Time for a game!

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We haven't had one of these in a while, so I figured I would start one up.

So here are the rules. Poster states a theme, next poster answers with as many names as they want fitting that theme, then states a new theme. And so on and so on. Middle names and overachievers welcome.

Example:

Poster A- Theme.
Poster B- Names.
New theme.
Poster C- Names.
New theme.

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I'll start.

Nature names. And go!

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Brooke Ivy
Aspen Skye
Fleur Gaia
Iris Laurel
Hazel Primrose
Lily Olive
River Sage
Terra Rose
Willow Eve

(I only went with names I liked.)

Celestial Names!

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Corvus Aquila
Phoebus Orion
Lyra Andromeda
Aurora Cassiopeia
Juno Vesper
Callisto Aysel
Luna Seren
Solveig Astraia

Edit: Oh, and a theme! Historical badasses (however you feel like defining that).

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Genevieve Amelia (St. Genevieve, Amelia Earhart)
Marie Catherine (Marie Curie, Catherine the Great)
Joan Boudica (Joan of Arc, self explanatory)
Elizabeth Rosa (Elizabeth I, Rosa Parks)
Artemisia Eleanor (Artemisia Gentileschi, Eleanor of Aquitane)
Isadora Jane (Isadora Duncan, Jane Austen)
Victoria Daphne (Victoria Woodhall, Daphne du Maurier)
Clara Alice (Clara Fraser, Alice Paul)

Alexander Galileo (Alexander the Great, self explanatory)
Ulysses Luther (Ulysses S. Grant, MLK Jr.)
Leonardo Sebastian (da Vinci, Bach)
Ludwig Theodore (Beethoven, Theodore Roosevelt)

Musical names

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Allegra Celeste (allegro, idiophone)
Viola Calliope (instrument, steam organ)
Calypso Grace (Trinidadian music genre, grace note)
Melody Cadence (tune, rhythm)
--
Dorian Reed (Dorian scale/mode, mouthpiece)
Octavius Lyric (octave, words)

Literary names

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Alice Tinuviel
Julia Hermione
Charlotte Andromache
Luna Guinevere
Evangeline Margaret

Edmund Sirius
Calvin Arthur
James Aragorn
Claudio Fitzwilliam


Disney/Pixar names

[wibblywobbly]

Charlie Dash
Miles Finn
Benjamin Gill
Christopher Dale
Elliot Jaq
Emmitt Gideon
Oliver Pascal
Sebastian Tod

Aurora Claire
Elinor Collette
Merida Eve
Violet Abigail
Alice Evangaline
Amelia Belle
Charlotte Darling
Willow Jane
Wendy Marian


Roman or Greek Gods/Goddesses

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I'm counting titans because I can.

Iris Diana
Juno Athena
Astraea Calliope
Clio Minerva
Persephone Nyx
Theia Demeter
Gaia Mnemosyne
Artemis Rheia
Aurora Aphrodite

Zephyros Silvanus
Apollo Janus
Atlas Vulcan
Morpheus Helios
Ares Prometheus


Multisyllabic (3+)

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Alexandra Elizabeth
Millicent Henrietta
Penelope Adelaide
Thomasina Bernadette
Alicia Theodora
Gwendolyn Bettina

Timothy Maximilian
Alexander Oliver
Christopher Abraham
Benedict Constantin
Ignatius Gregory
Valentino Innocent

Place Names

[wibblywobbly]

Sofia Charlotte
Victoria Florence
Odessa Sicily
Juno Adelaide
Aspen Nevis
Holland Avonlea

Chandler Eugene
Kingston Denver
Carson Kent
Cody Dallas
Caspian Indio


Floral names

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Chrysanthe Camellia
Rosemarie Peony
Cassia Violet
Amarantha Poppy
Marguerite Soshana
Bryony Dahlia
Daphne Marigold
Iris Magnolia
--
Basil Florian
Jacek Oliver

... I may have stretched into nature names to use some of my favourites.

Operatic names

[helenahhandbasket]

Okay I'm waiting for someone else to go because I'm not sure what Operatic is.

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Carmen
Aida
Elsa
Isolde
Juliette
Lucia
Tatyana
Marguerite
Leonora
Nedda
Marguerite

Ok, so I figured out a few first names, but I'm skipping the bonus round on middle names. Feel free to pick out some good ones or go for the next theme.

Famous Authors

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Jul 6, 2016 15:28:31 GMT -5 helenahhandbasket said:

Okay I'm waiting for someone else to go because I'm not sure what Operatic is.

Sorry! I meant like opera characters. I.e. Tristan & Isolde.
I'm obviously not very good at picking themes.

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Louisa Charlotte (Louisa Matt Alcott, Charlotte Brontë)
Jane Margaret (Jane Austen, Margaret Mitchell)
Madeleine Anne (Madeleine L'Engle, Anne Rice)
Sylvia Mary (Sylvia Olathe, Mary Shelley)
Iris Laura (Iris Murdoch, Laura Ingalls Wilder)
Willa Edith (Willa Cather, Edith Wharton)
Astrid Simone (Astrid Lindgren, Simone de Beauvoir)
Beatrix Alice (Beatrix Potter, Alice Walker)

Arthur Hugo (Arthur Conan Doyle, Victor Hugo)
Edgar John (Edgar Allan Poe, John Keats)
Isaac Anton (Isaac Asimov, Anton Chekhov)
Piers Tolkien (Piers Anthony, J.R.R. Tolkien)
Philip Douglas (Philip Pullman, Douglas Adams)
Theodore Eoin (Dr. Seuss, Eoin Colfer)
Frederick Oscar (Frederick Douglass, Oscar Wilde)
Jonathan Virgil (Jonathan Swift, Virgil)
Nathaniel Leo (Nathaniel Hawthorne, Leo Tolstoy)
Neil Byron (Neil Gaiman, Lord Byron)
William Auden (William Shakespeare, W.H. Auden)

Royal Names (not limited to Europe)

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Anastasia Mary
Marie-Louise Victoria
Beatrice Elizabeth
Maud Eleanor
Wilhelmina Margaret

Victor-Emmanuel Ferdinand
Juan-Carlos Louis
Constantin Frederick
Nicholas Haakon
Edward Gustav

Winter Names

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Nicholas Frost (St. Nick, Jack Frost)
Mary Crystal (Mother of Jesus, Ice)
Noel Snow (Noel/Christmas, Snowfall)
Jacob Rudolph (Jacob Marley, Rudolph of Santa's reindeer)
Joseph Gabriel (Father of Jesus, Archangel who told Mary she would be the mother of Christ)

New Theme: Video Game Characters

[kellybenelly83]

Holly
Noelle
Winter
Aurora



Noel
Christian


Occupational names

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Theron Vasiliy
Maël Ozan
Mirza Clark
Asa Lorimer
Theresa Bellatrix
Georgiana Scarlett
Tethys Milka

Animal names

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Lowell Hart
Leo Oisin
Philip Orson
Conall Fox
Robin Dov

Jemima Wren
Paloma Fawn
Cat Rosamund
Pippa Rachel

Next is names related to the sea/bodies of water.

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Eleri Océane
Niamh Aeronwy
Ianthe Tethys
Mira Amphitrite
Isla Angelina (there is a river named Angelina near where I grew up)

Llyr Morgan
Mortimer Caspian
Dylan Meredith
Leith Nereus

Names related to food

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Esti Pomona
Melina Amandine
Clementina Saffron
Madeleine Oliva
Benedict Dardan
Graham Caesar

Color names (broad interpretation permitted)

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Violet Cerise
Ruby Rose
Amethyst Aqua
Scarlet Clementine
Poppy Lilac
Sienna Emerald
Ginger Azure
Bianca Mauve
Hazel Olive
--
Indigo Silver
Bruno Onyx

Virtue names (please do with that what you will!)

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Hope Justice
Temperance Love
Faith Courage
Prudence Charity



Mythological names.

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Freya Andraste
Andromache Hero
Ariadne Morrigan
Persephone Nimue
Minerva Isolde
Calypso Althea
Astraea Brigid
Clio Danaë
Ianthe Demeter
Gaia Rhiannon
Nausicaa Leto
Eir Cassiopeia
Aurora Niamh
Guinevere Electra
Aoife Artemis


Beowulf Aeneas
Ajax Leander
Atlas Týr
Evander Helios
Odysseus Lir
Orpheus Apollo
Zephyros Lugh
Fionn Ares
Balder Orestes
Gunnar Prometheus
Thor Owain
Numitor Odin
Remus Arthur

Vowel heavy names

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Ariadne Eve
Saoirse Astraia
Alice Iona
Gaia Aurelia
Caoimhe Marie
Aurora Danae
Aoife Julia
Natalia Eos

Aaron Eleazar
Isaac Auberon
Etienne Ariel
Alexei Eoin
Ilia Eitan
Orian Adria

Song-inspired names

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Veronica Juniper
Peggy-Sue Adelaide
Caroline Prudence
Penny Martha
Holly Maria
Sally Jean
Barbara Elise

Alexander John
Richard Shannon
Stephen Jesus
Peter Ebo
Judas Clyde
Sean Augustine
Linus Allen

Alliterative Names

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Skipping Qs, Us, and Ys.
Astrid Alice
Bianca Bernadette
Clara Catherine
Demeter Danaë
Eve Emmanuelle
Freya Fiorella
Gwendolen Genevieve
Hermione Helene
Isabelle Iona
Juliet Josephine
Kalliope Korë
Lyra Lucinda
Magdalena Matilda
Natalia Noelle
Ophelia Odette
Philippa Penelope
Rowena Rose
Seraphina Snow I
Thisbe Theodora
Violet Valentina
Wilhelmina Winter
Xiomara Xanthe
Zoe Zephyrine

Arthur Alaric
Bram Benedict
Ciaran Constantine
David Dane
Eamonn Elisha
Frederick Francis
Gaius Graeme
Henry Harlan
Isaac Ivor
Justus James
Kallistos Kasper
Lorcan Leopold
Miles Michelangelo
Niall Nicodemus
Orrin Oscar
Peter Phineas
Rhys Riordan
Sebastian Sirius
Torin Tadhg
Virgil Valentine
Walter Willem
Xavier Xerxes
Zerah Zopyros

Names from comic books

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I'm cheating and including graphic novels:
Alice Prima
Lyra Echo
Elektra Sif

Nicolaos Mentor
Raphael Edward
Sebastian Ronan
Bartholomew James
Arthur Scott

Literary villains.