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Re:The epic rise and fall of the name Heather by moate on Tuesday September 25, 2018 @10:07AM (#18066384)
Plenty of people do. My first and middle names are 2 of the most common men's names for the last 40 years and I'm fine with that. Your daughters may well grow up agreeing with you or resenting you. If you'd named them Jennifer and Mary they may have thanked you for not leaning into a trend and picking something stupid like Apple, or they may always yearn to be unique and different.

TL;dr- YOU don't want a banal name for your children, but you have no idea how that's going to work out long term.

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Re:The epic rise and fall of the name Heather by Fordrus on Tuesday September 25, 2018 @10:36AM (#18066634)
I have a depressingly banal name and have experienced pretty serious annoyance about it. I wouldn’t say depression, but when society already makes me feel like a faceless drone, being <banal name>#476 exacerbates the problem substantially.
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