Have sticks and stones broken your bones?

"What's in a name. That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet." ~William Shakespeare

Is your name as sweet as a rose or is it full of thorns? Do you wish it was different; is it lacking flare? I just came across a pretty cool name of an American astronomer (whose systematic observations of the extraordinary radial velocities of spiral galaxies provided the first evidence supporting the expanding-universe theory) — Vesto Slipher. Now that name has panache! How about the NBA's Stromile Swift. I don't know the man but his name makes him seem like a cool dude. Then there's the actor Rip Torn. His real first name is Elmore but doesn't that sound better than Bob Smith? Of course, my apologies to all Bob Smith's out there ... I'm sure most of you are fabulous people. Let's not forget the name George Costanza wanted to give his child – Seven. Very original.

If you've got some cool names you'd like to share, write me a comment. C'mon, don't be shy. I promise I won't call you a name!