Just loved the article always interested in learning about other ancient cultures.

My adult name is Yindin and is a lauguage name from the Yindany speaking people of north Queensland, although I am a "man" from the Gubuguringi people next door in the forests of what is called by Gubbas ( white Ghosts ) the Daintree Forrest.

All my clan have names according to weather patterns, ( garra bunna ) but because I am mixed blood the other part being Torrest Strait islander I cannot have a full blood name so the old people gave me that name. I have a daughter who is named after my great great great grandmother "Jawady" meaning storm by my elders. We both have european names and a surnames that were given to my grandfather by missionaries upon his birth in 1889.

Lovely article, but whatever's wrong with the fine Welsh name of Rhys! It means ardent or enthusiastic, and would perhaps suit the author rather well.

God article. But there is another side to the current use of names, especially in the west. And which in my opinion points to our cultural poverty.
Apparently some people name their children after well known products and brand names.
You cant get much more one-dimensional than that.
It also shows how thoroughly indoctrinated by and to corporate "values" that some sections of our culture have become.

Ken & Barbie rules!

"Tiger Lily" comes to mind!

Some cultures name all their kids the same name. That really causes problems later on when trying to identify someone. It makes you wonder whether that is part of the plan.

Parents wield great power when they name their children. My neighbour tells the story of a man she once met in the UK. His name was 'Sean' which is fine in itself - his surname - Lamb.
He endured ridicule until he was 21 (the age of majority back then) and then changed his name by deed poll - and had not spoken to his parents since then. They did it hoping to inherit from a wealthy great uncle. He ignored them.
My name is common enough but has an unusual spelling because a maternal grandmother insisted and everyone was too afraid to disagree. It is a nuisance and I use an alternative more often than not.
Nothing wrong with unusual names providing that they are not also ridiculous. (Peaches or Tiger Lily will take revenge.)
But all children should have at least two given names surely? That way they have a choice - especially if they marry and take their partner's name along with their own and the first sounds wrong with the second.