You’re wise to be skeptical.
So many people working for child services have claimed to see these names that you’d think the rest of us would have met one or two of them by now.
I saw another one last night in Time magazine … Sommer Skyy.
I met a delightful two-year-old girl called Be Bop [last name] last year. Her parents are musicians, go figure.
and I am just tired and wonky enough to wonder if it is because they put them down like greyhounds … I think i need a lot more caffeine!
Only if greyhounds join the CBS broadcast team when they retire. 
Are you thinking of Ner? His name comes up occasionally in crosswords.
There was a hugely successful TV presenter in Ireland called Gay Byrne (yes, pronounced burn), but that was short for Gabriel.
I’ve met a couple of female Gayes myself, and have noticed that the TV show The Weakest Link really likes having contestants called Gaye. It’s probably because contestants usually start off the show by saying ‘I’m [name].’ And then Anne says the contestant’s name again and again. Seriously, I’ve watched tons of this show in the last couple of weeks (ill and housebound), and there have been three Gayes on it in that time.
Nope, different guy. Er is the brother of Onan. Er marries Tamar and dies without kids. Onan marries Tamar as a replacement for his brother, but he doesn’t want to get her pregnant. God doesn’t approve of coitus interruptus*, and Onan dies. Youngest brother Shelah is up next to marry Tamar, and the soap opra continues…
*Not masturbation. Whoever coined the term onanism wasn’t reading the text too closely.