As I'm trying to choose a name for our son, things like this make it more and more difficult. What if I choose a name that leads my son down a delinquent path? I can't do anything about the last (see below), but I can with the first. I guess I need to go with popular names and stay away from "Alec, Ernest, Ivan, Kareem, and Malcolm."Names, while not defining us, do affect us relationally and personally.
How did your name affect you growing up? Did people tease you? Did you hate your name? Were you oblivious? Did you like it?
Combining Underwood (under-the-wood; underwear; under-a-woody) with Dan ("the man", "Dan the ____ man") has definitely given me grief throughout my childhood years. Looking back now would I change it? Nope. Back in the 6th grade, though, I would have given anything for a different first and last name.
