Genevieve
Octavia
Thalia
Theodora

Cedric
Cyrus
Erasmus
Evander
Leander
Ulysses

[sharon20lostie.livejournal.com]

Evangeline has become a bit more well known because of the actress.

[charlotteattack.livejournal.com]

And the movie "Nanny Mcphee"

[orbg.livejournal.com]

Ha, Erasmus and Phineas are on my list for my boy.

[tryyingtoevolve.livejournal.com]

Ada
Esmé
Genevieve
Harriet
Lucretia
Thalia
Viola

Cecil
Cedric
Cyril
Cyrus
Ezekiel
Linus
Lucius
Phineas
Silas
Thaddeus

[satunian.livejournal.com]

Ada
Agatha
Claudia
Cordelia
Cornelia
Cressida
Desdemona
Pearl
Sidony
Thalia
Viola

Don't like any of the boys' names...

[daydream11.livejournal.com]

I like a fair amount of these!

Ada
Clementine
Cordelia
Cornelia
Eleonora
Elvira
Emmeline
Esmé
Evangeline
Genevieve
Guinevere
Isidora (spelled Isadora)
Thalia
Theodora
Viola

Artemas
Aubrey
Batholomew
Cecil
Conrad
Cyrus
Ezekiel
Ishmael
Quincy
Silas
Thaddeus
Ulysses

[so-there.livejournal.com]

heh, I know people named Philomena (8 years old now), Ursula (27), and Viola (31).

from the boy list, I know a Conrad (probably in his 50's) and a Linus (3 years old, and my son!)

[wolf-shadow.livejournal.com]

Ada - as a nickname
[Claudia] My sister (German pronunciation)
Eleonora
Elvira
Emmeline
Eudora
Evangeline
Genevieve
Isidora
Philomena
Thalia
Theodora
Theodosia

Benedict
Caspar
Conrad
Cyril
Ferdinand
Giles
Leander
Lemuel
Lucius
Rupert

[butterflyishida.livejournal.com]

Althea
Cordelia
Genevieve
Guinevere
Isidora
Jacinda
Thalia

Aubrey
Peregrine
Thaddeus

I freakin -love- Thalia. And I'm forever trying to get my sister-in-law to name their next baby Horatio. That may just be a CSI Miami gag though...

[ouronlylight.livejournal.com]

I like —

Augusta
Cordelia
Cressida
Desdemona
Drusilla
Eleonora
Emmeline
Esmé
Evangeline
Genevieve
Rowena
Viola

Cedric
Leander
Leopold
Linus
Phineas
Roderick


I especially love Cordelia, Drusilla, Esmé, and Roderick.

[subluxate]

I love, love, love Ezekiel.

[arbus.livejournal.com]

i really like:

clementine
emmeline
esme
genevieve
thalia

cyrus
gustav (was my great grandfathers name)
phineas
silas

[rowan-belle.livejournal.com]

Clementine
Esmé
Evangeline
Genevieve
Guinevere
Isidora
Octavia
Wilhelmina

Archibald
Cedric
Giles
Jarvis
Phineas
Quincy
Roderick
Silas

I think because a lot of these names are unique I have strong associations with some. Desdemona from Hamlet, Horatio from CSI Miami, Drusilla/Cordelia from Buffy, etc.

[chocklit-frog.livejournal.com]

Ursula, Jacinta, Evander and Nicodemus are top on my list! :) And there are many more that I really like, these are great!

[freezemyazaleas.livejournal.com]

I like:
Claudia
Drusilla (because of the nickname Dru/Drew)
Rowena

Linus
Silas

[murderprotocol.livejournal.com]

I love Octavia, Thalia, Llewelyn (with a double L) and Rupert.

[spikes-sexkitty.livejournal.com]

i like alot of those names... but here's the ones i'd use:

Girls

Ada
Althea
Christabel
Claudia
Cordelia (nn either ‘Cordy’ or ‘Delia’)
Drusilla
Emmeline
Esmé
Evangeline
Genevieve
Guinevere
Isidora
Rowena
Theodosia (and I’d nn her ‘Daisy’)
Viola

Boys

Cecil
Clive
Conrad
Cyrus
Erasmus
Evander (nn ‘Van’)
Ezequiel (nn ‘Zeke’)
Ishmael
Lemuel
Linus
Lucius
Nicodemus (nn ‘Nico’)
Phineas (nn ‘Phil’)
Quincy
Roderick
Silas (nn ‘Sy’)
Thaddeus
Virgil

I like...

[duckduckcaboose.livejournal.com]

Cordelia
Desdemona (guilty pleasure, I love Shakespeare)
Emmeline
Esmé
Evangeline
Guinevere

Roderick

[soulsplinter8.livejournal.com]

Guinevere, Rowena, and Viola are in my top 5. :o)

I've always liked Hector and Linus, but I think I'd be too afraid of my children being teased to actually use them.

[skittles22088.livejournal.com]

I like:
Ada
Christabel
Cordelia
Edwina
Emmeline
Evangeline
Genevieve
Guinevere
Rowena
Thalia

Cyrus
Leopold
Lucius
Quincy
Roscoe