Perhaps the solution would be to go with 20th-century opera:
Horace or Augusta (Ballad of Baby Doe)
George or Lenny (Of Mice and Men)
Vanessa (opera of the same name)
Susannah (ditto)
John (The Consul)
Michele/Michael (The Saint of Bleecker Street)
Elizabeth Finkler
Sunnyvale, California
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Seinem Ohre vernehmlich,
So erquicke sein Herz!"
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>From: Jennifer <ihateegroups@y...>
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>As I was reading some of the suggestions, I was
>wondering if the teasing factor the child will suffer
>at school should be taken into account, if, for
>example, they're named Cinderella or Xenia (too close
>to Xena). There is a website (www.babynamer.com) that
>lists baby names, and in addition to listing meaning
>and origin, it also lists drawback for each name, so
>the prospective parent can be fully aware of what
>their child might go through.
>
>Jennifer, aka Jennipoo aka Jeffinerd aka Jenniflirt (I
>got these from the website, not from personal
>experience :o)
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> > if it's a boy, name him 'siegfried'. it is the
> > only operatic name i can
> > think of that won't get him a beating from the rest
> > of the kids in the
> > neighborhood or, his school.
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