Unusal names harm a child's future success?

[feelslike-2day.livejournal.com]

My best friend is still quite a ways from having kids, but her and her boyfriend have decided to name one of their future daughters Nizani (niz-awhn-ee). It means 'miracle' in some Native American language (she is half native and he has some native background).

Personally, it reminds me of lasagna. I've mentioned it to her a few times, but she's still pretty set on it. Which brings me to my question, when a person has a particularly unusual name, say; Nizani...who wold hire them? When you phone for reservations, will people think you're joking?


Is it harmful to a child's future success to have a strange name?

Comments

[kitchen-poet.livejournal.com]

Woah. Saying it out loud I can see how you got lasagna, but when I just glanced at it my exact thought was "holy crap, who would name their kid Nazi?!"

Obviously, that is not the name, but with the N-A-Z combo, and ending in I, it's all I can see looking at it.


I don't think a really unusal name should hurt your chances in a professional setting, but realistically it might. (I still don't think it is right to let other people's ignorance limit your name choices.)

[feelslike-2day.livejournal.com]

Yeah I saw that too, when I wrote it out. Another point against it in my mind,LOL.

Oh yeah, it shouldn't affect it, but I'm just curious if and how much it does.