People's First Names and Their Homonyms

Answer following the clues, which are all homonyms of people's first names. Then, name those names.
The shaded name is as Germans pronouce it
British/Australian pronunciations apply, especially if there is an r involved
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Last updated: January 12, 2017
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First submittedOctober 27, 2015
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hint
word
name
freshwater stream
brook
Brooke
propels a boat using oars
rows
Rose
this person says aye for yes
Scot
Scott
fleeced of wool
shorn
Sean
something providing a boost or stimulus
fillip
Philip
be in a common prayer posture
kneel
Neil
rudely brief
curt
Kurt
found out the weight of
weighed
Wade
more overcast
cloudier
Claudia
force 8 wind
gale
Gail
knit with reverse stitch
purl
Pearl
hint
word
name
spirit distilled from wine
brandy
Brandi
make something white or pale
blanch
Blanche
destroys
wrecks
Rex
complainer
moaner
Mona
made a hole
dug
Doug
wipe your feet on this before entering
mat
Matt
dried vegetable matter used as fuel
peat
Pete
seriously diligent
earnest
Ernest
large treed area
forest
Forrest
could possibly
may
Mae
more thin
leaner
Lena
6 Comments
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Level 85
Oct 27, 2015
Where I live, there's no "r" sound in Mona, Lena, or Sean.
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Level 65
Oct 27, 2015
I think the quizmakers doesn't pronounce the "r" in Shorn, Cloudier, Moaner, leaner. and "cloudier" pronounced "Claudia" (yes, I have an American accent)
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Level 76
Oct 27, 2015
Curiously though, those have all scored well, although homonym quizzes when there are Brits, Americans and r's all about can be fraught! Anyway, Jerry928 (there's only one of him) has added a rider to the instructions.
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Level 65
Oct 28, 2015
Ok. I did mean quizmaker. :D
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Level 28
Jan 11, 2017
I kept trying to type 'pirate' for the 'this person says aye for yes' question even though I knew that there is most likely no name that sounds similar to pirate.
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Level 46
Jul 27, 2018
Same