Officially now, my name is yonkers, and jackpot is my nickname. There’s still no capitalization.

I don’t expect people to change how they refer to me but I guess it’s possible that a few will use yonkers occasionally. If any, especially any friends, use yonkers when talking to me it will make me really happy. I like it because to me, when used as a name for an individual it sounds goofy. As a name for a donkey it’s onomatopoetic or phonesthemic or something like that. Any linguist want to help me out? Driving back from ANE last year I passed through Yonkers New York. It had probably been over a decade since I had read or heard the name. When I saw a sign for it I instantly knew I’d take it as a name somehow or other.