[flowersoldier]

I have the same experience. I've never met anyone else with my name - Nehemiah.

If I order food, I use the name Tom. No one wants to spell my name out, including me. Also the consonants are easily confused, so if I do spell it out people are like, N-E-A-T...Tom is easier for everyone involved.

It does create a talking point when I mention to people that Tom is not my real name.

I do agree with the article. Having a unique name does seem to imply to other people that I am a little different.

[qb45]

If it will make you feel better, 10 years ago one of VIA Technologies C3-series x86 cores was codenamed Nehemiah :)

[cholantesh]

I've taken to this mainly because my name has two syllables and still gets mangled out of shape by restaurant staff. For me the inside joke is that I get to pick the name of a favourite author, eg. Frank (herbert), Herb (Wells), Max (Muller), Fritz (Leiber), etc.