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Originally Posted by Ashasx
Who wants to be known as Ben Johnson or Tom Wilson? Hell, I still get TSN's Mike Johnson mixed up with half a dozen other people.
I hate my name. It's boring. It's one of the most common North American names (both first and last). I was also born on the most common birth date of the year.
I know a guy named Lenus. As odd as that is, I'd far rather that be my name.
Griffin Reinhart. Zenon Konopka. These are names.
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How many times in your life have you had to spell your name to someone because you knew if you didn't, you'd spend the next two minutes correcting them, and even after all that you knew there'd be a high likelihood that your name would still be spelled wrong on their file? That's why you give your kids normal names.
I'd actually be interested to know what the numbers would look like if you compared parents with unique names vs. parents with "normal" names and the probability that they give their own kids unique names. I wonder if Bob and Jane are more likely to give their kids odd names compared to Dravid and Alyssabeth?
From my own limited anecdotal evidence, the two guys I know with the weirdest first names gave their kids pretty boring middle-of-the-road names.