I worked in my parent's pawn shop in Mississippi in my 20s, and notable names from the shop's files include: Tequila, Bacardi (sisters of course), Lemonjello and Orangejello (twin brothers). Must have been a family tradition to name your child ridiculously in at least one family, as they are all related and share the same last name...

My aunt worked for the Dept of Human Services and noted once that a child's name was Collit Greene. Another one she noted, Vagina (pronounced vah-geena).

I later heard a joke about the jello names, which the teller swore was an urban legend, but I have seen it in print. Proof that folks will name their kids just about anything.

A ban like this will never happen in the US, I believe. The closest we could come would be to ban numerals and symbols, which means, more humans will be urban legends in the form of a punchline.

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