Actually, when I saw it, my impulse was to day it like javelin(the spear-thing that you throw in Olympic competition.), without the "l"However, now I know! It's good name, not at all overused.
If it's any help, my husband, who is from the Middle East, has a name which, though common there, isn't, in our small Canadian town. And at first people wondered how to say it. But now they know how, and he has no difficulity.
Many more people will hear your son's name, than see it written. Don't worry. you have chosen well.
This message was edited 4/20/2010, 10:38 AM