is there any names you absolutely love because of a connection and/or association you have with them, but don’t actually like the sound of?
for me they are:
nesta
phoebe
faye/fey/fae
manon
nephelle
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[name_f]Winifred[/name_f] - [name_f]Winifred[/name_f] [name_u]Banks[/name_u] from [name_f]Mary[/name_f] Poppins, [name_f]Winifred[/name_f] [name_m]Foster[/name_m] from [name_m]Tuck[/name_m] Everlasting
[name_f]Daisy[/name_f] - [name_f]My[/name_f] mom’s favourite flower
[name_f]Belle[/name_f] - [name_f]Beauty[/name_f] and the Beast
[name_f]Lourdes[/name_f] - Our [name_f]Lady[/name_f] of [name_f]Lourdes[/name_f]
[name_m]Gilbert[/name_m] - [name_m]Gilbert[/name_m] [name_f]Blythe[/name_f] from [name_u]Anne[/name_u] of [name_u]Green[/name_u] Gables
[name_m]Matthew[/name_m] - “Matt” [name_m]Murdock[/name_m] aka Daredevil
[name_m]Dominic[/name_m] - St. [name_m]Dominic[/name_m] and the spirituality of the Dominican Order
[name_m]Raphael[/name_m] - St. [name_m]Raphael[/name_m] the [name_f]Arcangel[/name_f] is very special to me (surprisingly though I love love Raphaela!)
I love all these associations but I just don’t love the sounds sadly 
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[name_m]Herbert[/name_m] (From Great Expectations by [name_u]Charles[/name_u] Dickens)
[name_f]Alison[/name_f], [name_m]Humphrey[/name_m], [name_f]Fanny[/name_f] (from BBC Ghosts)
[name_u]Anne[/name_u] (as in [name_u]Anne[/name_u] Brontë-love [name_f]Anna[/name_f] and [name_f]Annie[/name_f] though 
)
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[name_m]Aslan[/name_m] (Aslan~ Narnia) 
[name_u]Spencer[/name_u] (Diana, [name_f]Princess[/name_f] of [name_m]Wales[/name_m], RIP) 
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[name_f]Persephone[/name_f] because of the main character from noughts & crosses books!
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claire + molly - the breakfast club // molly ringwald
veronica - veronica mars
betty, august (g), dorothea, james (g), + archer - taylor swift
manon - manon blackbeak // throne of glass
timothy + hal - timothée chalamet (hal is his middle name)
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this is why i like the name too :)) same for nesta (nesta archeron // acotar)
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my first thought was yelena, after yelena belova!
valkyrie, peggy, marvel, bucky - the mcu
leia, rey, amidala - star wars
charlotte, jamie - the charlotte holmes series
macey, bex, zach - gallagher girls series
roma (b), rosalind, celia - these violent delights
betty, august (g), marjorie, dorothea, and ivy - taylor swift
ivy, tess, asher, emilia - the fixer series
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[name_f]Diana[/name_f]- [name_u]Love[/name_u] the mythology/princess association, but sadly think it sounds dated.
[name_f]Helena[/name_f]- [name_f]Helena[/name_f] Bonham [name_u]Carter[/name_u] is one of my favorite actresses, but the name just sounds awkward to me no matter how much I want to love it!
[name_f]Fleur[/name_f]- [name_u]Love[/name_u] the HP association, but it sounds awkward when Americans pronounce it
[name_f]Anna[/name_f]- I love Tolstoy but the name is boring to me.
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[name_f]Hermione[/name_f] - [name_u]Harry[/name_u] [name_m]Potter[/name_m]
[name_f]Wanda[/name_f], [name_u]Marvel[/name_u] - [name_u]Marvel[/name_u]
[name_f]Dorothea[/name_f], [name_u]Willow[/name_u] - [name_u]Taylor[/name_u] [name_m]Swift[/name_m]
[name_f]Irene[/name_f] - [name_m]Sherlock[/name_m] [name_m]Holmes[/name_m]
[name_f]Aurora[/name_f] - Northern Lights
[name_f]Emerald[/name_f] - [name_f]Emerald[/name_f] [name_u]Isle[/name_u], among other associations
[name_f]Isla[/name_f] - [name_f]Emerald[/name_f] [name_u]Isle[/name_u]
[name_f]Marigold[/name_f], [name_f]Rose[/name_f] - The flower
[name_u]Cleo[/name_u] - [name_f]Cleopatra[/name_f]
[name_u]Nyx[/name_u] - The night, the [name_f]Goddess[/name_f]
[name_f]Nimue[/name_f] - Arthurian [name_u]Legend[/name_u]
[name_u]Loki[/name_u] - [name_u]Marvel[/name_u]
[name_u]Jupiter[/name_u], [name_u]Mars[/name_u] - The planets
[name_m]Arcturus[/name_m], [name_m]Draco[/name_m] - [name_u]Harry[/name_u] [name_m]Potter[/name_m]
[name_m]Apollo[/name_m] - The [name_m]God[/name_m], NASA mission
[name_u]Arthur[/name_u] - Arthurian [name_u]Legend[/name_u], [name_u]Harry[/name_u] [name_m]Potter[/name_m]
[name_u]Jasper[/name_u] - Gemstone
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[name_f]Juin[/name_f] – love it in theory as a [name_u]French[/name_u] honor name for [name_u]June[/name_u], but it doesn’t sound good in [name_f]English[/name_f]
[name_u]Ember[/name_u]
[name_u]Connor[/name_u]
[name_u]Morgan[/name_u]
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Used to hate [name_m]Felix[/name_m] now love it 
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I’ve come to love the sounds and looks of all of these names, but if you’d told me I’d like them before I had the associations that I do now, I’d have been totally shocked!!
Me too. 
ladies…
Yelena (Belova, of the Marvel Universe)
Wanda (Maximoff, of the Marvel Universe)
Eve (a name my mom loves)
Anne (of Green Gables)
Katherine (a dear friend)
Royce (a toddler I babysit)
Clare (the Irish county my family is from)
Sue (reading Emily Dickinson’s poems)
Robin (Buckley, of Stranger Things)
Phebe (Moore, of Eight Cousins)
Rhiannon (I met a lovely girl at school named this!)
Bethy (March, a special nickname in Little Women)
gents…
Edward (my dad’s Confirmation name)
Friedrich (Bhaer, an unsung gem of Little Women)
Atlas (a toddler I babysit)
Killian (Once Upon A Time)
Fraser (poetry)
Hamish (Brave)
Holden (Caulfield, of Catcher in the Rye)
Mackenzie nn Mac (Campbell, Eight Cousins)
George nn Geordie (Campbell, Eight Cousins)
Nathaniel nn Nat (Blake, of Little Men)
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[name_f]Anna[/name_f] and [name_f]Vanessa[/name_f], after the names of two of my favorite books.
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[name_u]Dallas[/name_u] grew on me because of [name_f]Dally[/name_f] [name_m]Winston[/name_m] from The Outsiders. [name_u]Clyde[/name_u] and [name_m]Chester[/name_m] are family names. [name_u]Prairie[/name_u] is a nod to the landscape where I grew up - childhood memories and all that.
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