My father, who was 5th generation Swede (I'm 6th generation) started something with me. They (my parents) gave me my own name, but my middle name is my father's first name. When my son was born, I continued this - so my son bears my first name as his middle name. I am hopeful that my grandson's middle name will be my son's first name, which would carry this to the third generation. But that is entirely the choice of my son and his wife.
The implication about Johnny Cash, was not about his name. Johnny Cash had a hit song in 1969: "A Boy Named Sue"
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Those kinds of “qualities“ names just seem out of place to me. Would you name your kid Buffoon? Buff could be the nickname which is not so bad.
There seem to be quite a few Bubbas in the South. How about Splendid? 
I'm confused what naming your child with the meaning of an idiot has to do with anything?
Yeah, I always though that was weird. But, this family was rich and was part of a group of rich people that had created the school I attended because they wanted to control the curricula their children were taught.Those kinds of “qualities“ names just seem out of place to me. Would you name your kid Buffoon? Buff could be the nickname which is not so bad.
It’s a name that projects a quality just like many of the names that project good qualities. Would you name you kid “super” or “brilliant”? My point, imo it’s generally better for you child to avoid those types “qualities” names.
Raquel is just Rachel in a different language. Google seems to think it's Spanish/Portuguese. Actresses have no unique ownership of that name.
This was one of the things in our minds when my wife and I named our kids. Certain names were discarded because we knew people with those names that were complete *******s.
Those would be dated names. I had an Aunt Bertha, “bright one” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bertha.
Did your dad spend some time on the IslandThose would be dated names. I had an Aunt Bertha, “bright one” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bertha.
I looked up Ethel: “noble maiden”. https://nameberry.com/babyname/Ethel. The only Ethel I knew of was on I Love Lucy, a 50s TV show.
My Dad’s name is Melvin, also dated: “council protector” https://nameberry.com/babyname/Melvin.
My grandson’s name is Riker. You’ll never guess where that came from.
When I was younger and became a student pilot, the twenty-something receptionist at the flight school was named Raquel. At 18, I was thinking a lot of other things about the young receptionist but the similarity of her name to a certain actress was not one of those thoughts.It’s an association she or others have perceived.
Surnames can make good first names, but some just don't work IMO (I met a little kid named "Briggs" once and felt bad for him).
Those would be dated names. I had an Aunt Bertha, “bright one” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bertha.
I looked up Ethel: “noble maiden”. https://nameberry.com/babyname/Ethel. The only Ethel I knew of was on I Love Lucy, a 50s TV show.
My Dad’s name is Melvin, also dated: “council protector” https://nameberry.com/babyname/Melvin.
My grandson’s name is Riker. You’ll never guess where that came from.
An aspect of many names where the meaning of the name is not commonly known, it’s less ostentatious than naming you child something like Bright One or Noble Woman. If those descriptive words are used the name would become silly as a name in modern society.
It seems all names assign qualities. Heck a lot give some quality of being like God or one of the pantheon of Gods. That's a lot to live up to.That was just to reinforce my point about names that assign qualities.
