Damn right. Ease of spelling would be my prime criterion. Anything which is hard to spell because of more than one common spelling would be out, and so would anything (like my actual surname) which is hard to spell because it's so obscure people aren't already aware of the correct spelling.
On the other hand, going straight for Smith or Jones would probably be excessive. Something with some individuality, out of whatever was left after I'd winnowed my list for ease of spelling. And then I suppose I'd let aesthetics do the rest.
One of the reasons we chose "Matthew Alexander" for our son was because it was easy to spell and there's only one (common) way to spell it (contrasting with our surname which gets butchered at every opportuniy). Of course when he was born and the midwife asked if we had a name lined up, we told her and her immediate response was "Oh that's nice. One t or two?" :-/
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Date: 2004-08-06 07:32 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2004-08-06 07:40 am (UTC)On the other hand, going straight for Smith or Jones would probably be excessive. Something with some individuality, out of whatever was left after I'd winnowed my list for ease of spelling. And then I suppose I'd let aesthetics do the rest.
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Date: 2004-08-06 07:41 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2004-08-06 07:43 am (UTC)Of course, if it was the first name you'd have to change your surname to Lyle.
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Date: 2004-08-06 07:46 am (UTC)Part of me would like an easier last name than 'Fraser', but I like it, so wouldn't change it.
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Date: 2004-08-06 07:48 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2004-08-06 11:47 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2004-08-06 08:13 am (UTC)