Just the name itself has a distasteful ring to it. Poor Ichabod, born in the midst of a very distasteful time. Not a very pleasant start for an infant child, and, on top of all that, he would be saddled with the name Ichabod for the remainder of his life, a constant reminder of the dark circumstances in which he was born. But, perhaps that's why the Lord saddled him with this name in the first place - to be in Israel a constant reminder of dark days. Sin produces scars, scars which stay with us the remainder of our lives, as consequences to be sure, but more importantly, as reminders of poor choices and dark moments.
Sin is very expensive.
It costs lives and leaves deep, deep, scars, attaching itself to us like a name.