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I suspect people think that 'unique' is a synonym for 'interesting' or 'attractive'. Otherwise it doesn't make sense.
I know two people - father and son - with Connor as a middle name. The father got it because it was or had been a family ln (there's an Irish connection) and the son of course got it for the same reason. Neither of them have ever used it other than as an item when they fill in forms.
So, my feeling is that if it's a name with personal meaning, then it's fine. Family lns certainly tick that box. But using it, and other lnfns, as if it was the equivalent of James or Michael seems either unimaginative or pretentious.
I know two people - father and son - with Connor as a middle name. The father got it because it was or had been a family ln (there's an Irish connection) and the son of course got it for the same reason. Neither of them have ever used it other than as an item when they fill in forms.
So, my feeling is that if it's a name with personal meaning, then it's fine. Family lns certainly tick that box. But using it, and other lnfns, as if it was the equivalent of James or Michael seems either unimaginative or pretentious.
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You didn't say you disliked Connor because it was recent, though, you said you disliked it because it was a last name. Connor and James and Michael are all similar in that they are first names that have last names derived from them. That appeared to be your criticism.
If your view really was all along that any name that has not been common for millennia is unimaginative and pretentious - well, that's a really odd view.
If your view really was all along that any name that has not been common for millennia is unimaginative and pretentious - well, that's a really odd view.
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