It's pretty funny, I'm from California and thought the name was cute, but just told a New Yorker friend about it and she said, "That's disgusting!"

Of course, literally the first time I ever saw a cockroach was when I visited New York a few years ago. I was riding the escalator down to the subway and the cockroach was riding the up escalator next to me! Off to its next great adventure, I'm sure.