Moms get great ideas from medical files and magazines, such as: Gonorrhea (GuNORrea) and Syphilis(SiFIlas) for twins, Pajama (PAjuma), and Formica Dinette. I kid you not. I taught in the inner city of Chicago.
“...and Formica Dinette.”
“Mom - how was I named?”
“Well - your brother was named Phil, after Philadelphia. That’s where your dad and I lived after we were married. And your other Ben - well he was conceived at the Grand British Hotel - with Big Ben outside the window. And so you, well....”
Worked with one that explained one day how she named her daughter. She liked Dawn “the dish soap”. She tagged the mandatory isha on the end and there you have it Dawnisha. Dawnisha must be a great grandmother by now a few times over as she would be about 40?
I recall an obituary published in New Orleans, around 2002. The deceased was a young black man who already had at least six children - all of them with automobile-inspired names. Tercel, Fiero, Camry, etc.