Dalton Conley is a sociologist at New York University. He and his wife, Natalie Jeremijenko, have two children. They recently sought permission with the city of New York to change their four-year-old son's name to Yo Xing Heyno Augustus Eisner Alexander Weiser Knuckles Jeremijenko-Conley. Actually, a lot of that name was already his, but his parents added three more of the middle names. The boy suggested two of the names including Knuckles, the name of his father's childhood dog.

The boy's father, Dalton, explained that there are specific reasons for all those names, from honoring ancestors to upsetting expectations. At home, the boy is known as Yo, and his five-year-old sister is just E.

An official for the Civil Court clerk's office said they are used to other unusual names, like A. Fluffy Bunny, Grey Is, and Human Being, but this was the longest name in their records.

In the Bible, God occasionally changed people's names—Simon to Peter, Saul to Paul——and someday he will give all his people a new name.