10 Baby Names in Illinois and Wisconsin That Are Illegal

You’ve probably heard about the story about a mother who named her twin boys Oranjello and Lemonjello, but that’s actually a myth.

There was someone I actually knew in Indiana who had the legal name of Mary Christmas, but that’s not as strange as the names some have tried to give their babies.

Some U.S. States Have Strange Baby Naming Laws

In New York, there are some parameters with baby names. According to The Bump, first and middle names can’t be more than 30 characters each, and the last name can’t be more than 40.

West Virginia babies must have a name only using letters from the English alphabet, which rules out umlauts and tildes…

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