I love ___, but I don't love ___

General Name Discussion
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I don’t like [name_u]Edward[/name_u] or [name_u]Eddie[/name_u], but I like [name_m]Edwin[/name_m] and [name_m]Edgar[/name_m]
I don’t like [name_m]Frank[/name_m], but love [name_u]Franklin[/name_u]
I don’t like [name_m]Nicholas[/name_m], but love [name_m]Klaus[/name_m], [name_u]Nico[/name_u], [name_m]Nicolai[/name_m] and [name_m]Nicodemus[/name_m]
I don’t like [name_m]Maximus[/name_m] or [name_m]Maximillian[/name_m], but love love [name_u]Maxwell[/name_u]
I don’t like [name_m]Hugh[/name_m], but like [name_m]Hugo[/name_m]
I don’t like [name_u]Ellis[/name_u], but like [name_u]Elias[/name_u] and [name_u]Elliott[/name_u]

I don’t like [name_u]Florence[/name_u], but love [name_f]Flora[/name_f]
I don’t like [name_u]June[/name_u] but like [name_f]Jane[/name_f]
I don’t like [name_f]Francine[/name_f], or [name_f]Francesca[/name_f] but love [name_f]Frances[/name_f] / [name_u]Francis[/name_u]
I don’t like [name_f]Bella[/name_f] but love [name_f]Belle[/name_f]
I really do not like [name_f]Nell[/name_f], but love love [name_f]Nellie[/name_f]
I don’t like [name_u]Fran[/name_u], but like [name_f]Fern[/name_f] and [name_f]Fawn[/name_f]

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I love June, but I don’t love Jane
I love Edmond, but I don’t love Edward
I love Flora, but I don’t love Florence
I love Leonid, but I don’t love Leonard
I love Hugo, but I don’t love Hugh
I love Hansel, but I don’t love Ansel or Hans
I love Gretel, but I don’t love Greta
I love Emma, but I don’t love Emmy
I love Rose, but I don’t love Rosa
I love Wesley, but I don’t love Weston

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I love [name_f]Eva[/name_f], but I don’t love [name_f]Eve[/name_f]
I love [name_f]Kara[/name_f], but I don’t love [name_f]Karen[/name_f]
I love [name_u]Willow[/name_u], but I don’t love [name_f]Willa[/name_f]

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I don’t like [name_u]Florence[/name_u] but love [name_f]Flora[/name_f].
I don’t like [name_f]Stella[/name_f] but love [name_f]Estelle[/name_f]
I don’t like most [name_f]Rose[/name_f] names except 2 [name_f]Rosemary[/name_f] and Lida-Rose (spelled only this way)
I don’t like most [name_f]Sue[/name_f] names except [name_f]Susannah[/name_f] (and would only use the nicknames [name_f]Nan[/name_f] or ZuZu)
I don’t like most [name_f]Bella[/name_f] names but I love [name_f]Belle[/name_f]
I don’t [name_f]Diana[/name_f] but like [name_f]Diane[/name_f]

These are the ones that are just off the top of my head. I’m sure there are more, that I’m not thinking of right now.

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I love [name_m]Deacon[/name_m] but don’t love [name_u]Beacon[/name_u]

I love [name_f]Lottie[/name_f] but don’t love [name_f]Charlotte[/name_f]

I love [name_f]Olive[/name_f] but don’t like [name_f]Olivia[/name_f]

I love [name_f]Elisabeth[/name_f] and [name_f]Libby[/name_f] but don’t love [name_u]Liberty[/name_u] or [name_f]Beth[/name_f]

I love [name_m]Dax[/name_m] but don’t love [name_m]Daxton[/name_m]

I love [name_f]Heather[/name_f] but don’t love [name_m]Heath[/name_m]

I love [name_u]Jade[/name_u] but not [name_u]Jayden[/name_u]

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I love [name_f]Emilia[/name_f], but I don’t love [name_f]Amelia[/name_f]
I love [name_f]Anna[/name_f], but I don’t love [name_f]Hannah[/name_f]
I love [name_f]Alyssa[/name_f], but I don’t love [name_f]Melissa[/name_f]
I love [name_f]Margot[/name_f], but I don’t love [name_f]Margaret[/name_f]
I love [name_f]Katherine[/name_f], but I don’t love [name_f]Kate[/name_f]

I love [name_u]Timothy[/name_u], but I don’t love [name_m]Tim[/name_m]
I love [name_u]Bennett[/name_u], but I don’t love [name_m]Ben[/name_m]
I love [name_m]Jeffrey[/name_m], but I don’t love [name_m]Jeff[/name_m]
I love [name_u]Lawrence[/name_u], but I don’t love [name_m]Larry[/name_m]
I love [name_u]Joseph[/name_u], but I don’t love [name_u]Joe[/name_u]

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I love [name_f]Cora[/name_f] and like [name_f]Flora[/name_f] but dislike [name_f]Nora[/name_f]
I like [name_f]Juno[/name_f] and [name_u]Juniper[/name_u] but dislike [name_u]June[/name_u]
I like [name_f]Susannah[/name_f] but dislike [name_f]Susan[/name_f]
I like [name_u]Willow[/name_u] and [name_u]William[/name_u] but not [name_f]Willa[/name_f] or [name_f]Wilhelmina[/name_f]
I love [name_f]Isabel[/name_f] but am only lukewarm on [name_f]Isabelle[/name_f]
I like [name_f]Amalia[/name_f] and [name_f]Amelie[/name_f] but dislike [name_f]Amelia[/name_f]
I love [name_u]Laurence[/name_u] but dislike [name_u]Lawrence[/name_u]

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i super strongly dislike ella, but i absolutely adore eliza, eleanor, and eloise.

i love clare (g), but not claire.

imogene is so sweet and adorable but i don’t really like imogen.

theodore is literally my favorite boy name but i dislike theo.

i love percy but none of the full name options.

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I love [name_f]Beatrix[/name_f], but not [name_f]Beatrice[/name_f]
I love [name_f]Eleanor[/name_f], but not [name_f]Ella[/name_f]
I love [name_u]Jade[/name_u], but not [name_u]Jayden[/name_u]
I love [name_f]Sophie[/name_f], but not [name_f]Sophia[/name_f]
I love [name_u]Riley[/name_u], but not [name_u]Kiley[/name_u]

That’s off the top of my head!

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i love [name_u]Indigo[/name_u], but i dont love [name_u]Indiana[/name_u]
i love [name_u]Solstice[/name_u], but i dont love [name_u]Sol[/name_u]
i love [name_m]Cosmo[/name_m], but i dislike [name_m]Cosimo[/name_m] & [name_f]Cosima[/name_f]
i love [name_u]Alma[/name_u], but i dislike [name_f]Alba[/name_f]
i love [name_u]Florian[/name_u], but i dislike [name_f]Flora[/name_f] & [name_u]Florence[/name_u]
i love [name_f]Zahara[/name_f], but i dislike [name_f]Sara[/name_f], [name_f]Sarah[/name_f] & [name_f]Zara[/name_f]

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I don’t like Megan, but I love Meg
I don’t like Rosalie or Rosa, but I love Rose
I don’t like Jackson, but I love Jack
I don’t like Beatrix, but I love Beatrice

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Wow! I always thought I was weird for not liking names that sound so similar to names I do love. [name_f]Glad[/name_f] I’m not alone!

I thought of some more:

I like [name_f]Flora[/name_f], but not [name_u]Florence[/name_u]
I love [name_f]Stella[/name_f], but not [name_f]Estelle[/name_f]
I like [name_u]Indie[/name_u], but not [name_u]Indigo[/name_u] or [name_u]Indiana[/name_u]
I like [name_u]Riley[/name_u] (for both genders), but not [name_u]Kiley[/name_u], [name_f]Miley[/name_f], or Ziley
I like [name_u]Bennett[/name_u], but not [name_m]Benson[/name_m] or [name_m]Benton[/name_m]
I like [name_m]Edwin[/name_m], but not [name_u]Edward[/name_u]
I like [name_f]Bella[/name_f], but not Isabella/Belle/Isabelle
I like [name_f]Meg[/name_f], but not [name_f]Megan[/name_f]
I like [name_f]Maizie[/name_f], but not [name_f]Daisy[/name_f]

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I’ll start with the ones I feel most strongly about. :slight_smile: Cool idea!

I love [name_f]Stella[/name_f], but I strongly dislike any variations of it (Estella, [name_f]Estelle[/name_f], etc).
I love [name_f]Dahlia[/name_f], but I strongly dislike [name_f]Tahlia[/name_f] (or any variations of Tahlia).
I love [name_u]Luca[/name_u], but I strongly dislike [name_m]Lucas[/name_m].

I love [name_f]Augusta[/name_f], but I don’t love [name_m]Augustus[/name_m].
I love [name_f]Evaluna[/name_f], but I don’t love [name_f]Evelina[/name_f].
I love [name_f]Juno[/name_f], but I don’t love [name_u]June[/name_u].
I love [name_m]Oskar[/name_m], but I don’t love [name_m]Oscar[/name_m].
I love [name_u]Bellamy[/name_u], but I don’t love [name_f]Bella[/name_f].
I love Noelie, but I don’t love [name_f]Noelle[/name_f].
I love [name_f]Minttu[/name_f], but I don’t love [name_f]Mint[/name_f],

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back with a few more;

[name_u]Love[/name_u] [name_f]Stephanie[/name_f], not [name_m]Stephen[/name_m]
[name_u]Love[/name_u] [name_f]Katherine[/name_f] and [name_f]Katie[/name_f] but not [name_f]Kate[/name_f]
[name_u]Love[/name_u] [name_f]Christina[/name_f] but not [name_f]Christine[/name_f]
[name_u]Love[/name_u] [name_f]Jessica[/name_f] but not [name_u]Jessie[/name_u]
[name_u]Love[/name_u] [name_u]Corey[/name_u] (g) but not [name_f]Cora[/name_f]
[name_u]Love[/name_u] [name_f]Carolyn[/name_f] but not [name_f]Caroline[/name_f]
[name_u]Love[/name_u] [name_u]Presley[/name_u] but not [name_u]Paisley[/name_u]
[name_u]Love[/name_u] [name_f]Lottie[/name_f] but not [name_f]Charlotte[/name_f]
[name_u]Love[/name_u] [name_f]Emma[/name_f] but not [name_f]Emily[/name_f]

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I love Robbie/Rob, but I don’t love [name_u]Robert[/name_u]
I love Eleanor/Eleanora, but I don’t love [name_f]Ellie[/name_f]
I love [name_f]Catherine[/name_f] and [name_f]Kate[/name_f], but I don’t love [name_f]Katie[/name_f]
I love [name_u]Florian[/name_u], but I don’t love [name_m]Ian[/name_m]
I love [name_f]Diana[/name_f], but I don’t love [name_f]Diane[/name_f]
I love [name_u]Florence[/name_u], but I don’t love [name_f]Flora[/name_f]

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I love [name_m]Caius[/name_m], but I don’t like Cai/Kai
I love [name_f]Athanasia[/name_f], but I don’t like [name_f]Anastasia[/name_f]
I love [name_u]Bellamy[/name_u] and [name_f]Isabel[/name_f], but I don’t like [name_f]Bella[/name_f]
I love [name_f]Eloise[/name_f] and [name_u]Louise[/name_u], but I don’t like [name_f]Eloisa[/name_f] or [name_f]Louisa[/name_f]

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i loove río but i dislike ria

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I love [name_f]Francesca[/name_f] but don’t like [name_f]Frances[/name_f] / [name_u]Francis[/name_u]
I love [name_u]Raiden[/name_u] (but prn [name_u]Rye[/name_u] not Rey) and [name_u]Kayden[/name_u] but not [name_u]Jayden[/name_u] and [name_u]Brayden[/name_u]
I don’t like [name_u]Eddie[/name_u] and [name_u]Freddy[/name_u] but like [name_u]Teddy[/name_u]
I don’t like [name_m]Ed[/name_m] and [name_u]Eddie[/name_u] but I love [name_m]Edwin[/name_m], [name_u]Edward[/name_u]
I don’t like [name_m]Alfred[/name_m] but I like [name_u]Alfie[/name_u] and [name_f]Elfrida[/name_f]
I love [name_m]Jake[/name_m] but not [name_m]Jacob[/name_m]
Not a huge [name_f]Mabel[/name_f] fan but love [name_f]Maple[/name_f]
I don’t like [name_u]Florence[/name_u] but I like [name_f]Flora[/name_f] and love [name_u]Florian[/name_u]
I love [name_f]Lily[/name_f] but not [name_f]Lillian[/name_f]
I love [name_f]Lucy[/name_f] but not [name_f]Lucille[/name_f]
I like [name_f]Elinor[/name_f], [name_f]Alienor[/name_f], [name_f]Leonora[/name_f] but not [name_f]Eleanor[/name_f]
I don’t like [name_f]Paige[/name_f] but I like [name_u]Sage[/name_u] and [name_u]Saige[/name_u]
I don’t like [name_u]Julie[/name_u] or [name_f]Julia[/name_f] but I like [name_f]Juliet[/name_f]
I don’t like [name_f]Olivia[/name_f], [name_u]Oliver[/name_u], or [name_f]Liv[/name_f] but I love [name_u]Ollie[/name_u], [name_f]Olive[/name_f], [name_m]Ollivander[/name_m], and [name_f]Alivia[/name_f]
[name_u]Love[/name_u] [name_u]Indie[/name_u] but lukewarm on [name_u]Indigo[/name_u] and [name_u]Indiana[/name_u]
[name_u]Love[/name_u] most -belle and -bella names but lukewarm on [name_f]Bella[/name_f]

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I’m the opposite of pretty much everyone else, in that I love [name_f]Beatrice[/name_f], but not [name_f]Beatrix[/name_f]!
I love [name_f]Eve[/name_f] but I don’t love [name_f]Eva[/name_f]
I love [name_u]Maxwell[/name_u] but I don’t love [name_m]Maximus[/name_m]
I love [name_m]Edmund[/name_m] but I don’t like [name_u]Edward[/name_u]
I love [name_f]Agatha[/name_f] but I don’t love [name_f]Agnes[/name_f]
I love [name_f]Carolina[/name_f] but I don’t love [name_f]Caroline[/name_f]
I love [name_f]Georgia[/name_f] but I don’t like [name_f]Georgina[/name_f]
I love [name_f]Jacqueline[/name_f] but I don’t love [name_f]Jacklyn[/name_f]
I love [name_f]Lia[/name_f] but I don’t like [name_f]Mia[/name_f]
I love [name_u]Judah[/name_u] but care a bit less about [name_u]Jude[/name_u]
I love [name_m]Otho[/name_m] but I don’t like [name_m]Otto[/name_m]
I love [name_m]Caspian[/name_m] but I don’t care for [name_m]Cassian[/name_m]
[name_m]Even[/name_m] then, I don’t dislike any of these names, I’m just neutral on them.

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Some more I’ve thought of:
I love [name_m]Monty[/name_m] but not [name_u]Montgomery[/name_u]
I love [name_f]Victoria[/name_f], [name_f]Via[/name_f], [name_f]Tia[/name_f], [name_f]Ria[/name_f], [name_f]Cora[/name_f] but not [name_f]Tori[/name_f] nor [name_f]Vicky[/name_f]
I love [name_u]Ren[/name_u] but lukewarm on [name_u]Wren[/name_u]
I love [name_f]Lily[/name_f], but not [name_u]Billie[/name_u] / [name_u]Billy[/name_u], [name_m]Willy[/name_m], nor [name_f]Millie[/name_f] / [name_f]Milly[/name_f]
I like [name_u]Sage[/name_u] / [name_u]Saige[/name_u] but don’t like [name_m]Cage[/name_m] and [name_f]Paige[/name_f]