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If it's something like Cameron meaning "crooked nose," who cares? People who pull out obscure, esoteric things like that as reasons to despise a name (particularly when their real reasons have a lot more to do with its usage) are, IMO, being too pedantic. The average person isn't going to look at baby Cameron and say to their friends, "Oh, the poor boy. Did you know Diane named her baby Crooked Nose?"

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Bane, however, is a commonly used English word with a bad meaning. It's not something where the etymological origin is veiled by centuries of time and language differences. Anyone who's been well-educated, and most of those who haven't been, is going to recognize the phrase "the bane of my existence." And the average person very well might titter to her friends over lunch, "Did you hear Sally's son is called Bane? Why not put a sign on him saying "not wanted"?" That, of course, is neither polite nor thoughtful, but it's something I would certainly expect if I named a son something that still very clearly means "a source of harm or ruin".

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If you like the sound, Zane is always a possibility, as are Kane, Dane, Rain, Lane, Wayne, and Jayne (though that last one doesn't fly quite so easily ;). I'd prefer to see Zane to any of the others, personally.

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