The Weirdest Baby Names Ever

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So, what are you naming your new baby?

 

In the quest to be more individualistic, parents are increasingly giving their children unusual names.  Celebrity baby names are often the weirdest.  If you'd like your new baby to have an exotic and unique name, this lens is YOUR guide!

Read the latest news on the newborn and the strangely-named, vote for the weirdest celebrity baby name and get genuine advice on picking out an off-the-beaten path baby name for your new baby!

Keeping up with the Jaydens, Specs and Zoltens 

the latest from celebritybabynamesblog.com

Some of the funkiest and most unusual baby names choices are being made by movie and tv celebs. With each new off-spring comes the quest for the perfect and most-distinctive name. Here's the latest from the land of celebrity baby-naming...

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SCI-FI BABY NAMES 

the baby name guide that's out of this world!

I think what most parents who are trying to give their child a less-common or distinctive name without being too unusual are striving for is a balance between something that sounds interesting, is spelled reasonably and has a positive or favorable meaning. That's a lot for just one or two words.

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Which Is The WEIRDEST Celebrity Baby Name Ever? 

vote for the most eclectic moniker!

Are we missing a name that you think is one of the weirdest names a celebrity has bestowed on their baby?

Please add any celeb baby names you think are deserving of being considered the weirdest! And be sure to vote for all of the names on the list that strike you as weird-worthy.

Moxie Crimefighter

daughter of magician Penn Jillette0 points

Audio Science

son of actress Shannyn Sossamon0 points

Kal-El Coppola

son of actor Nicolas Cage0 points

Moon Unit

daughter of musician/composer Frank Zappa0 points

Pilot Inspektor

son of actor Jason Lee0 points

Heavenly Hiraani Tiger Lily

daughter of singer Michael Hutchence0 points

Poesy Emmeline Fibonacci Nautilus Taylor

daughter of BoingBoing editor Cory Doctorow0 points

Fifi Trixibelle

daughter of musician Bob Geldof0 points

Ever Gabo

daughter of actress/model Milla Jovovich0 points

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Zuma Nesta Rock

son of singers Gwen Stefani and Gavin Rossdale0 points

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Sage Moonblood

son of actor Sylvester Stallone0 points

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Callum Lyon

son of actor Kyle MacLachlan0 points

13

Bronx Mowgli

son of Ashlee Simpson and Pete Wentz0 points

14

Hania Riley

daughter of actor Vin Diesel0 points

15

Nakoa-Wolf Manakauapo Namakaeha

son of actors Lisa Bonet and Jason Momoa0 points

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The Cult of Personality 

the baby name debate

What does it say about you and your baby when you give them a really unusual name?
Italian far-right party offers parents £1,300 to name their children after Mussolini
An Italian far-right political party is offering parents €1,500 (£1,273) if they name their children after Fascist dictator Benito Mussolini or his wife Rachele.
More parents using txt language to make their child's name gr8 | the Daily Mail
It might not be every parent's idea of a 'gr8' way to name a baby.
Baby 'Zealand-New' welcomed into world
A Bay of Plenty baby will always know where she comes from regardless of where she travels in the future.
Goodbye Leona and Theo - your days are numbered (if a study of baby names is anything to go by)
According to a major study, fashionable children's names that rise in popularity too quickly are doomed to sink without trace in just a few years.
Barack, Miley move up; baby names Emma, Jacob rule
Barack and Miley move up, but the classics still rule. Emma is the top baby name for girls, Jacob for boys.
Got an unusual name? Facebook may think it's fake
If you give your child an unusual name, will it prevent them from using popular sites like Facebook? It might....
Swedish parents emerge victorious in bid to name son 'Q' - The Local
Overturning two previous rulings by lower courts, the Swedish Supreme Administrative Court has awarded two parents from central Sweden the right to name their son Q.
What's in a (baby's) name: Distinctive tags top common ones
In what's being called a "revolution in baby naming," unprecedented drops in common names for children
Marijuana Pepsi will see you now - TODAY People
When you have an unusual name like college counselor Marijuana Pepsi Sawyer's, you get plenty of attention, both negative and positive, experts say. Still, parents persist in giving their kids monikers like Tahiti Starship, Yellow Light Breem and Tu Morrow.

The Latest News In Baby Names 

what everyone's saying about baby names

Couple offers $50 to name their baby - CBC.ca | Baby Names ...
CBC.caCouple offers $50 to name their babyCBC.caAnd they say their favourite names begin with the letters C, K, R, D or that end with the letter R. According to web polls, the most popular baby names for ...and more »
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Anne Hathaway's Piping Hot Valentine's Day PlansAccess HollywoodEric Dane and his very pregnant wife, Rebecca Gayheart, chat with Access' Shaun Robinson about baby names for their little bun in the oven. ...and more »
Our Family Digest: My Kids Baby Names List
My Kids Baby Names List. Below is the list of baby names my kids came with. You can tell what stories they are reading right now based on some of the names. Girls. Emma. Sierra. Emerald. Athena. Aphrodite. Laurali ...
2009: Most Popular Local Baby Names - Centralia Chronicle | Baby ...
2009: Most Popular Local Baby NamesCentralia Chronicle... Providence Centralia Hospital in 2009, making the name Hunter one of the two most popular baby names in the county for those born at the local hospital. ...

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No Way, Jose! 

bans on unusual, inventive or just different names

Venezuela to ban stupid names
Odd names might be turned down by the civil registry if Venezuela approves a bill barring parents from giving their children 'names that expose them to ridicule, are extravagant or difficult to pronounce,' or that raise doubts about whether a child is a girl or a boy.
Now parents must use set menu to pick baby's name - Times Online
The Ministry of Public Security has drawn up new rules and babies' names must in future be drawn from a database that excludes thousands of rare Chinese characters. Out go indecipherable names. With the introduction of electronic identity cards, the authorities will register only names that they decide to include on their database.
BBC NEWS | Asia-Pacific | Malaysia outlaws unsuitable names
Malaysian authorities attempt to ban undesirable names including Hitler, smelly dog, and 007.
Court orders name change - Taranaki Daily New, Thur 24 July 2008
Some parents have been branded abusers because of the bizarre names of their children. Family Court Judge Rob Murfitt stated his concerns in a written decision after a custody hearing in New Plymouth revealed a couple had named their child Talula Does The Hula From Hawaii.
Thank God it's not Friday?
An Italian court has ruled that a couple could not name their son "Friday" and ordered that he instead be called Gregory after the saint whose feast day he was born on.
You've Come Only a Little Way, Baby - TIME
Bans on foreign, Kurdish and even some ancient Persian names for newborns have been around since the Islamic Revolution but are now letting up slightly.
Baby's named a bad, bad thing | MetaFilter
Forum discussion about off-the-wall baby names.
Baby-name remorse -- what do you do? - CNN.com
In a recent poll of 1,219 mothers conducted by BabyCenter.com, 10 percent considered changing their baby's name. The reasons they gave ranged from being inspired by another name to having a relative disagree with the choice.
Swedish couple fined for naming their child "Brfxxccxxmnpcccclll mmnprxvclmnckssqlbb11116"
A Swedish couple has been fined for failing to register a legally approved name for their seven-year-old child, who is presently called "Brfxxccxxmnpcccclllmmnprxvclmnckssqlbb11116" (pronounced "/%u02C8al%u02CCbin/"). They've offered to change the kid's name to "A," but the Swedish government says that won't do, either.
Lego in, Ikea out when naming Swedish boys
Ikea isn't acceptable, but a boy in Sweden now has the right to be named Lego.
Name Not on Our List? Change It, China Says
Seeking to modernize its vast database on China's 1.3 billion citizens, the government's Public Security Bureau has been replacing the handwritten identity card that every Chinese must carry with a computer-readable one.... The bureau's computers, however, are programmed to read only 32,252 of the roughly 55,000 Chinese characters, according to a 2006 government report. The result is that some 60 million Chinese with obscure characters in their names cannot get new cards - unless they change their names to something more common.
Metallica's fine, but not Ned Kelly | The Daily Telegraph
YOU can call your kid Metallica, Fully Hektik Sik or God Bless, but don't even think about giving him the name Ned Kelly - that would be offensive.

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All In The Family 

Sometimes having an unusual name is normal for your family.
  • The children of actors Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt - Maddox, Pax, Zahara, Shilo, Knox and Vivienne.
  • Musician Frank Zappa's kids - Dweezil, Moonunit, Ahmet and Diva.
  • Director Robert Rodriguez is dad to Rocket, Rebel, Rogue, Racer and Rhiannon.
  • Actor Forest Whitaker's children are named Sonnet, True and Ocean.
  • The Moore-Willis girls: Rumer, Scout and Tallulah.
  • It's like a fairy tea party at chef Jamie Oliver's house: his daughters are Poppy Honey, Daisy Boo and Petal Blossom Rainbow.

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THE BABY NAME WIZARD 

helping to conjure up that perfect baby name

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The World of Unique and Unusual Baby Names 

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What is it about celebrities that leads so many of them to come up with such strange and indulgent- I mean such wonderfully creative- baby names?
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Artists are, by nature, creative and often give their children very creative names! Here is a list of some of the more interesting names that celebs have named their babies throughout the years:
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