Ummm, Elias, Shane is an Irish form of John, a variant of Sean. But I DO agree with you about the other dodgy names, and they\'re nowhere the worst I\'ve seen.
Another of my pet peeves is the trend to give diminutives as proper names, like Jack (diminutive of John), Jake (Jacob), Zac (Zachary/Zachariah), Natasha (Natalie/Natalia), Kate (Catherine/Katherine), etc. Call the kid by their diminutive, but the names on their papers should be the proper ones.
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