About Abby Sandel

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  1. Thanks. 🙂

    Helen is really lovely. It’d be on my list (with the nickname Nell), but there’s one in the family we see all the time.

    I saw Frances Mary on a blog a few days ago and really loved it!

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  2. Wonder if Sugar Ray is an Iris Murdoch fan? There is a Hartley in her novel The Sea, The Sea.

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    1. That’s interesting. Elisabeth speculated that Lydon might be in honor of John Lydon, aka Johnny Rotten of Sex Pistols fame. If that’s the case, then what a weird set of inspirations!

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  3. Congratulations to Rocking Fetal and your friend! Both names are utterly gorgeous 🙂 And thank you again for another excellent Sunday summary. These are always my favorite way to kick off the week!

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  4. Willa Florence Mae is absolutely divine. Congratulations to her!!!

    Hattie strikes me as very victoriana, but then again, so did Sadie before she became popular. I wouldn’t be surprised to see more Hatties. Mari is rather sweet and would be easy to carry in an English-speaking country.

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