Going Wild with Baby Names

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Going Wild with Baby Names

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A lot of parents don't want to give their children any "usual" names - normal names like John or David seem very unimaginative and even stifling to them.

But where is the line?

In America, there is none. There are laws limiting what can show up on a vanity license plate, but there are none governing a child's moniker. The lack of legislation has yielded famous cases like the unfortunately named twins "Lemonjello and Orangejello" and the ever popular Shithead (pronounced Shuh-teed).

60% of kids in grades five through twelve had been teased or gossiped about "in a mean way" (2002).

So what do you prefer? Would you like to have some creative name or is it easier to go by a usual "mediocre" one?