I think the world could do with some more Basils I don't mind the name. Having been a teachers' assistant in a very multicultural area of Melbourne for 5 years I've heard and worked with some very unusual names. I can't remember who said it but it's true: you might hear of an unusual name and make a judgement... but when you are interacting with them daily the name takes on an individual meaning relating to THAT person. I'll never forget the start of one year and being shown the class list for the students that were about to begin. My eyebrows were certainly raised! But it only took a few days before I thought absolutely nothing of those names... it was all about the child. We even had one child that was given the name of a number. I couldn't believe it. But it soooo suited this child and now I even LOVE that as a name. Oh and teachers will probably be quite grateful... unusual names are MUCH easier to work with than having 4 kids in the same class with the same name... which has happened before and really turned me off those names.