Wife is a teacher and she and I were discussing this very thing last night. She said the most unusual names on kids she has taught were:
- Conception
- Cinnamon
- Wednesday (who has a younger brother named Pugsly - I couldn’t make that up!)
- Marvelous (who was so far from being “marvelous” it ain’t even funny)
My daughter was in class with a girl named Monopoly. I asked my daughter if she had a sister named Parcheesi... she didn’t get it.
I spoke with a “Cinnamon” at GM headquarters yesterday.
Glad she’s working, but a stripper name can’t help.
Concepcion is a pretty common name in Mexico. Many girls’ names in Mexico and other Latin American countries are based on titles of the Blessed Virgin Mary. For example, Concepcion is for Our Lady, the Immaculate Conception. Carmen is for Our Lady of Mount Carmel (Carmen in Spanish). Pilar is for Our Lady of the Pillar. Nieves is Our Lady of the Snows (Nieves in Spanish, after a miracle that occurred in Rome where a new church was miraculously outlined in snow). Lupe is short for Our Lady of Guadalupe. Lourdes is for Our Lady of Lourdes. Soccoro is Our Lady of Succor (Our Lady of Perpetual Help). Milagros (Miracle) is for Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal. Rosario for Our Lady of the Rosary. And there are others.
Same with some of the city names in the Southwest. For example, the original name for Los Angeles was “Nuestra Senora Reina de Los Angeles de la Porciuncula” or Our Lady, Queen of the Angels of the Little Portion (of St. Francis)”
The parents must be hardcore "Addams Family" fans.