What's in a name?

"What's in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet." - Juliet Capulet

So I wonder, what IS in a name? One can only imagine that there are a myriad of baby books with names from every corner of the earth so I can only wonder how one chooses a name for their baby.

In Biblical times, children were named by their character, their attitudes moods and affections (or lack of). Does anyone do that anymore? Who gives birth to a baby and waits to name him until he's 3 or 4? What do you call him until then? "Hey you! Stop eating your mocos! Get those fingers outta there! No not you, your brother." ...See the dilemma?

Ecclesiastes 7:1 says "A good name is better than precious ointment; and the day of death than the day of one's birth". Remember people were named by their actions and character. There were no online gossip columns posting about the neighborhood harlot or magazines or news broadcasts. The reputation you carried with you was literally in your name. What if my name was determined by my reputation? What a scary thought! On our day of birth we have no reputation, however on our day of death our reputation is as full and developed as it will ever be.

How about you. If your reputation determined your name, what would it be?