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Cristina's avatar

Ezra - Maynard; Sascha

Silas - Koa, Cletus

Jude - Dane, Jago

Ava - Elka, Rilla

Daphne - Solveig, Isolde

Ophelia - Sidonie, Alethea

Eloise - Yvaine, Elettra

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Grace's avatar

thank you for sharing these - lovely ideas! I like Sidonie, Alethea, Elettra, Jago, Elka, Solveig, Isolde, and Sascha in particular! (Sidonie, Elettra, and Cletus all fit with the one-of-a-kind theme too, and weren't used last year!)

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J.O.'s avatar

Ezra: Ezran, Isran

Silas: Solace, Elian

Jude: Julian/Juliana, Jo

Soren: Owain, Zander

Ava: Aveline, Maeve

Daphne: Eithne (Et-na)/Ethni (Eth-nee), Phoebe

Ophelia: Lobelia, Elowyn

Eloise: Lilja, Luisa

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Grace's avatar

Great ideas - thank you for sharing! Aveline, Owain, Solace, Ezran and Lilja are lovely! The ones that pass the "one-of-a-kind" test and weren't in the US stats last year are Isran, Owain, Ethni, Lobelia, and Eithne :)

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Sally Odgers's avatar

Eloise... Heloise or Wisteria

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Annie Jane's avatar

Ezra - Eldaah

Silas - Zedekias; Caius

Jude - Jetur; Jahdo

Ava - Nova; Kira

Daphne - Ninfa; Vashti

Ophelia - Tahinnah; Natania

Eloise - Ziza; Ines

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Grace's avatar

thank you for sharing!! Zedekias, Jetur, Jahdo, Kira (haven't heard that in ages), Ninfa (intrigued by this), Vashti, Natania, Ines, and Ziza are great ideas

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Maggie Austin's avatar

Phinea (pronounced Fee-nee)

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Grace's avatar

ooh, Phinea is cool! I'd heard of Phinée, but not Phinea, so thank you for sharing!

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Sally Odgers's avatar

Offenbach for Ophelia

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Karo / Luminen's avatar

Ezra - Aarni, Alvar, Evert, Evren

Silas - Ilias, Uljas, Armas, Amias, Phinneas, Salem

Jude - Justus, Boyd, Folke

Soren - Runo, Camden, Oaken

Ava - Avis, Dovie, Elva

Daphne - Daria, Vesna, Affinity

Ophelia - Philomena, Gardenia, Ornella

Eloise - Lovisa, Elba, Wendall

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Grace's avatar

brilliant ideas - Aarni, Alvar, Ilias, Salem (I like this for a boy!), Boyd, Folke, Runo (love it), Camden, Oaken, Avis, Elva, Vesna, Affinity, Ornella, Philomena, Elba and Wendall are great! thank you for sharing!

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Mairi Munn's avatar

Sholto means propagation.

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Mairi Munn's avatar

You're welcome 😊 I didn't want people to be put off lol

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Grace's avatar

yeah, I've generally seen it recorded as meaning "sower, propagator" (sewer was a typo 🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️ thanks for pointing that out :))

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Grace's avatar

Ava - Aoife (pronounced EE-fa) like Eva with an “F” sound. An Irish twist on the name.

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Grace's avatar

Aoife is lovely - I love the sound of it! (weirdly, I've met more Aoifes than Avas though...) thank you for sharing!

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Stacey Acon's avatar

Ezra=Enzo; Wolf; Rory; Fritz; Ennis; Elio

Silas=Cylas; Giles; Salix; Shiloh; Solas

Jude=Saul; Jinxx; Fox

Soren=Oren; Sorrel; Orion

Ava=Zora; Ada; Vida

Daphne=Delphine; Dahlia

Ophelia= Cordelia; Aurelia; Calypso; Octavia

Eloise=Bellamy; Solaire; Romilly;

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Grace's avatar

Lovely suggestions - thanks for sharing! Sorrel, Oren, Enzo, Ennis, Vida, and Calypso are great! Jinxx and Solas are the ones that pass the "one-of-a-kind" test and didn't appear on the stats last year :)

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Sally Odgers's avatar

Ezra: Ez, Escher, Fez

Silas: Silvan, Zion, Silence

Jude: Judea, Justice, Jury, Judah, Jodiel

Soren: Sorenson, Sorcha, Zoren, Zennith, Zennor

Ava: Evangeline, Ada, Adah, Adara

Daphne: Dahlia, Daffodil, Diefenbachia, Darrien

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Grace's avatar

Thank you for sharing these - lots of great ideas - Escher, Sorcha, Ez, Silvan, Judea, Jodiel, Zoren, Zenith, Zennor, Dahlia and Wisteria are cool!

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eagleeyes's avatar

I'm thinking...

Ezra > Zerah (it did go to 8 girls but didn't rank for boys, even though it's masculine in the Bible), Kuzma

Silas > Silenus

Jude > Carew, Jedah

Soren > Corrin (although my preferred spelling Corin did go to 12 boys), Sansón

Ava > Ansa, Eyre, Sveva

Daphne > Doveva, Dvora, Espérie

Ophelia > Ophira/Ofira (can't believe this isn't on the >5 babies list!)

Eloise > Elisent, Espérie, Isannah

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Grace's avatar

Ooh, love these - thanks for sharing! I really like Zerah, Kuzma, Silenus, Carew, Corrin, Sanson, Ansa, Eyre, Doveva, Dvora, Esperie, Ophira/Ofira (I'm so surprised too that it isn't used more!) and Elisent!!!

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Miette's avatar

Ezra: Ezrael, Ever, Azur, Enzi, Enzo, Cosmo

Silas: Albus, Abrus, Tiras, Milas

Jude: Blue, Quint, Clark, Rune

Soren: Stellan, Oren, Evren, Roan

Ava: Asta, Aiste, Niamh, Tove, Viva, Vita

Daphne: Xanthe, Dierdre, Ophelie, Delphine

Ophelia: Ophira, Ophelie, Viola, Amalthea

Eloise: Lois, Lileas, Therese, Philonese, Ivelisse

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Grace's avatar

Ooh, these are great - thank you for sharing! Ezrael, Azur, Enzi, Milas, Tiras, Quint, Rune, Roan, Oren, Stellan, Tove, Vita, Ophelie, Ophira, Amalthea, Lileas, and Ivelisse are lovely! I am intrigued by Aiste too!

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Miette's avatar

Aiste is the name of a friend of mine- her family is Lithuanian, which I believe is where the name is from!

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Grace's avatar

it's stunning!!

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