Hahaha. Good story. I know some stories like those. "mistakes" at the time of naming can be really funny.
I'm not sure about the theory of predestination (getting "the name one deserves"), but the name may infuses personality traits associated with its meaning or the person it honors. However I know lots of people whose personality goes all the other way. People named Jesus are anything but holy (i had an uncle who was a trickster and my younger brother has followed those steps).
My late uncle, Andrés, was actually named Carmen Andrés. How much humor can a boy adapt to his name when he is named after a girl, never mind she was a holy virgin? (La Virgen del Carmen, one of the many Marian adcovacies). He ended up changing his name to Andrés del Carmen (you can't disrespect the virgin so much as to totally reject her name).
Glad, that you had a good laugh, as well :-))
With name "deserving" - I mean it more in the sense that the universe gives you only the tasks (names) you can handle. If one choses not to handle it then it becomes difficult.
Changing name because of not wanting to be laughed at, is one solution. If one is a really cool person, there is also the chance to take on a humorous way with ones name and stay content with it.
LOL. So in the case with your uncle, I think he made an elegant choice ;-)
He sure did. He did have a sense of humor too.
I love that this post launched such interesting conversations! You two are quite the philosophers!
Haha. Thank you for prompting the conversation.