MARINER, it is interesting to hear that "American" names are being picked up in Ireland and elsewhere.

However, may I suggest that the adjectives "strange" and "weird" reflect negative valuations that "different" and "non-standard" do not.

Of course, one person's difference may be another person's "standard".

For instance, it surprised me one day to hear a young adult I know categorize "Louise" and "Roland" as "different" names. These names were relatively common when I was her age.

And by the way, "Leteisha" is probably a variant form of the Latin female name "Letitia" [meaning "gladness"]. I believe a Latin variant is "Leda". Other English variants are "Letty" and "Leticia". An Italian variant is "Letizia", Letycia {Polish}

True, "Rickie" used to be a male nickname for the Old German name "Richard" [powerful ruler], and I'm not sure what Rickie Lake's first name is [maybe it is "Rickie" and if so, more power to her}.

"Latifa" is an Arabic female name that means "delicate, sensitive, and kind" .

The world wide wide is making the world smaller. Once insulated places are not insulated anymore.

Things will change. And naming practices will probably be a small [or larger] part of that change.

You may regret it. You may attempt to preserve some customs, and succeed in that preservation. But sure as the sun rises and sets, change happens.