Although neither Wilson or Evans are currently living in Utah, both girls have ties to the Beehive state. While she spent most of her life growing up in Georgia, Wilson was born in Provo and her family now resides in St. George. Evans was born in Ohio and spent her high school years in Japan, but still has a many family members in Utah.
Ever since the video posted, Wilson said they have received comments with lists of other strange names.
"My favorite recently discovered Utah name: Aybraeham, for a girl," said Wilson.
'Utah Names'
Chelsea Wilson and Elisabeth Evans, known on Twitter as the "Mormon Girls," decided to put together a this video about the "creative" names of some Utahns.
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My sister-in-law just had her first kid and gave her one of these atrocious "Utah names"...I asked her why and she told me it's because she wants her daughter to feel unique and special. I told her that if the daughter's name is More..
I've only made one decree about my children, so far, and that is their names will not begin with the letter K.
Whenever I read a reworked baby name that starts with a K, I feel like telling the parents, "Congratulations on your More..
Strange that this would matter but it does. My wife and I gave our kids gender neutral names for that among other reasons. Also names that could not be twisted or made fun of on the School Grounds. People do miss out on jobs or even callings because More..