What's in a name?

Every so often on the phone, at my job, I have person ask me how to spell "Bob". I spell "Bob" backwards just to mess with their heads.

I'm named after my father so since I was 29 I've been getting mail inviting me to join  A. A. R. P.  I guess I'd better keep my birth certificate handy. If my dad should die then I may have to prove that I'm alive.

I heard of somebody who had the last name Lattalard  ( pronounced Lotta lard). Now I know people who have the name of Baker had people in their family tree who were bakers by occupation. What did that poor person have happen to an ancestor to be stuck with a name like Lattalard. It sounds like the taunting of a bully really really stuck.

I read that many American Indians were upset that  the name "Geronimo" was used as the code word for the mission to take out Bin Laden and demand an apology from our President.  (see the link below) http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110504/ap_on_re_us/us_bin_laden_geronimo I would like an apology from The dictionary people for the verbs "bob' and "rob"