I have represented people named for paint colours, space-age polymer blends, categories of animals, veneral diseases, food products, chemicals/drugs, Confederate generals, motor vehicles and origins unknown.
In the immortal words of Tamara (I think...), "*gigglesnort*."
And, speaking of names...
"Mrs. Hauser, mine's wrong. Isn't this a flower?"
"No, Gia, Chlamydia is not a flower."
"Well, we have it on like a trellis at our beach house."
"Your trellis is a whore."
Give your child an intelligent name, see Chapter 6 of Freakonomics. A child's name is a window to his future.
An excellent point.
The Twenty White Girl Names That Best Signify High-Education Parents. (Years of mother's education in parentheses)
1. Lucienne (16.60); 2. Marie-Claire (16.50); 3. Glynnis (16.40); 4. Adair (16.36)
5. Meira (16.27); 6. Beatrix (16.26); 7. Clementine (16.23); 8. Philippa (16.21)
9. Aviva (16.18); 10. Flannery (16.10); 11. Rotem (16.08); 12. Oona (16.00)
13. Atara (16.00); 14. Linden (15.94); 15. Waverly (15.93); 16. Zofia (15.88)
17. Pascale (15.82); 18. Eleanora (15.80); 19. Elika (15.80); 20. Neeka (15.77)
The Twenty White Boy Names That Best Signify High-Education Parents. Years of mother's education in parentheses)
1. Dov (16.50); 2. Akiva (16.42); 3. Sander (16.29); 4. Yannick (16.20)
5. Sacha (16.18); 6. Guillaume (16.17); 7. Elon (16.16); 8. Ansel (16.14)
9. Yonah (16.14); 10. Tor (16.13); 11. Finnegan (16.13); 12. MacGregor (16.10)
13. Florian (15.94); 14. Zev (15.92); 15. Beckett (15.91); 16. Kia (15.90)
17. Ashkon (15.84); 18. Harper (15.83); 19. Sumner (15.77); 20. Calder (15.75)