I love ___, but I don't love ___

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Are there any names that you like/love that are very similar to names you don’t like? Names that are similar in sound, but are only different by a letter or two?

For example
I don’t like [name_f]Kinley[/name_f] or [name_f]Tinley[/name_f], but I like [name_u]Henley[/name_u]
I don’t like [name_f]Sue[/name_f], but I like [name_u]Rue[/name_u]
I don’t like [name_u]Jayden[/name_u] or [name_m]Rayden[/name_m], but I like [name_m]Cayden[/name_m] and [name_u]Hayden[/name_u]
I don’t like [name_f]Eleanor[/name_f], but I like [name_f]Eleanora[/name_f]
[name_f]My[/name_f] mom likes [name_f]Melody[/name_f], but she does not like [name_f]Elodie[/name_f] (I pronounce [name_f]Elodie[/name_f] like [name_f]Melody[/name_f] without the M. I know some say Ay-low-de)

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I don’t like Francesca, but I love Frances

I don’t like Alana but I like Elena

I don’t love Helen but I love Helena

I don’t love Leo but I love Leon

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I don’t love [name_f]Eleanor[/name_f] but i love [name_f]Leonora[/name_f]
I don’t love [name_m]Sebastian[/name_m] but i love [name_m]Sevastian[/name_m]
I don’t love [name_u]Sascha[/name_u] but i love [name_u]Sasha[/name_u]
I don’t love [name_m]Lucian[/name_m] but i love [name_m]Lucius[/name_m]
I don’t love [name_f]Athena[/name_f] but i love [name_u]Athens[/name_u]

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I like [name_f]Ruthie[/name_f], but not really [name_f]Ruth[/name_f].
I don’t like [name_u]Florence[/name_u], but I love [name_f]Flora[/name_f].
[name_u]Love[/name_u] [name_f]Estelle[/name_f], but not [name_f]Stella[/name_f].

I don’t like [name_u]Milo[/name_u], but I love [name_u]Miles[/name_u].
I love [name_m]Nicolas[/name_m], but dislike [name_m]Nicholas[/name_m].
[name_u]Love[/name_u] [name_u]Teddy[/name_u] and [name_u]Freddy[/name_u], but not [name_u]Eddie[/name_u].

There are others, but those are just off the top of my head. :slight_smile:

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I love [name_f]Melanie[/name_f] but don’t love [name_f]Melody[/name_f]
I love [name_u]Bobby[/name_u] but don’t love [name_u]Robbie[/name_u]
I love [name_m]Jake[/name_m] but don’t love [name_m]Jacob[/name_m]
I love [name_m]Luke[/name_m] but not [name_m]Lucas[/name_m]
I love [name_m]Mark[/name_m] but not [name_m]Marcus[/name_m]
I love [name_m]Josh[/name_m] but not [name_m]Joshua[/name_m] :sweat_smile:

I’m sure there’s more girls names that I’m like this with, but I can’t think of them atm.

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[name_f]My[/name_f] biggest one is that I loooove [name_f]Nell[/name_f] and really don’t like [name_f]Nellie[/name_f]!

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Snap!

Same with Beatrice (nms) vs Beatrix (:heart_eyes:) and Alice (meh) vs Alix (so chic!)

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I love [name_u]Fable[/name_u] but I don’t like [name_f]Mabel[/name_f]
I love [name_f]Cora[/name_f] and [name_u]Nova[/name_u] but I don’t like [name_f]Nora[/name_f]
I love [name_f]Lita[/name_f] but I don’t like [name_u]Lisa[/name_u] or [name_f]Lina[/name_f]
I love [name_u]Ever[/name_u], [name_m]Everet[/name_m], and [name_f]Reverie[/name_f] but I don’t like [name_u]Everly[/name_u]
I love [name_u]Shiloh[/name_u] but I don’t like [name_u]Cheyenne[/name_u]

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I love [name_f]Beatrix[/name_f] but I don’t like [name_f]Beatrice[/name_f] so much
I love [name_f]Sophie[/name_f] but not [name_f]Sophia[/name_f]
I love [name_f]Amelie[/name_f] but not [name_f]Amelia[/name_f]
I like Aiden/Aidan but not other -ayden names
I like [name_u]Jamie[/name_u] but not [name_u]James[/name_u]

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I like [name_f]Beatriz[/name_f], but don’t love [name_f]Beatrice[/name_f] or [name_f]Beatrix[/name_f].
I like [name_u]Theo[/name_u] and [name_f]Theodosia[/name_f], but don’t love [name_m]Theodore[/name_m] or [name_f]Theodora[/name_f].
I love [name_m]Cassian[/name_m] but not [name_m]Cassius[/name_m] or [name_f]Cassia[/name_f].
I like [name_f]Julia[/name_f] but don’t like [name_m]Julius[/name_m] or [name_u]Julian[/name_u].
I like [name_m]Mark[/name_m] but don’t like [name_m]Marcus[/name_m].
I like [name_f]Hannah[/name_f] and [name_u]Anne[/name_u] but don’t like [name_f]Anna[/name_f].

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I don’t like Beatrice at all, but I think Beatrix is cute!

I dont like Helena, but I like Elena & Halina

I’m not too much of a Florence fan, but Flora is fabulous

I don’t like Grace, but Graciela is super pretty.

I don’t like Constance but Constantin is so handsome

I don’t like Melissa & Claire but love Marissa, & Clarissa

I don’t like Elle or Ellen but absolutely love Eleanor & Eleanora

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I love [name_f]Flora[/name_f] and [name_f]Nora[/name_f] / [name_f]Norah[/name_f], but I don’t love [name_f]Cora[/name_f].

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Ooh, alrighty! When I say I don’t love something, I could still like it a lot. Just not as much as the one I love.

I love Lily, but I don’t love Lilly, Lillian, or Lilian.

I love Beatrix, but I don’t love Beatrice.

I love Alexandra, but I don’t love Alexandria.

I love Elle, but I don’t love Eleanor.

I love Luke, but I don’t love Lucas.

I love Charlotte, but I don’t love Fern.

I love Louisa, but I don’t love Eloise (although it’s still v pretty!).

I love Helena, but I don’t love Helen.

I love Diana, but I don’t love Diane.

I love Julia, but I don’t love Juliet (again, still v pretty!).

I love James, but I don’t love Henry (both handsome!!!).

I like Alicia, but I don’t like Alice.

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Ooh, I love [name_u]Max[/name_u], but I don’t love [name_f]Maxine[/name_f], [name_u]Maxwell[/name_u], or [name_m]Maximilian[/name_m].

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I love [name_u]August[/name_u], [name_m]Augustin[/name_m], [name_m]Augusten[/name_m] and [name_u]Augustine[/name_u] but don’t like [name_m]Augustus[/name_m] or [name_f]Augusta[/name_f].

(I think it’s because those are the only two I pronounce with stress on the GUS syllable, and I’m not a big fan of Gus).

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I like [name_f]Louisa[/name_f] but not [name_u]Louise[/name_u]
I like [name_f]Amalia[/name_f] but not [name_f]Amelia[/name_f]
I like [name_f]Eleni[/name_f] and [name_f]Eliana[/name_f] but not [name_f]Eleanor[/name_f]

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[name_u]Love[/name_u] [name_f]Polly[/name_f] but not [name_f]Molly[/name_f] or [name_f]Dolly[/name_f]

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[name_u]Love[/name_u] [name_u]Miran[/name_u] but not [name_f]Miranda[/name_f]

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i love helen but dislike helena, like elizabeta but dislike elizabeth, like johnny but not john, and like frank but hate frankie!

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Ooh, this thread was made for me lol

I don’t like Daisy, but I love Maisie / Maisy.
I don’t like Madeline, but I like Madelief.
I don’t like George (for any gender), but I love Georgia.
I don’t like Flora, Cora, or Dora, but I like Nora.
I don’t like Liza, but I like Eliza.
I don’t like Saige, but I love Sage and Paige.
I don’t like Olivia or Olive, but I love Livia, Liv, and Lydia.
I don’t love Edith, but I love Edie.
I don’t love Christina, but I love Christine.
I don’t love Julie or Julia, but I love Juliet.

I don’t like Eddie, but I love Freddie and like Teddy.
I don’t like Milo, but I like Miles.
I don’t like Jacob, but I like Jacoby.
I don’t like Tony, but I love Antony and Anthony.
I don’t like Jim, but I love Jem.
I don’t love Tom, but I love Thomas.
I don’t love Julius, but I love Julian.
I don’t love Paul, but I love Saul.
I don’t love Theodore, but I love Theo and like Theoden.
I don’t love Jonathan, but I love Nathan.

(I’m sure there are even more, but I’ll stop here for now.)

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