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I don't think it's completely ridiculous, though I don't like it. Maybe I've gone numb, since I know a couple who are considering Alabama, and I taught a Kansas last year. So, why not Iowa? I expect to meet my first New Hampshire any day now.

Agreed. Most place names sound ridiculous to me.

it does sound ridiculous ...

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Not because it's the name of a state, but because the name of the state sounds like a big yawn.
So does Ohio.

Oh, it's kind of odd, but doesn't bother me much.
I have a young cousin named Kansas. And I had neighbours in Australia who had a daughter named Tennessee.These people were New Zealanders,though, and perhaps the U.S. seemed far away and exotic.

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The western states tend to be the namey ones. And not the Canadian provinces, except the ones that contain names already. Prince EDWARD Island.And Alberta, I think was named for Prince Albert.

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Not every state needs to be a name.

No, just no.

Eugh. Iowa is kind of awkward for me to say; bit of a mouthful for a name. I can't even come up with any decent nicknames for it (Io, maybe?). I couldn't imagine calling a child Iowa, any more than I can imagine calling a child Arkansas or Massachusetts.

I cannot believe I found a name worse than Montana.

Yes it is ridiculous. Although who am I to talk, being named Georgia? However, Georgia at least derives from the name George.