I definitely agree with you,
Maggie , that "you can be unique regardless of how common your name is". It's not the name that makes the child unique, but rather the choice of a name which expresses the parents' wishes for their child to grow up being unique. :)
I think Norah (one of our old regulars on this board who hasn't been around much lately) said it best when she said something like (and I'm quoting from memory here): "I think a person's name tells you more about that person's parents than about the person, him/herself." :)
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Nanaea