Do people seriously not do…the most surface level Googling?
“I grew up with a top 10 name, so I’m picking an uncommon name that no one else will have — Amelia :) I am also going to complain when I find out that other babies are named Amelia, since it threatens my self-assessment of how clever I am”
“My ancestors were French, so I am picking a French name — Porte! It’s like Portia but French :) What do you mean it means ‘door’?” (I see this a lot with Cosette specifically — tell me “My 23andMe says I’m 8% French and I want to capitalize on that, but my only exposure to French culture is watching Ratatouille and reading Les Mis in high school” without telling me)
Or along the same lines, “My ancestry is Irish, so I consider myself Irish, so I’m picking an Irish name! I am totally butchering the pronunciation though, and assuming I’m 100% correct and actual Irish people are wrong :)”
Or “We picked the name Theodore! How does it go with our last name, Bundy? Nobody with any sort of unfortunate reputation has ever existed, obviously :)”
Or “I love the name Anakin! I’ve never seen Star Wars, and I don’t know anything about the character or how his actions/story will potentially impact my child.”
Or “We’re using the name Cohen! No, I’m not Jewish. Why would I need to know what it means to Jewish people?”
Like…have you done literally any Googling. Have you spent two minutes researching the name you plan to give to your LITERAL CHILD that they will have to live with every day for their entire life?