:U i didn't read the rest of the article when i posted that.

i also know someone named shawnteyana (completely made up.. google it and you'll just see some ugly girl, the one who i'm talking about), someone named alexus, and even someone named rosemeli (rose and amelia.. .-.;).

i love pearl harbor… a lot but would not name my kid affleck?!?! i once met a girl whos name was pronouced sha-thee-hed…and splet shithead

I know someone who named their daughter Alexus Mercedes Beemer. Born approx 1999.
My all time favorite of the WASP world traveler type is my “little sis”, though not related, born in 1991 named (pause for breath) Francoise Sandahl Elizabeth Coyle Von Brew. Due to mom's French/Swedish ancestry (Francoise Sandahl) dad's German/English (Elizabeth) and both last names, Mother is Coyle, father is Von Brew.
She had the worst time during the fill in the name bubbles in standardised testing!
However she now accepts and likes her unique name, but has always gone by Lizzie, and I believe she always will. I would!

two of my cousin's gave their kids strange names, one has a girl called Medusa and the other has a boy named Vegas, after the place he was conceived. I also had a coworker who named her kid Serenity Rose. Jeez, one day those names will probably be the norm and names like William and Rachel will be considered “unique” What a world!

I have a real problem with my name – Lyndsay – though there are many unusual ways of spelling it but recently I worked out there are 21 variations of my name. I've had cards/letters/emails etc in most of them!

Parents today seem to be favoring unusual baby names. At one point in history, over half of the children born were given popular names. No more. Today’s trend is to break with the traditional. Your picking a name because you love it, not because of what everybody else thinks of it.