DH & I were just talking about this. Mostly because I'd like to find a name he loves as much as Tessa before we have kids. I strongly dislike Tessa and most of the similar names I can find.
Top Love/Hate sound-a-likes: Thérèse not Therese Hugo not Hugh Evangeline not Angelina Arabella not Isabella Isadora not Isabella
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I love Alice, but I HATE Alison. I love Ariadne, but I dislike Aria. I like Beatrix, but I hate Beatrice. I love Clara, but Claire is just okay for me. I love Coraline, but I hate Caroline. I like Catherine, but I dislike Katherine. I love Dafna, but I dislike Daphne. I like Eloise, but I really dislike Elodie. I like Eliza, but I dislike Elizabeth I love Georgiana, but I hate Georgia. I love Isabella, but I really don't care for Isobel. I love Julia and Juliet, but I hate Juliana and Julianna and Julianne. I love Johanna and Hanna, but I dislike Hannah and Joanna and Joanne. I love Kira, but I hate Kyra and Keira and Kiera. I like Karolina, but I hate Carolina and Caroline. I love Lenore, but Eleanor is just meh for me. I like Lucia, but I dislike Lucy and I HATE Lucille. I love Marisa, but I hate Melissa. I like Octavia, but I dislike Ophelia. I like Rose, but I dislike Rosalind. I love Rochelle, but I dislike Rachael. I LOVE Sabine and Sabina, but I detest Sabrina and Selena and Serena. I like Valerie and Valentine and Valentine, but I hate Vanessa and Vivian and Vivienne.
I have so many English/French combos where I like one and not the other. I like in French but not English: Ariane, Audrey, Etienne.
I like in English but not French: Renee, Eli.
I'm blanking. If I remeber more I'll edit lol
Étienne was one of my favourite names for a boy (married an Anglophone though) until one started working with me and is the BIGGEST DOUCHE EVER. Completely ruined the name.
I love Mylene in French but not English.
I love Audrey but not Audra Love Katherine but not Kathleen Love Sam but not its full Samuel
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I am the opposite on Althea and Anthea. Love them but could take or leave Thea. 100% agree on Joseph and Josephine though and while I love josephine I don't like Josie.
I love Yvette but not Yvonne. I love Juniper but not Piper. I love phoebe but am meh on Penelope.
Post by billyhorrible on Aug 3, 2016 16:27:12 GMT -5
I like Ellis, but not Elias I like Alice, but not Alison I like Cordelia, but not Cornelia I like Callum, but not Calvin I like Clara, but not Claire I like Aoife, but not Eva I like Robin, but not Robert I like August, but not Angus
I love Anders, but dislike Andrew. I love Arthur, but hate Archer. I love Adrian, but dislike Aiden. I love Alexander and Alec, but hate Alexis. I like Benedict, but I hate Benjamin. I love Corin, but hate Corey. I love Dane, but strongly dislike Daniel. I love Dietrich, but hate Derek. I love Elliot, but despise Emmett and Everett. I love Elisha, but dislike Eli and Elijah and Elias. I absolutely adore Etienne, but dislike Ethan. I like Francis, but hate Fredrick and Ferdinand. I love Graeme, but don't care for Gideon. I like Harold and I love Harlan, but dislike Henry. I love Isaac, but dislike Issac. I love Jonathan, but dislike John. I love Julia, but do not really like Julian (I'm really not sure why, it just doesn't do anything for me despite being an ancient name with great pedigree). I like Justin, but I hate Jason (because Jason was a total dick to Medea). I love Laurence and Lorcan, but I HATE Lachlan. HATE SO MUCH. I like Louis, but I hate Lewis. I like Luca, but I really, really hate Luke, Lucius, Lucas, Lucian... I love Milo, but Miles is just okay for me. I love Mark, but dislike Marc. I love Michael, but hate Miguel. I love Mortimer, but hate Maurice. I love Nicodemus, but I have no affection for Nicholas, even though it is a perfectly fine name. I like Peter and I love Piers, but I hate Pierce. I love Raphael more than any other name ever, but I really don't like Ralph at all. I love Ronan, but hate Rowan. I love Thayer, but hate Sawyer and Taylor. I love Valentine, but don't care for Victor or Vincent (unless, of course, we're talking about Vincent Valentine, in which case yes please!). I love Willem and Wilhelm, but I haaaaate William.
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