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I'm not particularly fond of most names ending in -ette or -etta, and Henrietta is no exception--so very frilly. I like Henrika better; it's clean and crisp and angular in a take-no-prisoners sort of way. Harriet is a name I genuinely love. It's crisp as well, but less jagged than Henrika; it's got some softness without losing its edge. (Why am I thinking so texturally today?) I'll admit I first started liking it after I'd read Dorothy Sayers's mystery novels with Harriet Vane--the character's so interesting that her name began growing on me, too.