"What's in a Name?" (New York Times)

paying3tuitions
Wed, 31 Oct 2007 13:05:32 +0000

I think there are also a lot of military mix-ups, like my Dad’s army drill sergeant,
“Sergeant Major.”

ZM – I read that Oprah’s mother wanted to name her Orpah (after a good hearted character in Biblical story of “Ruth”). Someone put the birth certificate form under the new mother’s hand and she filled it out that way.