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My masculine list changed only a little bit, but my feminine list was almost overhauled completely! Now, most of my top feminine names (other than the top 2) do not end in -a, which was something that previously frustrated me (I thought it made my tastes seem "basic").

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Nicholas Bennett
Wesley Owen Rhys
Finn Gabriel
Donovan Leo
Malcolm Elliott
Nathan Alexander
Dominic Edwin
Adam Raphael
Jude Emory Thomas
Stefan Theodore
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Sabrina Lily
Miranda Juliet
Caroline Eudora
Felicity Charlotte
Adelaide Estelle
Iris Emmeline
Guinevere Elise
Maxine Alexandra
Violet Isobel
Eseld Andromeda

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Jude, Stefan, Caroline, Adelaide, Iris, Guinevere, Violet, and Eseld replaced Ezra, Mark, Alexandra (now a middle), Jane, Julia (Juliet is now a middle), Katrina, Esme, and Endellion. I swapped one Cornish name for another, and this is the first time in years that a Juli- name hasn't been in my Top 10. Feels strange without it!

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Ten years ago I'd abstained from several of the monthly lists, but in July 2012 I participated:

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Richard Brenden
Wesley Alden
Hunter Leland
Cameron Murrough
Connor Douglas
Lucas Raphael
Macsen Aldous
Dominic Ormond
Gregory Lorne
James Murdoch
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Penelope Maude
Sabrina Vivian
Calliope Isidora
Philippa Constance
Charlotte Olivia Florence
Delilah Faye Wren
Guinevere Elise
Ursula Sylvana
Anastasia Natalie
Liliana Juliet

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Oh my gosh, GUINEVERE ELISE! I knew it was an old combo I was resurrecting, but I didn't plan this, I swear! Guinevere Elise comes back after, possibly, a ten-year absence (don't remember if she was on it in the intervening years). Don't know why I spelled "Brenden" that way, and these were the days where I kept searching for middles for Cameron before settling on the common but unflappable Michael. Dominic Ormond is quite fancy, but reading it now I do still like it. I don't remember ever liking Gregory enough to stick him in my Top 10, it's too harsh for my tastes.

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And ahhhh... the days of Charlotte Olivia Florence. I remember being convinced in my 20s that if I had a daughter (haha), this would likely be her name, unless my husband absolutely hated it or something. I would eventually burn myself out on Charlotte and grow to hate it, before now liking her again as a middle for Felicity. I admit I don't remember sticking Ursula and Sylvana together in the same combo, but I rather like it.

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