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Not trying to fight with you. But as someone who grew up with a more uncommon name (and has siblings who have done the same, as well as someone who works with children on a regular basis) I can assure you that someone's name can never and should never be a basis for anything, hypothetical or not. Just because I may think a student's name is silly, and there are plenty of children I get whose names I do find silly, that never affects how I look at them. I am not about to meet students for the first time think "Greenleigh, that's different. Ava, Isabella, and Avery...again" and like the three girls with names I am more familiar with better just because their name is more common. THAT is silly. Parents can be judged by what their children are named, they are the ones who picked the name. But it does not reflect THEM as a person is the point I am trying to make. Judging someone simply by their name is ignorant. So feel free to judge ME based on the names I choose, but don't judge my (future) kids. Because I love that I grew up with a name and an identity I never had to share (and when I did it was more like finding an Easter egg than anything), and I want the same for my kids.

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I realize I am probably being overly defensive, but this topic touches home for me.