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It's interesting, I guess. I always wonder if the place has any special meaning to the parents, and if it's appropriate, I'll ask them. Never met anyone who said 'yes', though, they all just liked the sound of the names they chose. It's not something I would ever do, because it would make me feel like I half-assed the naming process. I often just like the way names sound, but if I were actually naming a child, I would want to put more into it than that. IDK.

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I suspect Ireland is probably used by a lot of Americans who think they're like, 95% Irish, or something. Holland is kind of nice. I like it much better than Ireland. Scotland just sounds stupid. I don't like spelling variations like Irelynn or Hollyn, though I guess you could make the argument that they are better, since they're just going with the sounds they like and don't use the actual place name. Okay, I change my mind, they're fine. :P

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A couple of place names I really like are Berlin and Vienna. Verona is kind of cool, too. Milan works, but it sounds kind of snotty. I've heard of people named London, of course, but I don't like it.

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Hmm. Your ideas are intriguing to me and I wish to subscribe to your newsletter.