Seargeoh looks like it must be Celtic. But maybe made up Celtic?

I hope so. Otherwise it might be a "creatively" spelled "Sergio".

Those are some unlucky celebuspawn.

And to think, I used to complain-- bitterly-- about Caridad being my middle name. At least it's a real, honest-to-goodness saint's name. Unpronounceable if you're not of Spanish background or don't know the language, but at least it gave me a pen name when Pocket decided they wanted me to sound "More Latina."

Of course, it also got another author who uses the name all up in arms because she'd been "branding the name."

If I have a son of my own, I probably shouldn't name him Fred, because then his name would be Freddy Krueger.

Occasionally when I buy something with a credit card, I get asked if I'm related to Freddy Krueger. I usually say, "Yeah, but we don't talk about that side of the family. Because they pronounce Krueger wrong."

Granted, Stallone may be a bit nutty on the issue of names considering he grew up with 'Sylvester'. But you have to really stretch to find names odder than Sylvester.

The neighbor's nanny had driven their minivan into the kitchen. Thankfully, no one was hurt, but the nanny only has a learner's permit, and she had the two kids in the van with her!

HMOG!

Of course, it also got another author who uses the name all up in arms because she'd been "branding the name."

WTF.

ION, OMG.

All the oddly named people I knew gave their children firmly traditional names. Like all their childhood miseries stemmed from their name and they wouldn't ever inflict them on their own progeny.

At that rate, with our own standard issue names of Dave & Lisa (okay, there you go, people, I've known you for a decade I suppose you can know my & my SO's real first names. Go wild!) we're probably likely to name our own putative kids something bizarre.

And to think, I used to complain-- bitterly-- about Caridad being my middle name. At least it's a real, honest-to-goodness saint's name. Unpronounceable if you're not of Spanish background or don't know the language,

Huh? Isn't it pronounced basically like it's spelled?

I love that name, anyway. We had a Charity in my high school class who was Caridad in Spanish class. It was funny because she was actually Cuban but her family used the anglicized version of the name.

We wanted to go with uncommon but not weird names for the kids. I'm pretty happy with the result.

Of course, it also got another author who uses the name all up in arms because she'd been "branding the name."

Okay, what?

(Also, hard to pronounce? Really?)

I think people should consider first name/last name match - if you've got a really out there or hard to pronounce/spell last name, go simpler on the first name. If your last name is Smith, you get more leeway.

All the oddly named people I knew gave their children firmly traditional names. Like all their childhood miseries stemmed from their name and they wouldn't ever inflict them on their own progeny.

I worked with a man named Kim who believed it had been a valuable experience, growing up with a "girl's name," so he gave his kids gender-ambiguous names as well.