i've mentioned this before on cp....
my wife and i don't have any kids, but we have talked about names
i suggested Calvin Gary
my wife thought that i liked that name becuz i always enjoyed calvin & hobbes and she figured there was some very influential person in my life named gary.
then i made the mistake of saying we could shorten the first name to Cal.
she thought, 'ok' for just a second.... then i could see the gears turning....
Calvin Gary.... Cal Gary
i was shot down
i wonder if all the 'weird' names are becuz the number of immigrants/different heritages continues to rise or is it becuz people are just stupid!??!
one of my best friends back in high school was named dragan. it seems like a really weird name, but his folks immigrated from croatia and i guess over there it was very common name. when he changed schools he went by 'dave', just becuz that's a more canadian name, but dragan's a pretty cool name... and it actually really suits him