Names carry certain assumed qualities

"names carry certain assumed qualities"

Names used to have more power in folks' minds. "In the name of the Lord" contains two anachronisms. They still have power.

As social experimenters (bathed, homeschooling, small govt type), we coolly gave our firstborn daughter her mother's family name rather than mine or the cumbersome hyphenated family moniker we once tried. I was actually once told by somebody that by this I had "disowned" my daughter.

The Mrs was named after her mom, and we named our daughter the same, so she was actually christened "the third."

But with her mom and gramma having the same name, she was initially called "Baby (name)." About the time she outgrew her baby nic, my younger sister noted that the initials spelled a hip nic. Mrs's eldest brother said that's what he'd always thought looking at the initials. Mrs had never noticed! So, beyond our control, her new nickname arose and stuck.

Somehow, she survived it all. But she gets questions.
"Is (nic) your given name? Were your parents hippies?"
"No, my given name is (plain old Catholic name)."
"Oh." (Disappointment)
"But my last name is my mother's and I'm The Third."
(Confused silence)