[JasonTakeshi]

Originally Posted by Nyororin

They don`t have to - but to deny that they do would be lying to yourself.
You`re completely welcome to name your children anything you like - no matter how far it veers from the typical "name". But do not be upset if your child is bullied, if people think less of them or you for that name, or if it reduces your child`s opportunities in life.
If I were looking for a doctor, I`d be much more likely to choose a "Linda Smith" over an "Astronomical Smith". I`d rather have a lawyer named "William Jones" than one named "Heavenly-Body Jones". Your name has a lot to do with how you are perceived - a "non-name" name may not receive a positive response. If you feel that your child should just deal with the name and it`s repercussions... Well, good luck with that. But I have yet to meet a single person with a very strange name who was actually happy about it.

So your pretty much saying that if i name my son "Astronomical" or "Heavenly-body" he might get social reprisals for carrying a "non-name" name?

I dont see why "Astronomical Smith" wouldn't fit as a doctor's name.
I mean,individually, it would not change his capacities to perform his duties.

But within the society, generalizing, it might even cost him future opportunities.

How trivial society is (generalizing) to doom one by its name instead by its skills.

Edit: I guess you already know where this is going. (I assume)
If not, i can go straight to the point. But i dont want to go off-topic.