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Ross
Ross Ross is clean and plainspoken — a name with Scottish roots that projects a certain pragmatic reliability. It suits characters who are fundamentally decent rather than flashy, who take their commitments seriously, and who tend to be the emotional anchor of the group around them. In contemporary settings it reads as slightly underused, which can give a character a pleasantly individual stamp.
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