Parents name son after sports channel ESPN

The twins, a boy and a girl, were born at the University of Virginia Hospital at the beginning of May.

It was the second and third babies of Melissa and David McLain, and they decided to name the girl Taylor.

And the boy? Espn.

“I jokingly asked my wife what she thought about the name Espn,” David McLain told WITN. “She said she really liked it. When I told her I was just kidding, and that I was just saying ESPN as a single word, she said she still really liked it.”

And that’s not the only colorful part of the twins’ names. Because the twins were almost born on May 4 — also known as Star Wars Day for the phrase, “May the fourth be with you,” — the couple decided to have some Star Wars-themed middle names.

“So their middle names are Luke and Leia, because boy and girl twins you have to do that,” said Melissa McLain.

Espn Luke McLain may be the only person who can say he was named both for a sports channel and a Star Wars character.

This story was originally published May 17, 2016 at 3:34 PM with the headline "Parents name son after sports channel ESPN."