No deal. Too many associations.
[name_u]Blaise[/name_u], but you’re a firefighter.
deal
[name_m]Manuel[/name_m] but your husband’s best friend is named [name_m]Emmanuel[/name_m] & your niece is named [name_m]Manny[/name_m].
No deal, it’d be too confusing
[name_u]Sutton[/name_u], but that’s the town your parents still live in?
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[name_f]Deal[/name_f], such a cute connection!!
[name_f]Jane[/name_f], but your partner’s sibling is [name_u]John[/name_u]?
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[name_f]Deal[/name_f] - I think they’re distinct enough!
Any kind of red shade name - [name_u]Ruby[/name_u], [name_f]Scarlet[/name_f], [name_u]Crimson[/name_u] etc. - if your surname’s [name_m]Redman[/name_m]?
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No, too much of a pun.
[name_u]Ash[/name_u], but your last name is [name_u]Lee[/name_u]?
I might go for like [name_u]Ashton[/name_u] ‘Ash’ or do a kinda fn and mn combo like always call them [name_u]Ash[/name_u] [name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f] or smth so their fn & ln doesn’t kinda combine together. so deal!!
[name_f]Valencia[/name_f] but it’s your yearly vacation spot
[name_f]Deal[/name_f], I’m a sucker for connections like that.
[name_f]Joy[/name_f], but during the little one’s first day in the world, they won’t stop crying.
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deal - i could overlook that and even find some humour in the irony!
a nickname name such as [name_f]Meg[/name_f] or [name_u]Sam[/name_u] that you know will lead to the question “is it short for (x)?”
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[name_f]Deal[/name_f] - I don’t think it’s that big of a hassle, just an occupational hazard of having a name 
[name_f]Alice[/name_f] - but your last name ends with an “iss” sound too
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Deal-she could always go by ally or such if she had an issue with it.
[name_f]Lucy[/name_f], but your last name is [name_m]Ferrer[/name_m]?
might go for lucinda ‘lucy’ or smth like that, probably deal.
[name_u]Wren[/name_u], but the really rude midwife you had was called [name_u]Wren[/name_u].
Totally fine, you’ll make a new association with the name [name_u]Wren[/name_u]. No one needs to know it was the Midwife’s name.
[name_f]Emmeline[/name_f] but your last name is [name_u]Emerson[/name_u].
No deal
[name_u]August[/name_u], but your LN is [name_m]Fergus[/name_m]
No deal
[name_u]Rose[/name_u] but your last name is [name_u]Forest[/name_u]
No deal, but I had a friend whose sister was [name_u]Rose[/name_u] [name_m]Thorne[/name_m].
[name_u]George[/name_u], as a family honor, but he was also your sister’s ex
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NO. No deal.
Naming your child Makenna/Mackenzie (or any variant of it) but your last name is McKay
No deal
[name_u]James[/name_u], as a family name but your first cousin also has the name at the top of her list
Hey congrats @mandolin1231, the game is on the front page of Nameberry! 
No deal, I’d definitely honour a family member but not in a way that goes against another family member.
[name_f]Dolores[/name_f], but she doesn’t like [name_f]Lola[/name_f] as a nickname and prefers to be called [name_f]Dorka[/name_f]?
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[name_f]Deal[/name_f] - It’s the kid’s choice at the end of the day
[name_m]Leopold[/name_m] - But your sister’s Fiancée is Congolese and you don’t think they’d like a reminder of a negative part of their country’s history (Google if you don’t know. It’s a bit dark)