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I would pick a very common name. A unique or exotic name would make it too easy to find them online, and I rather give them the choice of privacy and control.
by TheChaplain 8y ago
I would pick a very common name.
A unique or exotic name would make it too easy to find them online, and I rather give them the choice of privacy and control.
- CoolGuySteve 8y agoThat only helps if your last name isn't relatively unique. Or even worse, the language of origin for your first name and last name don't match, so the pair form an even more unique name. I'm terrified of ever being in the news for anything.
- femto 8y agoOne strategy is to pick a famous name to go with the surname. Look up the child's surname on Wikipedia and choose a first name from the disambiguation page, or put your surname into a search engine and pick from one of the top results. That way if the child wants their 15 minutes fame they have to actually work for it!
- mirimir 8y agoMy parents did that. Long before Wikipedia, but the same idea. So my name is relatively common.
- Markoff 8y agothat's why the first thing taught about using internet should be never use your real name publicly online