Dubai's 'Mohammeds' smash record - BBC

It is one of five world records the city is trying to break during its annual month-long shopping festival. The previous record for a same-name gathering was created by 375 "Marias" in Spain in 2003.

This is pretty cool. I wonder why Hugo is U-shaped? Why is Daron inverted U-shaped and make its first appearance in the 1950's? (Via Mahalanobis.)