Girls’ Names for Parents Who Wanted a Boy

by Wendy Underwood and Kurtis Kolt

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Nigelle
Richard-Jane
Barryanne
Nathanessa
Dicka
Tomcilla
Jeffreyette
Penelopete
Chucklene
Horacelia
Genevince
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