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I mean... It's funny! Say it out loud. Phoenix Rose Black-Daley ... Phoenix rose black daily ... out of his pile of ashes, it seems reasonable to assume. It's so plain to me that it seems like it has to be deliberate. I feel like Rose is not a name for a boy (although with middle names, I don't think it matters and don't really care), and that makes it seem even more like the pun is on purpose.

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I've got no problem with puns and joke names per se, as long as they're not negative in some way, and this one isn't - I suppose the parents genuinely think it'd be fun to be named one, and it might be so. It's hard for me to have any opinion of this name that isn't about the pun, though. Even just Phoenix Rose seems deliberately a pun, since the cliche phrase is that a phoenix "rises" from its own ashes. I would definitely poke someone considering that combo, to make sure they were aware of it.

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I'm not a fan of the name Phoenix. I used to be, but then I realized the sound of it spoken aloud is unappealing to me. Robert Ray is much cooler imo than Phoenix Rose.

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- mirfak