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This is a name I would probably use today except our daughter's close friend is named Alyssa. It's not what I'd call a classic, though of course its roots are. But it's not exactly a flash in the pan either. It's very much in style.
I like Allison a lot too, I think it's closer to being a classic, or at least a modern classic, than Alyssa is.
I don't like Alice, it's frumpy and brassy at the same time. The other variations belong in Merry Olde England in Ye Olden Days, I think.

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