Best interests of the child vs parental beliefs

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Originally Posted by Sundae

Does a name have to have a connection to the parent's name?
I might be missing something here.

Here in the U.S. there is a trend (that we could probably do without) of blending the parents names to name the child. I suppose it's an additional confirmation of paternity, other than just giving the baby the father's last name.

Of course, people do turn around and do other stupid shit.

I went to high school with a girl with a rather distinctive first name (misspelling of an insect) and a last name with romantic associations. She called her out-of-wedlock (a bigger deal then than it is now) child "Romeo."

crazynurse's daughter clearly had some sort of brain damage during delivery and named her child "Draven."

Yes, she named her kid after the dead guy in The Crow. Not Eric, which would have been perfectly acceptable, but Draven.

I do not get this. I do not.