My mother named me after a soap star at the time.

There was a fancy store named "Michele's" that my mom liked and my dad didn't like the first name she picked so she went with Michele.

family members.

Brett and Tracy were talking about this subject on their show this morning.

my grandmother's name is Alice. My mother changed the last vowel to get my name- always have to explain origin and pronunciation (alyssa)

what a cool story to share

What is the strangest name you have heard of?

the strangest I've heard was a suggestion (never taken) for a girl's name - janathalotha. Now just a family joke.

most names that started out strange don't seem so odd after knowing the kids - Kansas Cowboy (1st & middle name), Maverick, Bairon (Bair)...

I knew a Rowdy who lived up to his name!

There was a family I used to know whose last name was Butts. It was a big joke in the family they would name their son Harry.