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Spencer
Spencer Spencer has an aristocratic tang softened by its American adoption — it sounds like a name worn comfortably by someone with good taste and better manners, possibly old money but not ostentatious about it. Characters named Spencer tend to be polished but approachable, with a social intelligence that makes them effective operators in complex environments.
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Tracy
“Originally a Norman surname derived from the French place name Tracy-Bocage in Normandy, itself from the Gaulish personal name Thracius, meaning "Thracian." It entered English use as a masculine given name, transferred from the aristocratic surname, but shifted predominantly to feminine use in the mid-20th century, particularly in America, where it was widely popular in the 1960s and 1970s.”
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Fay
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Myrl
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