Ouch. Well, I'm going to play the I sure as hell hated having 1 in 10 girls I seem to meet through life with the same name as me, so I can totally understand why some people prefer to give their kids unique names.

I'm totally with you there,

I liked that I 1st met another Adele when I was 12 years old. It's a name that was popular about 90 years ago and when my parents picked it it wasn't so common outside Germany, Italy or France; it seems to be making a small resurgance.

My husband, growing up in Denmark was one of 5 Thomas's in his class. 50% of the students in his class had that name Christian, Martin or Thomas and he always wanted a name that when called, 5 heads wouldn't look up.

When it comes to names, there is a difference however between common and boring just as there is a difference between different and odd.