“FEE-MAH-LAY”
When asked why she picked that name, the mom said it was on the little girl’s wrist bracelet at the hospital.
My Grandmother worked as recording clerk at the county health department. She showed me the record of live birth for “Placenta Jones”. She tried her best to talk the mother out of it but she had overheard in the hospital and thought it would make a beautiful girl’s name.
I used to think this was urban legend, then I met my wife. She worked in medical records, and part of her responsibilites at the time was working in labor and delivery and accomplishing the birth certificate paper work.
And sure enough, a woman named her kid Fe-male, pretty much for that reason.
I met a man that named all 5 of his daughters after a flower:
Lily
Rose
Daisy
Iris
Violet
But another one I can’t get out of mind is: Jabooki
I've heard of boy and girl twins named "FEE-MAH-LAY" and "MAH-LAY" too!