# Names you absolutely LIKE

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-you-absolutely-like/63367>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [April 26, 2001, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-you-absolutely-like/63367 "2001-04-26T02:41:56Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![Medea\_s\_Child](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8baadc/32.png) [@Medea\_s\_Child](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Medea_s_Child)\
**Post date:** [April 26, 2001, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-you-absolutely-like/63367/21 "2001-04-26T23:45:44Z")

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I like boy’s names with Js. Jeremiah, Benjamin, Jameson, Justin… Classic but not really old. (And then there is Lucius, which I just love)

Girls names hmm… Laurel, Amy, Rebecca, Heather, and I like my name too, Kathryn.

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**Author:** ![Katisha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bcef8e/32.png) [@Katisha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Katisha)\
**Post date:** [April 27, 2001, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-you-absolutely-like/63367/22 "2001-04-27T00:01:54Z")

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Names for guys: Edmund, Theodore, Benjamin, Henry, Sebastian, Raphael, Tobin, Joseph, Simon. Ralph is OK when pronounced Rafe, a la Ralph Fiennes (or Ralph Rackstraw :D), but I don’t like it when pronounced as spelled, even if it is the name of my favorite professor.

For girls: Phoebe, Miranda, Josephine, Gwendolyn, Kate, Margaret, Cecilia (my Confirmation name), Astrid, Emily

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**Author:** ![El\_Gui](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/35a633/32.png) [@El\_Gui](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Gui)\
**Post date:** [April 27, 2001, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-you-absolutely-like/63367/23 "2001-04-27T01:56:13Z")

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In college, I had a friend of Pakistani/French descent and her name was Anik . . she didnt like her name so she went by Anika (sp?) . . loved it, but kind of lost its luster once The Phantom Menace movie came out (Anikan Skywalker [sp?]) . . .

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**Author:** ![racinchikki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eada6e/32.png) [@racinchikki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racinchikki)\
**Post date:** [April 27, 2001, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-you-absolutely-like/63367/24 "2001-04-27T02:17:04Z")

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> \*Originally posted by TheLoadedDog \*  
> \*\*My Aunt is named Peggy. Not Margaret, she was christened Peggy. I think that’s way cool.  
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My mom’s a Peggy too. People have actually ARGUED with her that her name must be Margaret. :rolleyes:

**Boys:**  
Greg (not Gregory)  
Luke  
Utah  
Blaze

**Girls:**  
Cheyenne  
Rachel

**Either:**  
Dallas  
Austin

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**Author:** ![bernse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a9a28c/32.png) [@bernse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bernse)\
**Post date:** [April 27, 2001, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-you-absolutely-like/63367/25 "2001-04-27T02:29:53Z")

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> \*Originally posted by VenusGirlTrap \*  
> \*\*Aww, you guys mentioned my name, Stephanie, twice. I’m so flattered!! \*\*

Yeah… I think **Stephanie** is just a hot sounding name.

Wanna do it?

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**Author:** ![ladybug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/46a35a/32.png) [@ladybug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ladybug)\
**Post date:** [April 27, 2001, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-you-absolutely-like/63367/26 "2001-04-27T03:51:04Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Medea’s Child \*  
> Girls names hmm… Laurel, **Amy** , Rebecca, Heather, and I like my name too, Kathryn.

:😊: Thank you. 🙂

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**Author:** ![Pollo\_Boyo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a4c791/32.png) [@Pollo\_Boyo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pollo_Boyo)\
**Post date:** [April 30, 2001, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-you-absolutely-like/63367/27 "2001-04-30T04:51:24Z")

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In no particular order:

Ashley, Quinn, Johnathan, Alexander, Alistar (I’ve seen SO many spellings of this…) Daniel, Danielle, Michelle, Josephine, Maria, Andrea (Short “A”, not long), David, Heather, and Jackson.

Name I never want to hear again:  
Elian.

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