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Definitely makes me think of makeup and candy. River Samuel is my favorite. I think a lot of the boys go by their middle names - like Taylor and Isaac are actually their middle names. I know Claude goes by Indiana Andy I think Jordan is called Ezra.

Aw, I like their kids' names! They're a little off the beaten path, without being completely stupid. I like that.

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Maybellene is adorable, and all I can do is sing the song by Chuck Berry.

Almond Joy

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It's a candy bar.
edit: Just saw someone mentioned it below!

This message was edited 12/18/2020, 3:43 PM

Alma Joy - the new eyeshadow color from Maybelline New York...

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I wonder what color that would be? lol

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Anyway, that's what I think when I hear Maybellene Almond- I mean, Alma Joy (I had to pause to make sure I spelled her fn right). The only decent ones are Penelope Anne, River Samuel, and Wilhelmina Jane; the others either don't flow well or aren't my style.

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The sibset as a whole is a disaster - very mismatched.

Damn, their oldest is 18? I feel old.

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Their kids names are all over the place.

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Maybellene looks weird, and reminds me of the makeup brand. Not a fan.

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I like Penelope Anne, Wilhelmina Jane and River Samuel.

Maybellene Alma Joy is mismatched and tasteless. Alma and Joy are dowdy and dated while Maybellene is a tryndee atrocity. Plus, the makeup company doesn’t make it any better.

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As for the other names, River Samuel is probably my favorite. Penelope Anne isn’t bad. Wilhelmina "Willa" Jane is alright; a bit frumpy.
Jordan Ezra isn’t my type. Claude Indiana Emmanuel doesn’t really flow that well, and I’ve never really like Indiana. Viggo Moriah is just bad.

I almost read that as Almond joy, but whatever.

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I’m also pretty sure Maybelline is a makeup brand or something, but eh.

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Anyhow, the name isn’t bad. A bit of a mouthful, but not the worse I ever heard.

I like Viggo, although I prefer Vigo, but Moriah seems like a girl's name. Is there 12 year old a boy or girl?
I also like Ezra and Wilhelmina. Penelope is cute, and Samuel is a solid choice. River and Claude do not sound like siblings.

Damn they have a lot of kids. Is Viggo Moriah a girl or a boy? I always thought Viggo was a boy's name. I like Maybelline, but Almond Joy? No.

Maybelline Almond Joy?

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That is seriously what I thought the name was when I first read it. I had to do a double-take.

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Sorry, I can't say I like the name at all.

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I'm assuming Jordan Ezra is a boy. In that case, I like their eldest kid's name. (Not as enthused if it's a girl.) I also like Penelope Anne and Wilhelmina Jane (that one's my favorite).

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River Samuel is okay.

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I am confused about the genders of Viggo Moriah and Claude Indiana Emmanuel. I don't think I like either combo for a boy or girl, to be honest.

Pretty bad, because of Maybelline, the make-up brand, which is really really popular. Have they never heard of it? Just May would have been so much better. Alma and Joy are okay, but Alma looks homely next to the first name, it's like Chanel Wilma or something.

Maybelline, like the song...

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That's what I thought of first. The cosmetic brand second. But I'd have liked Maybelle a bit more, I think. I sort of like Claude, actually. Some of these are quite odd. All I know is this makes me feel old.

This message was edited 12/18/2020, 8:50 AM

Alma is OK, Joy is lovely, and Maybellene is perilously close to the eye makeup.

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For the rest, I think Penelope Anne is classically beautiful, and a pleasant surprise. Jordan Ezra is pretty standard, River Samuel is bandwagon celeb, Viggo Moriah is bizarre, Willa is better than Wilma and Jane is fine, and Claude Indiana Emmanuel is, to say the very least, original. Not that Indiana is original, but it tends not to appear as a mn, and especially not as a mn sandwiched between the genuinely unusual Claude and the evangelical-trendy Emmanuel.

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Overall assessment: Can do better.

This message was edited 12/18/2020, 4:28 AM

I haven't liked their choices since Viggo. *sigh*