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Another couple lists from my trusty name book! :P

Most of these names that I actually do like are guilty pleasures that I would never bestow upon a child, but it's fun to pretend! ^_^

Achilles
Ajax
Amadeus
*Antigone
Aphrodite
Aristotle
Atlas
Bliss
Caesar
*Cassandra -  actually, I could use this one, but I don't like it enough for that. But what I mean is that I wouldn't think twice about a kid named Cassandra as opposed to some of the other names on this list!
Chastity
Cleopatra
*Dante
Desirée
Fidel
Glory
Goliath
Hamlet
Hercules
Jesus
*Jezebel
Lafayette
Lancelot
Lazarus
Lothario
*Lucretia - sorta... it kind of reminds me of excrete, which is not cool!
Maximilian
Merlin
Muhammed
Napoleon
Obedience - heh, anyone who names their kid this deserves it when the kids disobeys them, sorry!
Octavius
Odysseus
Ophelia
Orestes
Plato
Radcliffe
Rambo
Rembrandt
*Rhett
Romeo
Salome
Starr
Storm
Temperance
Tempest
Venus
Washington
Wellington
Zoltan

And, at the other end of the spectrum:

Some of these names as given names? Really? Oh boy.

Babe
Bambi
Barbi(e)
Biff
Birdy
Bitsy
Brandi/Brandy
Bubbles
Buck
Bud
Bunny
Candy
Cherry - I had a great-aunt Cherry! :)
Chip
*Cindy - and an aunt Cindy! lol, but her full name is Cynthia. I wouldn't use it, but I kind of like it (as a nn)
Dee
Dody
Dolly
Dom
Duke
Dusty
Fawn
Flip
Goldie
Gypsy
Hy
Ike
Junior
Kit
Les
Lucky
Midge
Mimi
Mindy
Missie
Muffin
Muffy
Pepper
Pip
Poppy
*Ricky - aww, this is the name of an adorable little boy I used to babysit!
Rip
Shep
Sherry
Sissy
Skip
Sonny
Sunny
Tab
Tad
Taffy
Tawny
Tippi
Tish
Zero - Gee, I wonder why this is on the list... lol.

 
ETA: Speaking of names not to be able to live up to, one of my roommates' co-workers is named Serene. From what I've heard, while she's a nice person, she's also very angry and irritable a lot. Hehe, makes me laugh.