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[quote=Anonymous]It might come as a shock, but "Palin Country" is not particularly backward, contrary to eastern sensibilities. It is full of indigenous people, but this isn't a problem unless you're a bigot.

The best first names are the names your grandmother, great-grandmother, and so on bore: Lydia, Violet, Mercy, Elizabeth, Emma, Catherine, Anna Margaret, Hannah, Sarah, Abigail, etc.
Evelyn will do in a pinch; so will Margaret, although it can be iffy.

If you come from old WASP stock in the south or New England, just run back the genealogy a few generations. Using a surname  reasonable if you have a surname that can carry it - Palmer Hoyt works far better than 
Mackenzie Garcia. Using a mother's maiden name as a middle name is also good - Catherine Perrine Dill is a good old line WASP example.

Nicknames are important - Muffy, Molly and Mopsy are better than Debbie, Lyndie, and Susie.

Brittney, Tiffany, Brandy, Victoria - any name from a popular television series character or celeberity is completely inappropriate. The proliferation of boys named Aiden and Declan are a wee bit too prime time - although
some will give you points if you name a son Declan for Elvis Costello.

Nadine and Fleur work; Bernadette and Madeline, not so well as they reflect popular saints and are wildly popular down scale.

No silly spellings, no silly apostrophes, and for heaven sake don't name your daughter after a mushroom or wine unless you are a celebrity who can leave their child a large inheritance.

Any name or spelling found in the Urban Dictionary should be bypassed with extreme prejudice.
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