[Straight Vermonter]

Accckkkk. I hate those place names. Did these people mistake their atlas for a baby name book? My kids go to school with a Dakota, a Denver, a Cheyenne and a Montana. One of my sons is good friends with Montana and I frequently make a "mistake" and call him Idaho. He doesn't care for that much.

[bleudevil]

I don't like the place names either, but I wouldn't pick on the kid over it. He can't help what his name is.

I wonder how the name "Madison" got so popular. In the 1980s movie "Splash," the mermaid character played by Daryl Hannah got her "land legs" and was walking around town with Tom Hanks' character. He mentioned that she needed a name. She pointed at a street sign and asked him what it said. It was Madison Street. She thought that was pretty and that she would call herself Madison. The Tom Hanks character is surprised, but good-naturedly goes along with it.

Is this where people got the idea to name their daughters Madison? Did they not get that it was intended as humor?