>> I’m not sure Rand Paul was named after Ayn Rand <<
Me neither. I always assumed he was named for the Rand Corporation.
I thought he was named for Sir Edmund Hillary. Oh, wait a minute, sorry! I got my revisionist histories mixed up.
His given name is “Randal” and he went by “Randy” when he was younger. If I were him, I’d almost prefer “Rand” to “Randal” or “Randy” but if your father is Ron Paul people are always going to see objectivist overtones in the name his son goes by.