What’s in a name? Apparently more than we sometimes realize. Our names are important to us. They carry the message of who we are. Parents think carefully of what to name a new child. How is it going to sound when that child grows to adulthood? Will it be dignified? Distinctive? Pleasant? We want names that will not be embarrassing or cause people to make jokes of them. Probably all of us have been amused by someone’s unfortunate name; one probably chosen by a parent who failed to think of the long term effect upon the child of the name they had chosen. A few years ago Johnny Cash sang about "A Boy Named Sue," a hilarious parody of the troubles a kid had going through life with a girl’s name. Most of us try to be more sensitive than that and choose names that will wear well enough to last a…