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YOO HOO YAHOO!
A Romanian couple name their child after Yahoo! online
14 January 2005

Weird names don’t come any weirder than Yahoo Dragoman. Mr and Mrs Dragoman, a Romanian couple, have named their son ‘Yahoo’ (thankfully minus the exclaimation mark) after they met online and married after a 3 month affair. They decided to name their son Lucian Yahoo in tribute to the internet and his mothers father.

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