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[Opinions] I think not.

John and Mary are biblical, they came from other areas before they ever went to America. Remember much of America was populated by the british.
Names like Carter and Gage and things seem very American to me.
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Even Carter is an English name.
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...but it's an English surname, not a first name. You'd have to look really, really hard to find a boy here called Carter, and he'd probably have at least one American parent.
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true..I didn't really think about it until I clicked the link and read its origin.Memphis
Indiana
Arizona
and the like are very american
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MemphisMemphis is a woman in Greek mythology. At least that's the english / British version of the Greek name.

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