Mum named us all names that couldn't be shortened too (Emma, JOhn, Claire and Paul) and she gets really feisty when she hears people calling me Em or Ems. Which is funny coz it doesn't bother me lol.
I've definitely used up my quota of girls names on the gremlins, I didn't really like Mercedes to start with and my sister reckons it's a stripper name, but it grew on me and now I think it suits my little Sadie-baby. Most of you know the story behind Sienna's name, I 'stole' it off someone else

coz of course you can 'own' names

. And Maya was Maya from very early on after Maya Angelou.
I love Mercedes middle name, Kailah, too, my Mum picked it after she saw it on a waitresses name tag once.
I also like Gabrielle/a, Luca (for a girl), Ava, Shyla and Kayla. And Xanthesmum, I thihk your two girls have beautiful names.