I haven't done the list thing in so long!

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Remember that book I used to post lists from? Well, I just dredged it up. I can't remember all the lists that I have done, BUT I know for a fact that I didn't post this one:

Basically, it's for people who want a name that is unique, but were considering names that were sort of popular. They list alternatives that are supposedly related to the other in some way (letters in common, sound similar, etc.)

Girls:

Instead of...	Consider
*Alexandra	Arabella
Allison	Alice
*Alyssa	Eliza
*Amanda	*Miranda
Amber	Ruby (...lol)
Ashley	Avery
Caitlin	Bronwen (is not seeing the similarity ... sound, I guess)
Courtney	Sydney
*Dana	Dinah
Danielle	*Lucienne/*Diantha
*Emily	*Emilia/*Emeline
*Erin	Devon/Esme
Haley	Hazel
*Jennifer	Genevieve
Jessica	*Jessa/Jessamine
Jessie	*Josie
*Jordan	Georgia
Kelly	Quinn
Kimberly	Kirby
*Kristin	Ingrid/Viveka
Lauren	*Laurel
Lindsay	Lacey
Lisa	Louisa
Megan	Regan/Margaret
*Melissa	Priscilla/Larissa
*Molly	Polly/Daisy
Nicole	Nicola
*Rachel	Tamar
*Samantha	*Susannah
*Shannon	Shea
Tara	*Nora (with an H)
Tiffany	*Tessa
Tracy	Grace/*Gracie (as a nn)
Vanessa	*Violet/*Cassandra

Now, for the boys:

Instead of..	Consider
Aaron	Abner/Abel
Adam	Asa
*Alex	Alec/Axel
Brandon	*Bram
Brian	*Brennan/Byron
Cameron	Clement
*Casey	Clancy/Casper
Christopher	Christian
*Cody (For some reason, I love this .. on girls. lol)	Brody
Dylan	Dexter
*Eric	Emmett
Jacob	Caleb
*Jake	Abe
Jason	Jasper
Jeremy	*Jeremiah/Jarvis
Jonathan	John/*Jonas
*Jordan	George
*Joshua	Josiah
Justin	Julian
Kevin	Calvin
*Luke	Levi
*Matthew	Matthias
*Max	Harry (...whut?)
Nicholas	Thaddeus
*Ryan	Riley
*Sam	Gus/Simm
*Samuel	Samson/Lemuel
Sean	Shaw/Fergus
*Zachary	*Zachariah
*Zack	*Zeke

Which names do ya'll like?