Naming names

Sometimes, families name children perfectly ordinary things, and then sometimes, they don't. I always find it more than a little strange when a family's previously been no more adventurous than a Mary, Ann, or William, and then names a child something seemingly plucked out of the air like Penninah or Mehetable.

Then, there's the double names and the surnames as first names; while there's nothing wrong with it as such, its still worth noting when a child was named John John, William Williams, James James or even Hopkin Hopkins. The records always show more people with double-names than I'm expecting.

Again, there's nothing particularly wrong with any of these names, it all comes down to choice after all, and we live in a world where celebrities name their children after fruit - it all just adds to the wider story of a family.