Be it our parents or grandparents naming their offspring down to us labeling our own. Slapping a child with a moniker isn't something that should ever be taken lightly. They can't legally change it themselves until they are eighteen or twenty-one depending upon which state you live in. By then you may have earned their undying hate over the matter.
Names have a range of meanings.
Some parents just whip out whatever sounds good to them or tag the poor kid with a family name better forgotten. Now that we've managed to hit the waning years of the 90's, I hoping that the trends in names stop reflecting those bizarre names found on television programs. I fear, though, it isn't likely. Certain names will be with us forever simply because they are standards like Sarah and Susan, or John and James. They are simple straight forward names.