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- Page 3 and 4: Dedication This book is dedicated t
- Page 5 and 6: Have you ever opened a dictionary-s
- Page 7 and 8: ings. Even if you’re not a slave
- Page 9 and 10: Girls’ Names 5 Stars Abigail Alli
- Page 11 and 12: Charmaine Chavi Chaya Cheryl Chika
- Page 13 and 14: Noreen Norell Nyx Oceana Odele Oder
- Page 15 and 16: Parker Patrick Peter Porter Quincy
- Page 17: Fidel Floyd Flynn Ford Frank Freddi
- Page 21 and 22: Famous Namesakes: Civil rights figu
- Page 23 and 24: Akina HHH (Japanese) spring flower.
- Page 25 and 26: pronunciations (“ah-LEE-shah,”
- Page 27 and 28: Gender Association: Used mostly for
- Page 29 and 30: Common Nicknames: Angelic, Angie, A
- Page 31 and 32: Consider This: Annika may fit well
- Page 33 and 34: Risk of Mispronunciation: Low Famou
- Page 35 and 36: Common Nicknames: None Common Varia
- Page 37 and 38: Belinda HHH (Spanish) beautiful. Fi
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- Page 41 and 42: Blythe HH (English) happy, cheerful
- Page 43 and 44: Common Variations: Briana, Breanna,
- Page 45 and 46: Popularity and Trend: Never been ra
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- Page 49 and 50: Carissa HHHH (Greek) beloved. First
- Page 51 and 52: Wührer; actress Keri Russell; actr
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- Page 55 and 56: she’s affectionately called a pip
- Page 57 and 58: Christa HH (German) a form of Chris
- Page 59 and 60: Famous Namesakes: Character Clariss
- Page 61 and 62: Corinne HHHH (Greek) maiden. First
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Dora HHHH (Greek) gift. First Impre
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Edna HH (Hebrew) rejuvenation. Firs
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activist Elizabeth Cady Stanton; ac
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Risk of Misspelling: Average Risk o
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Consider This: Faith has held stead
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Common Nicknames: Flo Common Variat
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Risk of Mispronunciation: Fairly lo
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Gender Association: Used for girls
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Common Nicknames: None Common Varia
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Hannah HHHH (Hebrew) gracious. Firs
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Risk of Misspelling: Low Risk of Mi
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Risk of Misspelling: Low Risk of Mi
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Common Variations: Erma Consider Th
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Jade HHHHH (Spanish) jade. First Im
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Common Nicknames: Jan Common Variat
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Popularity and Trend: #475 (#361 in
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Risk of Misspelling: Fairly low Ris
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Joy HHHH (Latin) joyous. First Impr
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isn’t necessarily a good thing. B
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Fisher; actress Carrie-Anne Moss; a
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Risk of Misspelling: Average Risk o
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Famous Namesakes: Actress Kenya Moo
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Risk of Mispronunciation: Average F
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First Impression: Krystal is pictur
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Lara HH (Greek) cheerful. (Latin) s
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Common Nicknames: None Common Varia
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Common Variations: None Consider Th
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though people tend to associate bot
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First Impression: Lori is considere
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Popularity and Trend: #516 (#890 in
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Common Variations: Maddisen, Madyse
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First Impression: Mara is viewed as
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Gender Association: Used for girls
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’60s-early ’70s. Today, it’s
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Common Variations: Maude Consider T
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(“MEE-kah” or “MECK-ah” ) i
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Popularity and Trend: Last ranked i
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Popularity and Trend: Never been ra
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Risk of Misspelling: Fairly low Ris
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Nanette HHHH (French) a form of Nan
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Consider This: With Nevaeh’s hell
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Consider This: Nola seems to be a m
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Olga HH (Scandinavian) holy. First
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Pamela HHH (Greek) honey. First Imp
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cook Paula Deen; actress Paula Patt
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Popularity and Trend: #366 (#440 in
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Risk of Misspelling: High Risk of M
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Risk of Mispronunciation: Low Famou
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Ricki HHH (American) a familiar for
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Common Nicknames: Rosa, Rosie Commo
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Popularity and Trend: Never been ra
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Popularity and Trend: #72 (#57 in 2
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ut Serena has a positive first impr
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Popularity and Trend: Last ranked i
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Sissy HH (American) a familiar form
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First Impression: It’s a tossup f
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Sunshine HHH (English) sunshine. Fi
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Gender Association: Used for girls
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Tasha HHH (Greek) born on Christmas
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Theone HH (Greek) gift of God. Firs
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Popularity and Trend: Last ranked i
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who sometimes seems overbearing, st
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Risk of Misspelling: Fairly low Ris
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First Impression: People think Whit
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Consider This: With a difficult Fre
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Profiles of Boys’ Names
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Adam HHHHH (Phoenician) man; mankin
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Akeem HHH (Hebrew) a form of Joachi
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man who’s arrogant and insecure,
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Anders HHH (Swedish) a form of Andr
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Antonio HHHH (Italian) a form of An
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Arsen H (Greek) a form of Arsenio.
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Consider This: Created as a short f
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Consider This: One may think incorr
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Benson HHHH (Hebrew) son of Ben. Fi
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Blade HH (English) knife, sword. Fi
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Gender Association: Used for boys P
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Consider This: Brett benefits from
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Risk of Misspelling: Fairly low Ris
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Popularity and Trend: #937 (#901 in
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First Impression: Chad is seen as a
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Famous Namesakes: Actor Christian B
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Popularity and Trend: Last ranked #
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Consider This: If you find yourself
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Consider This: Curtis has an unfort
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Popularity and Trend: Last ranked i
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Popularity and Trend: Never been ra
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Risk of Misspelling: Fairly low Ris
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First Impression: Drake is said to
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Popularity and Trend: #26 (#24 in 2
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Elias HHH (Greek) a form of Elijah.
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Popularity and Trend: Last ranked i
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generous and caring guy with a down
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Famous Namesakes: Explorer Ferdinan
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Francis HHH (Latin) free; from Fran
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Risk of Mispronunciation: Low Famou
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pronunciation is the same as that f
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That said, most people know it’s
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Famous Namesakes: President Grover
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Harold HHH (Scandinavian) army rule
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Consider This: Herschel could sound
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others imagine him as compassionate
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Gender Association: Used for boys P
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James Earl Jones; singer James Tayl
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Common Nicknames: Jay Common Variat
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First Impression: Jerry is imagined
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who may very well be a genius, espe
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Risk of Misspelling: Low Risk of Mi
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Consider This: Justin’s solid ima
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name nevertheless still seems a sol
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Consider This: Kent is a strong nam
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sometimes he seems to be selfcenter
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author D. H. Lawrence; TV personali
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Lewis HHH (Welsh) a form of Llewell
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Popularity and Trend: #301 (#314 in
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Mack HHH (Scottish) a short form of
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Marion HHH (French) bitter; sea of
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Consider This: A biblical name with
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Michael HHHH (Hebrew) who is like G
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Monty HHH (English) a familiar form
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Nathaniel HHHH (Hebrew) a form of N
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Nolan HHHH (Irish) famous; noble. F
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First Impression: People imagine Or
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easy to go along with what others s
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Risk of Misspelling: Average Risk o
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Risk of Mispronunciation: Fairly lo
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Raheem HHH (Punjabi) compassionate
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Raymond HHHH (English) mighty; wise
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Risk of Mispronunciation: Fairly lo
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Gender Association: Used mostly for
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Gender Association: Used for boys P
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First Impression: Roy reminds peopl
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Popularity and Trend: #14 (#13 in 2
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Sarngin H (Hindi) archer; protector
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Common Variations: None Consider Th
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Risk of Misspelling: Low Risk of Mi
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(Saved by the Bell); surfer Kelly S
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Famous Namesakes: Actor Steve McQue
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Tanner HHHH (English) leather worke
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ut deep down, he’s a friendly and
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Famous Namesakes: Biblical figure T
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subject—which is precisely why he
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class preppy is snobby, selfcentere
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aseball player Mo Vaughn; singer St
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Nabokov; baseball player Vladimir G
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Consider This: While similarsoundin
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Risk of Misspelling: Low Risk of Mi
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Common Variations: Zacary, Zachery,