I have had my hand in unfortunate names, and I issue my apoligies to my neice and godchild. I was young!

Neice: Krystyn Ambyr Rachyl. The Y’s were my idea. I was twelve; her parents were not. We call her ‘Rachyl’, and she refuses to spell it with the Y.

Godchild: My best friend got pregnant as a teenager. She wanted to name the eventual baby: Picard Geordi, Luke Walker, or Darth. Girls would have been Beverly Deanna, Mara Jade, or Leia Alder. “It’s a little different! No one will notice!”

Fortunatly wiser heads prevailed. Her father threatened to throw her out. The baby was named Gene Lucas, after the creators of her favorite shows.

-R