If asked, I'd have said the last thing I'd have any particular interest in would be Caitlyn Jenner — other than I'm happy for her and I hope she at last knows peace and joy.

And yet puzzlement has erupted from a most unlikely source. My Sainted Mother was curious how then-Bruce chose the name "Caitlyn." It was a bit of idle speculation and quickly forgotten — by Mom.

I brood, though ... why DID Bruce select Caitlyn, with a "y," by the way, instead of the more traditional "i"? Don't get me wrong — it's a lovely name either way.

But this was a chance for Jenner to make a statement with her Christian name — and I can think of two different ways she could have gone that might have resonated in bigger fashion than Caitlyn.

For one thing, Jenner is 65 — and there's a whole generation of largely forgotten women's names from bygone eras. My own Mom is Thelma and her sister was Alta — and no one's named Thelma or Alta anymore. Here was a chance for Jenner to strike a blow for the past! We could have enjoyed:

1. Gertrude Jenner

2. Bertha Jenner

3. Mabel Jenner

4. Agatha Jenner

5. Hepzibah Jenner

6. Cornelia Jenner

Or ... Jenner could have chosen to go all the way with the ultra-hip modern names that grace so many shining stars from the sparkly gallery of up-to-the-moment pop culture. Such as:

1. Oprah Jenner

2. Gaga Jenner

3. Pink Jenner

4. Orange is the New Black Jenner

5. Iggy Azalea Jenner

6. Or, yes, Kim Jenner — thereby out-Google-hitting his own obnoxious step-daughter.