What's in a Name? An Inherent Meaning...?

I think it's safe to say, given the popularity of "name books", that there must be a fair degree of belief that names, as words, have inherent meaning. What if a word sounds great but its meaning is not desirable- rule it out? What if a name meaning is just perfect but the word isn't pretty sounding- use it anyway? I'd imagine that phonetics and meaning have to be in just the right balance in almost every case.

What do parents owe to their children in choosing names? I know of a couple whose last name is Bahr (pronounced "bar") who named their children Candy and Clark. Then there's the man I met whose last name is Queer. Evidently the family have a long history of loyalty to the name. When asked (not by me) why he didn't change his name to avoid the razzing (and probably playground scuffles)he endured, he assertively replied, "Well, because my father was a Queer, and his father was a Queer, and his father before that..." I guess it's kind of like brand-loyalty?

For adoptees who are interested in name meanings, names pose another facet of identity that might be something that's struggled with. [Should it really have been mine? Does it "count" if my real (biological) parents didn't give it to me? Can I live up to it? Why was I named after someone I'm not "really" realated to?]

Do you like your name, and what does it mean to you?