“His daddy insisted on it because Timberlands were the pride of his wardrobe. The alternative was Reebok,” said the 32-year-old nurse, who is now divorced.

Another bad day for Noam Chomsky - more and more kids these days are being called the likes of Canon or Xerox. The age of Jennifer Government may well be upon us.

Most hilariously however, the bottom of the article notes that in 2000, 24 American kids were given the forename ‘Unique’.

As a footnote, I wish I could have had at least a cool middle name - the not particularly interesting ‘Ian’ was chosen as it (apparently) sounds like my Chinese name of ‘Ngon’. I’d have much preferred to have the Chinese name. But it would have meant giving up having cool initials, I suppose…