I was born in England in '65. My mum wanted to give me a unique/American name (I don't know why, I've always liked Desmond or Reg). She gave me the name Grant, I guess not realizing the Scottish contribution. She was quite peeved when a short time latter another kid down the way was called Grant. Although still not a common name over here in Canada i did work for a company that employed 3 of us (I suggested that I should thusly be called "good looking Grant" to avoid further confusion, I think they ended up calling me stumpy).

I always liked the Victorian custom of bird names. My grandfather was Edward Cecil Peacock Wells and a childhood hero was Robert Falcon Scott. So when it came time to name my first child he became Alexander Eric Falcon... then when we had our daughter she became Taylor Megan Peregrine.

With my daughter you'll notice that her first name is a transfered last name and further, transfered boys first name.