Ohio Judge: Woman Now Legally ‘Sexy’
From the archive: published Feb 12, 2014, 12 years ago. Details may have changed since.
An Ohio judge has officially ruled in a woman’s favor, giving her the right to be Sexy. In case that sentence doesn’t sit right with you, Sexy is officially her name now.
Shakespeare once asked, “What’s in a name?” Apparently if you’re doing it for the right reasons, anything can be in your name. Some of the strangest names have usually come from Hollywood, such as Moon Unit Zappa, Soleil Moon Frye, Suri Cruise, and one of the latest additions, North West.
A married woman in Ohio took it further and literally changed her given name to something she believes defines her better than the name her mother gave her.
Sheila Ranae Crabtree, 41, of Pataskala, Ohio, went before a judge on Tuesday and had her first name legally changed to Sexy. Instead of denying the change, Licking County Probate Judge Robert Hoover instead asked why he should legally rename the Ohio woman Sexy.
Sexy replied, “I feel like I’m a free-spirited person, I love to have fun, and this is the last piece to make my life complete.”
The Ohio judge asked her if her teenage daughters and husband approved of the change, she said yes, and the change was made legal. She kept her middle name the way it is.
Apparently she hated the name Sheila because it reminded her of an unhappy childhood. She added about the name Sheila, “I absolutely hate it. I think it’s really ugly.”
Ohio woman Sexy Crabtree explained more thoroughly to the press:
“Sexy really suits my personality. I like to have a lot of fun and be adventurous and just live life to the fullest. I decided, ‘Hey, Sexy works for me.’ … I absolutely hated my first name with a passion. It did not suit me, and I just did not feel like it was meant for me.”
If the Ohio judge had not granted Sexy Crabtree her name change, she said she had two backup ideas. She would have gone instead for Sinder (a short version of Cinderella) or Sparkle.
Do you think the Ohio judge should have granted her new name, or should Ohio woman Sexy have taken something more commonplace?
