In reality, Natalie Hill — the mom of the original Taysom — said there’s “not a great story” behind her son’s distinct name. She and her husband, Doug, wanted an uncommon name with two syllables for their son, because Hill is such a short and common last name.
Enter the now-defunct Taysom Construction company, a local, family-owned business in Pocatello deriving its name from the surname of its founders. The company was everywhere in the late 1980s and early 1990s, Natalie said.
“We just heard that a lot,” she said. “It was different and there wasn’t anybody else named that.”
So they went with it, naming their youngest child Taysom Shawn Hill.
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