What about "Norman"?
-think about what your instant face-picture of a person named "Norman" is:
1. A pale-skinned, poorly-socialized nerd with thick glasses.
2. A 400 pound beer-swilling Boston bar partron from a famous TV show.
I am certainly neither! I will admit to having a "boisterous" personality online, but I am kind of quiet in person.
Heh! Yeah that's really great! Folks
DONT YOU EVER GIVE YOUR KIDS AN ODD NAME!
I caught NO end of crap all through my childhood for that silly stupid name! I wasn't even supposed to be named this. My "parents" decided to name me Michael James, after my grandfathers brother, who was an early NBA player, and my mothers father. Only when I was born four weeks early with complications for both me and my mother, my dad, in a fit of stupid personal zeal decided to name me after himself. Thus my grandmother's name for my dad sticks with me today: Norman Joseph.
[I will say that I kind of think it is cute when I walk in the front door of the crash pad in Memphis and the drunks laying around the couches all look at me and say in unison:
"NORM"
]
Anyway, you've seen the mistake in my name. You've heard me talk about how I don't like it, it doesn't fit. And I've endured hundreds of hours of crap from the other kids, most of whom didn't measure up to me, but that silly stupid monicker that someone else gave me hangs like a damn albatross over my head, causing me no end of problem and gaining me nothing. It is just an appendix; only this one has been swollen for years, yet never warrants removal.
That's the way I want you to think about odd names for your children. If you give your kid an odd name it will be like an appendix that makes him sick on a regular basis, but never makes him sick enough to warrant its removal. Because your kid has to live with YOUR decision.
a- Nything else please!