There's nothing odd about this, as .name domains can actually be registered on the second level (smith.name) and the third level (john.smith.name).
Here is more information about it from Wikipedia :
"Domains can be registered on the second level (john.name) and the third level (john.doe.name). It is also possible to register an e-mail address on the form
[email protected] together with, or instead of, the domain john.doe.name. Such an e-mail address is a forwarding account, and requires another e-mail address to be delivered to.
When a domain is registered on the third level (john.doe.name), the second level (doe.name in this case) is shared, and may not be registered. Further third level objects like jane.doe.name or
[email protected] may be registered. Other second level domains like johndoe.name remain unaffected.
When the .name domain was first launched, only third level registrations (and forwarded e-mail addresses) were available; it is only later, in January 2004, that second level registrations were made available as well. The original intended structure of names was first.last.name, so that an individual could get a domain corresponding to his or her actual name.
When a domain is registered on the second level (doe.name), third level domains or e-mail addresses under this second level (john.doe.name and
[email protected]) are associated with the second level domain, and may not be registered with the .name registry. Other objects like janedoe.name and jane.johndoe.name remain unaffected."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.name
