My name is not particularly unusual, but my parents chose the less common spelling - Bonny instead of Bonnie. My entire life I have had to correct the spelling - at school (where my name was continually spelt wrong on paperwork, certificates etc even though the correct spelling was made clear many names), with relatives (my own grandmother continued to spell my name wrong well into my childhood), friends, and of course people who don't know me who just assume that my name is spelt with an 'ie'. I don't blame my parents - I like the way my name is spelt, but it does get incredibly frustrating when you constantly have to correct people. It hasn't affected my life in an extreme way, but it is annoying - and I didn't want that for my kids. That is why I am not big on unusual names or unusual spellings of common names.