I mentioned this to my grown-up son, and he immediately said "It'd mean you could sneak into class late and still be OK". Very sensible.

I suppose it could give rise to a tendency to avoid rushing things, and to appreciate how much time there was to do stuff even when there wasn't much time to spare - and that might be pretty handy in a footballer.

I'm sure if anyone had had a go at Zizou for this at school he'd have been well up to dealing with it most effectively.

If you're worried about kids getting a rough start because they have the wrong names, I think alphabetic order is the least of their worriesin this respect. Some names parents give to their kids are positively sadistic. (Especially popstars and the like.)