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I like:

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Aida
Ariadne
Artemis
Athena

My favourite from each letter are -
Ariadne, Boadicea, Calypso, Desdemona, Europa, Filomena, Genoveva

I love the heritage of all the names you reference; and how easily Amaryllis & Briseis would easily work for males as well - and even Gwendolen even if the name is so commonly attributed to females.

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Amaryllis
Briseis
Gwendolen

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The place yaf a thousand savours swote,
And Bachus, god of wyn, sat hir besyde,
And Ceres next, that doth of hunger bote;
And, as seide, amiddes lay Cipryde,
To whom on knees two yonge folkes cryde
To ben hir help; but thus I leet hir lye,
And ferther in the temple I gan espye

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That, in dispyte of Diane the chaste,
Ful many a bowe y-broke heng on the wal
Of maydens, suche as gunne hir tymes waste
In hir servyse; and peynted over al
Of many a story, of which I touche shal
A fewe, as of Calixte and Athalaunte,
And many a mayde, of which the name I wante;

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Semyramus, Candace, and Ercules,
Biblis, Dido, Thisbe, and Piramus,
Tristram, Isoude, Paris, and Achilles,
Eleyne, Cleopatre, and Troilus,
Silla, and eek the moder of Romulus --
Alle these were peynted on that other syde,
And al hir love, and in what plyte they dyde.

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I like

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Adina
Aglaia
Althea
Amalthea
Amata
Amine
Astraea
Atala
Aurora
Carna
Egeria
Eunomia
Feronia
Filomena
Florine
Gaia

I like

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Aida
Aine
Alfreda
Althea
Amalthea
Ariadne
Artemis
Astarte
Astraea
Athena
Aud - prefer Aude
Aurora
Berenice
Briseis
Calliope
Cassiopeia
Circe
Eos
Gaia
Galatea
Genoveva
Gwendolen

I like:
Abra
Adina
Aine
Alcyone
Astraea
Azucena
Calliope
Calypso
Gaia
Galatea

Apollonia was the name of my great great grandmother. I'd love to use it, but 1) I'm not having any more daughters, and 2) DH doesn't like it. Apple or Pony are adorable nicknames for it though. :)

I like:

Aglaia
Aida
Aphrodite -prefer Afrodita
Amaryllis
Anemone
Antigone -prefer Antigona
Ariadne
Athena
Aurora
Azucena
Bathsheba
Callisto
Calypso
Carmen
Cassiopeia
Eurydike -prefer Euridika

Arethusa is a favorite of mine.

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I also like Alcyone, Althea, Andromeda, Ariadne, Atalanta, Aud, Bathsheba, Cassiopeia, Cybele, Deianeira, Demeter, Erato, Galatea, Genoveva, and Gwendolen.

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I think Antigone, Desdemona, and Godiva sound/look cool as well, but I associate them really closely with characters.

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Anemone could be a fun flower name except it sounds like "an enemy".

This message was edited 10/1/2015, 2:45 PM

I like:
Acantha
Alfreda
Aphrodite
Althea
Amalthea
Amarantha
Amaryllis
Ambrosia
Andromeda
Apollonia
Ariadne
Artemis
Astroflammante
Athena
Blanchefleur
Coppelia
Eos
Europa
Eurydike
Fiammetta
Filomena
Gaia
Genoveva