Amy Schumer had to rename her baby because his name sounded too much like 'genital'

Amy Schumer and her husband, Chris Fischer, were forced to rename their 11-month-old son after realizing they'd accidentally given him a name that sounded too much like "genital," Page Six reports.

Baby Gene had originally been named Gene Attell Fischer, after Schumer's friend Dave Attell. Only belatedly did the parents notice that "Gene Attell" doesn't quite have the right ring to it. "We realized that we, by accident, named our son 'Genital,'" Schumer explained on her podcast, 3 Girls, 1 Keith.

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Jeva Lange was the executive editor at TheWeek.com. She formerly served as The Week's deputy editor and culture critic. She is also a contributor to Screen Slate, and her writing has appeared in The New York Daily News, The Awl, Vice, and Gothamist, among other publications. Jeva lives in New York City. Follow her on Twitter.