[Petronski]

I wonder if that story about the boy named "Nosmo King" is true, or urban legend.

[AppyPappy]

There was one but he changed his name to it from his birth name.

[Andy from Chapel Hill]

When we lived in Baltimore, my wife worked at Johns Hopkins Hospital (downtown) and she treated a young black girl named "Fallopian". The girl's mother heard it at the OB/GYN's office and thought it sounded pretty.

My wife also called for a girl named "Tane" in the waiting room and pronounced it with one syllable and a long "A". She was then cussed out by this girl for "f***ing up my name" and said it was pronounced "TA-ney" and "the "e" was silent". My wife's response was "Whatever..." Tane reported my wife's racist attitude to the HR department and it was quite a stink.

[Gumlegs]

That was actually the stage name of an English music hall performer.