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Haakon is a cool name, but it's too ethnic. It's not a name or a word that people would normally recognize. And I just plain don't like Harold. (I knew a Harold as a kid and didn't like him. Now that's who I think of when I hear the name.) Too bad, because it is a strong, historical name. Hans and Henrik are acceptable, but they aren't ethnically centered in Old Norse. I have a lot of peculiar rules when it comes to picking my kids names. Makes for a very small field.

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I have the same feelings about Hammond that you do. A cool name, but Wolf and Ham? That's a problem.

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Thanks for this post. You presented your thoughts very well.