All-time favorite names

Here's the list of names I have found myself loving for more than 10 years now. I got to know most of these in around 2001, 2002, when I used to frequent another American name forum a lot, searching character names for several SF stories mostly set in a future vision of the USA. Since I'm German and many of the names listed below sadly won't work in a non-English-speaking environment, I would never consider many of these for future children, but that doesn't prevent me from loving them anyway. I hope you enjoy this list and don't mind minor grammar mistakes now and then. :-) - Created by Ayane

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  Sephora

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  Elysia

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  Sian

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  Athena

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  Liora

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  Cyrus

  My very favorite boys' name of all time, unfortunately virtually unusable where I live. I bestowed it upon the male protagonist of the SF novel I started back in 1999 and was truly surprised to find the name on the "Outhip the hipster" list here on Nameberry, I guess I was way ahead of the times when I chose the name.

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  Damian

  Another favorite of mine. Since this name is also used in Germany, I definitely would name a future son this.

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  Arianna

  Character name as well as one I'd really love to use on a future daughter. And it's really uncommon where I live.

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  Evangeline

  Another SF heroine of mine (who goes by Eve) - and also a case of "would never work here".

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  Justine

  The female protagonist of said SF novel, for which I tried to come up with rather timeless names. This name isn't unheard of in Germany, but the (occasionally heard) German pronunciation is just horrid; the French is okay, but I prefer the English one.

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  Seth

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  Asa

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  Jude

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  Kara

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  Raine

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  Samuel

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  Adrian

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  Reid

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  Julian

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  Jade

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  Celia

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  Elliot

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  Avery

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  Vincent

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  Gabriel

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  Everett

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  Aidan

  I don't have to put this on the "guilty pleasures" list because the name nowhere near as omnipresent here as it is in the States or other anglophone countries, so I can put it on my lists of favorites without a bad conscience.

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  Ava

  Same here.

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  Siobhan

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  Linnea