We Live in a Society

We live in a society where names get pulled out of anything and anywhere. I've heard of people getting made fun of for having names taken from nature, but then we also as a society make fun of people with names like Shannon (because of how shockingly stereotypical these soccer moms apparently are). I've known people named River and Brook and Cloud who are assumed to be hippies because of their names, in the same way that Shannon is assumed to have a short hair-cut and a mini van. As the population rises, people look for more and more ways to feel unique. They want their children to be unique from other kids. And they don't want to have forty Madison's in one classroom. Personally, I enjoy unique names. Sometimes, sure, parents can get out of hand with names, but the children themselves cannot control what their names turn out to be. While these kids might wish they had a more normal name, I wish mine was more unique. My first name is very common, and my last n...