.name has got to be the worst of the bunch. It was originally proposed as a double extension domain name. The original restriction was that you could only register the third level portion; for example, you couldn't register 'smith.name' but you could register 'john.smith.name'.

The intent was noble but the concept was flawed. They wanted everyone to have a shot at registering his own surname but if they would have thought a bit further they would have realised this couldn't be; there are millions of John Smiths but only one person can have john.smith.name, for instance.