This is one of my BIG Pet Peeves. I understand wanting a unique name for your child; I went through a brief, brief phase where I wanted to name my first daughter Scheherezade. Fortunately, I got over it, and turned to fantasy role-playing games to indulge my penchant for (some more than others) unique and original names.
Someday I will dust off the draft post with the "I can't believe they named their kid that" list. All I can say is, bonus points for the parents who actually made up something semi-original. Minus points for just adding prefixes or suffixes (or both) to an existing name, extra double super minus points for choosing an existing word and using it as a name (Okay, fine, Chastity has been a traditional name since Puritan times, but where do you get off naming a child Passion? Really!?!).
Anyway, ran across this (long, long list) while reading through the Educat's archives, and it made me snicker. A lot. Go forth, and enjoy.
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