HOLYOKE - While tales of sea monsters have been part of folklore for centuries, a Holyoke couple intends to make sea-dwelling creatures apart of their daily lives. The couple seeks to adopt 'Seamonster' as a middle name for both of them.

Melanie Ann Convery filed a petition with the Commonwealth requesting that she and her husband, Neal James Coughlin, be allowed to change their names to the following: Melanie Seamonster Convery and Neal James Seamonster Coughlin.

Why the change of name? Convery declined to say. "Despite our crazy/flashy new middle names, my husband and I are pretty private," Convery said on Twitter.

As is required by Massachusetts law, the couple's intended new name was published in a legal notice.

Convery joked about notice, which was published in The Holyoke Sun on Friday, July 18.

Their petition will be heard at the Hampden Probate and Family Court in Springfield on Wednesday. Any who object to the name change must file a written appearance with the court by 10 a.m. on Tuesday.

While objections are allowed, Massachusetts General Laws state, "The change of name of a person shall be granted unless such change is inconsistent with public interests."