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My sister and I were watching Top/Chef, and it dawned on me that they have some interesting names.

Season 7:
Tracey (f)
Timothy (m)
Tiffany (f)
Tamesha (f)
Stephen (m)
Lynne (f)
Kevin (m)
Kelly (f)
Kenny (m)
John (m)
Jacqueline (f)
Ed (m)
Arnold (m)
Angelo (m)
Andrea (f)
Amanda (f)
Alex (m)
Eric (m)
Tom (m)
Padma (f)
Gail (f)


Ron (m)
Robin (f)
Preeti (m)
Michael (m)
Mattin (m)
Laurine (f)
Kevin (f)
Jesse (f)
Jennifer (f)
Hector (m)
Eve (f)
Eli(f)
Bryan (m)
Ashley (f)
Ash (m)
Toby (m)
Leah (f)
Melissa (f)
Patrick (m)
Radhika (f)
Richard (m)
Stefan (m)
Lauren (f)
Jill (f)
Ariane (f)
Carla (f)
Danny (m)
Fabio (m)
Gene (m)
Hosea (m)
Jamie (f)
Jeff (m)
Alex (m)
Zoi (f)
Ted (m)
Valerie (f)
Stephanie (f)
Spike (m)
Richard (m)
Nimma (f)
Nikki (f)
Mark (m)
Manuel (m)
Lisa (f)
Erik (m)
Dale (m)
Antonia (f)
Andrew (m)
Hung (m)
Casey (f)
Brian (m)
Sara (f)
Clay (m)
Chris (m)
Howie (m)
Tre (m)
Joey (m)
Lia (f)
Camille (f)
Micah (f)
Sandee (f)
Josie (f)
Ilan (m)
Frank (m)
Emily (f)
Elia (f)
Cliff (m)
Carlos (m)
Betty (f)
Suyai (f)
Sam (m)
Otto (m)
Mia (f)
Marisa (f)
Marcel (m)
Lee Anne (f)
Cynthia (f)
Miguel (m)
Dave (m)
Tiffani (f)
Candice (f)
Harold (m)
Katie Lee (f)


Also, this may seem a silly question, but I'm fairly certain I've heard it pronounced both ways. "Leah" do you pronounce it "Lee" or "Lee-uh"?

Thirdly, how do you feel about "ie" nicknames on older people? For example: Stevie, Joey, Danny, Emmy, etc.?