I named my kid after my middle name, which was my grandfather's name, which was his grandfather's name, and so on until at least the 1700s. Sadly, the name - wh

I named my kid after my middle name, which was my grandfather's name, which was his grandfather's name, and so on until at least the 1700s. Sadly, the name - which admittedly has been generally popular for a few thousand years - had a resurgence in 2002 and 5 years later yelling, "Alex!" at the playground would get at least 3 or 4 boys looking up to see if it was their dad calling to them. Oh well. At least I personally know I didn't name him after a fad.