Do you follow the idea that parents who name their children odd names are dooming them professionally (and possibly socially)?

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I like original names but not names that are so strange that others can’t even say it. Even worse, I can’t imagine dealing with a kid who comes home in tears because I named him Volkswagon Goldfish. It also bothers me when kids have a common name, but the parents thought they were clever by changing the spelling (Mykal for Michael, Ashleigh for Ashley, alyx for alex).

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