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I prefer Noble. Besides the fact that it is infinitely less tacky to name your child after an admirable quality than a preordained financial station, I just think Ezra Noble sounds better. ;)

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Putting your obvious example of the drug dealer aside (o.O), can one ever say exactly what characteristics a name's bearer will have? We've all known bratty Graces and Destinys whose destinies were less than the stuff dreams are made of, but it's not like their names affected that. The best parents can do is hope that their kids grow up well to possess positive characteristics, and I think naming your child after something or someone who exemplifies these traits is a positive reflection of that, even if I occasionally succumb to jokes about Heaven-leigh and what will become of her.

This message was edited 1/4/2007, 6:03 PM