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For the "that's new" category: Braelyn is the name of one of my younger cousins (second cousin, technically). Going by the charts, her parents might've been ahead of the curve by a couple years. As far as I know, that's the usual spelling, so this Braelynn probably just needs to specify "with two Ns." I remember all the family being polite when the name was announced, but later my grandma was like, "Isn't that what blind people use to read? Braille?" It's a very "third millennium sporty white people" name (see Paisley, Tenley, Makenna, Paxton, all the -ayden names that aren't Aidan/Aiden, etc.), but it's honestly pretty normal today.

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I'm very surprised--in a positive way--to see Imogen and Sloane show up in the same group. Sloane is somewhat of a GP of mine because I feel like everyone around me hates it; and Imogen is super British English, so I'm certain she's the only one in her class.

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Some other cool ones are Zuriana, Evaine, and Mariela. I could see the last one's family being Italian but still preferring the one L spelling.

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Mary Catherine's family is devout Irish Catholic, there's no way she isn't. I'd be willing to put money on it. :-P

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I think the worst one on this list is Poeatri. If you're going to name your kid an English word (Poetry), please do them the courtesy of not misspelling it to a ludicrous degree. That just causes your kid unnecessary headaches.

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This message was edited 12/7/2024, 5:06 PM