An Orlando, FL man traded the naming rights to his unborn son for a $100 gas card Saturday. Florida radio hosts Richard Dixon and J. Willoughby offered $100 worth of free gas to the listener who presented the most interesting trade. David Partin won the contest and when his baby is born this winter, he will be named Dixon and Willoughby Partin--with the "and" included.
Granted, this is definitely a crazy way to name a child but the history behind the naming the city of Orlando is equally discombobulating. Prior to being known by its current name, Orlando was a small community called Jernigan. It was then named after the first permanent settler, cattleman Aaron Jernigan.
According to the Office of the City Clerk, there are four stories behind the name. One involves Judge James Speer naming Orlando after a man who once worked for him. Another is that Speer named it after a character from Shakespeare's "As You Like It." The third version has a Mr. Orlando on his way to Tampa with a caravan of ox. It is said that he died and was buried. When people passed by they said, "There lies Orlando." But historians date Orlando's name to around 1837, when a soldier named Orlando Reeves allegedly died in the area during the war against the Seminole Indian Tribe.
For more information, please visit CityofOrlandon.net.
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