Kids are not often kind. From what I remember of grade school, my fellow students (and I was probably involved too) could come up with pretty much anything to pick on other kids. Almost nobody was safe, and from what I remember of the times I was on the receiving end of a nasty comment, it wasn't fun. The fact that I still remember specific incidents that happened ages ago says a lot.

For this reason, while I think that parents have the right to pick unique names for their children, there is such a thing as going to far because if you give your kids a wacky name, you're giving all the other kids in school way too much to work with. Nasty days on the playground are the first thing that came to mind when I saw this article about a couple in China that want to name their child the "@" symbol.

As the Chinese alphabet is made up of symbols, I suppose it may be less strange there than it would be in North America. The article also explains that the name would be pronounced "Love Him", which is kind of sweet but sweet isn't going to get the kid anywhere when he's 9 and is hearing some mean rhyme about his name for the thousandth time.

What do you think, should parent's be allowed to name their children whatever they like? What's the craziest baby name you've ever heard?