Kai is a perfectly acceptable named in Hawaii…
Then there are the fairly common names that become weird. The friend who’s last name was Parker and wanted to name a boy Carr, or the fellow who’s last name was Harry, married a girl maned Mary, or terry, I thought Very would make a good name.
This is only an issue if you think all those words have the same vowel sound. 
A knew a music teacher that named his daughter Amanda Lynn. The marriage did not last long enough to produce a proposed sister, Claire Annette.
Hahahahaaaaaa! “Gryler-fest!” That rules!
That’'s so cool!! I used to have a herd of Sea Monkeys who were all named “Rotifer,” except one. So I’d introduce them as, “Rotifer, Rotifer, Rotifer, Rotifer, Rotifer, Rotifer, Rotifer, Rotifer, and Skip.”
It wasn’t Precious Love was it?
Or a condiment.
JonBenet
ETA: And my daughter goes to school with a Zzyzx (pronounced Zy-zicks)
I knew a guy with one white, one black cairn terriers. Salt & Pepper.
They do, in most English dialects and without excessive inflection.
Not to rehash this, but what do you mean by excessive inflection? I just say the words normally and the vowel sounds are different.
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I don’t actually have kids of my own, but I’m suppose I’m quite young so my peers have atypical names, at least to me. Some of them just aren’t common American names while others are a bit hippie. I could go on forever, but they include:
Moth
Marielena
Ilee (eye-lee)
Wren
Zayah
Havanah
Arwyn
Quincifer
Kaz
River
Sunshine
Kellen
Souvaghini (soh-VA-guh-knee)
Syrus (sigh-rus)
Rowan
Kiddest (ki-DEST)
Also, it’s hard to tell what’s common anymore. Among girls, I see lots of Sophie variations, Rachels, and Emmas/Emilys. If I did an inventory of people who are named Daisy or a variation of Lily (Lillie, Lilly, Lillith), it’d be about ten. With guys, the current 2013/2014 baby names list applies well, even if the people I know weren’t born yesterday.
Most notable of all, perhaps, is a guy named Buster. What a Buster.
Quincifer - A cross between Quincy and Lucifer?
Souvaghini - A dish combining souvlaki and pasta?
I can tell you, Emily is pretty common these days, more so than when I was born.
The other day I was riding the bus with a group of kids from a day camp. One of them (a boy) was named Tanner. Not as bad as some of the other names in this thread, but it’s a name I hadn’t heard before.
Wren, River and Rowan are all fine names. Syrus would make more sense to me it was spelled Cyrus. Maybe it’s referring to something else, though.
As for the rest, well… mixed bag, I guess. Arwyn and Kellen may sound a bit hippyish, but I’m pretty sure they’re perfectly cromulent Welsh names (and Arwyn just sounds lovely, too). But Moth? Seriously? 
I’ve known Jeanna (pronounced Gina) literally her whole life, almost 30 years.
Arwyn makes me think of Arwen, a high elf in lotr. Definitely a pretty name.
Moth, Rainbow, Sunshine, Onyx, and Lyric… all real names.
Since mal means bad in Spanish and presumably other Romance languages I’d stay away from it if she is ever going to be near Latinos, and she will.
And there is always La-a. How is it pronounced? The dash isn’t silent. It is Ladasha!