[FUMETTI]

The name is not really weird IMHO, as it is more a LITTLE USED name more than a "weird" name.

You correctly point out the great men named Chester, including a president.

I always think it is honorable to pass on a "family" name or a name that was originally a name of an ancestor or surname of a family line.

On the other hand, to name a kid Tyler or Dylan and have no Tyler or Dylan ancestral lines is frivolous and meaningless.

[TontoKowalski]

I always think it is honorable to pass on a "family" name or a name that was originally a name of an ancestor or surname of a family line.

Recurring names in a family tree are a wonderful thing. My father's given name is "Willis" and my grandmother and grandfather couldn't remember how they came up with the name, and they attached no consequence to the choice, other than they liked it. Yet, when we traced our family tree (my dad's dad's side), the name came up time and time again through the generations, all the way back to the 1500's (I think that was the timeframe) when the first of the family landed in South Carolina.

They must have known on some level, whether they realized it or not.

[ErnBatavia]

On the other hand, to name a kid Tyler or Dylan and have no Tyler or Dylan ancestral lines is frivolous and meaningless.

Well said! .... and the same goes for that recent (dying, I hope) trend of trying to duplicate the roster of the Last Supper.