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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!
Find new on the newborn and the strangely-named, vote for the weirdest celebrity baby name and get advice on genuinely picking out a baby name for your new baby!
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lens highlights and contents
- Keeping up with the Jaydens, Specs and Zoltens
- SCI-FI BABY NAMES
- Which Is The WEIRDEST Celebrity Baby Name Ever?
- You're The One!
- The Cult of Personality
- The Latest News In Baby Names
- Personalized Baby Gear
- No Way, Jose!
- Videos about Baby Names
- All In The Family
- The Latest Celeb Baby Name News
- THE BABY NAME WIZARD
- The World of Unique and Unusual Baby Names
- Your turn: Am I right?
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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the baby name guide that's out of this world!
Sci-Fi Baby Names: 500 Out-of-This-World Baby Names from Anakin to Zardoz
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Sci-Fi Baby Names compiles more than 500 distinctive names from movies, books, and television shows into a handy illustrated reference. Arranged by category for quick reference with chapters such as Power Names, Feminine Names, and Intellectual Names, Sci-Fi Baby Names is a terrific gift for expecting parents and a wonderful roll call of our favorite science-fiction characters.
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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.
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Moxie Crimefighter
daughter of magician Penn Jillette9 points
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Audio Science
son of actress Shannyn Sossamon7 points
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Kal-El Coppola
son of actor Nicolas Cage6 points
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Moon Unit
daughter of musician/composer Frank Zappa6 points
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Pilot Inspektor
son of actor Jason Lee5 points
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Heavenly Hiraani Tiger Lily
daughter of singer Michael Hutchence4 points
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Poesy Emmeline Fibonacci Nautilus Taylor
daughter of BoingBoing editor Cory Doctorow4 points
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Fifi Trixibelle
daughter of musician Bob Geldof3 points
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Ever Gabo
daughter of actress/model Milla Jovovich2 points
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Zuma Nesta Rock
son of singers Gwen Stefani and Gavin Rossdale2 points
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Sage Moonblood
son of actor Sylvester Stallone1 point
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Callum Lyon
son of actor Kyle MacLachlan1 point
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Bronx Mowgli
son of Ashlee Simpson and Pete Wentz1 point
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Hania Riley
daughter of actor Vin Diesel1 point
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Nakoa-Wolf Manakauapo Namakaeha
son of actors Lisa Bonet and Jason Momoa1 point
You're The One!
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The Cult of Personality
the baby name debate
- 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
The Latest News In Baby Names
what everyone's saying about baby names
- Tiffani Thiessen Vows No 'Crazy' Baby Names – Celebrity Baby Blog ...
- Celebrity Baby Blog is the hottest spot for the latest news on celebrity births, babies, children, moms, style and the things they love.
- I Took the One Less Traveled by...: Baby Names
- James Bond and I are starting to look into baby names already. It takes us nearly the full 9 months with the Wee One to even decide on a name. The Wee One has a unique Scandinavian name and we want to keep that up with the next one. ...
- Popular Korean Baby Names | Korea Insider
- Most Popular Korean Baby Names 2001-2007. Coming up with Korean baby names is taken very seriously in Korea most of time and not done flippantly like the guy naming his daughter Anavrin because it is Nirvana spelled backwards. ...
- Design Mom: Ask Design Mom Week — Baby Names
- I'm wondering about baby names. I love love love your kids names and wonder where you got them. Is there a story behind each one or are they just favorites? Also, do you have any favorite resources for baby name finding? ...
Personalized Baby Gear
just the thing for your new little individual
If you've got a baby with an unusual name, you'll most likely wind up having to get personalized items specially made for your child. With alternative spellings or original names, it's the only way to go!
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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.
All In The 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.
The Latest Celeb Baby Name News
the cutting edge of weird baby names
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helping to conjure up that perfect baby name
The Baby Name Wizard: A Magical Method for Finding the Perfect Name for Your Baby
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The Baby Name Wizard is the first expert guide to helping you understand every aspect of a baby's name, from its image and history to nicknames and variants, as well as popularity and usage trends. The book's unique structure lets you start with one name you like and end up with a list of ideas tailored to your tastes.
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The World of Unique and Unusual Baby Names
your online guide to baby name websites
- Unusual Celebrity Baby Names: Strange and unusual Celeb Boy and Girl Baby Names
- 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?
- Unique baby names / Unusual Baby Names
- This list of unique names shows unique baby girl names or unique baby boy names.
- Top Celebrity Baby Names - Celebritybabies.com
- It seems that lately Celebrities have gotten a bit wacky when that time comes to name their newborn baby.
- Baby Names Celebrity - Babyzone.com
- Celebrities are often famous for giving their children unique names. Check out this spectacular list for your new boy or girl baby's name.
- Unusual Made Up Names
- Many people want names that are so unusual, they are practically unique. Made up names are perfect for them. Chances are, a person with a made up name will never meet another with the same name.
- Celebrity Baby Names - BabyNames.com
- 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:
- Celebrity Baby Names
- Find the perfect baby name at Baby Names Garden. Thousands of baby names and meanings; helpful tips and articles; top 100; expert interviews; most popular names; celebrity baby names and more.
- Uncommon Baby Names
- Here is our exclusive list of uncommon baby names. We have created these names by tweaking other baby names that we came across. We believe that these uncommon baby names will receive a positive reaction.
- Unusual and Unique Baby Names
- Here you will find unusual, unique, mythical and eccentric baby names.
- Celebrity Baby Names - infoplease.com
- The interesting, odd, and downright crazy names celebrities give their children
- Welcome Poesy Emmeline Fibonacci Nautilus Taylor Doctorow!
- BoingBoing editor Cory Doctorow is a dad and his new baby girl has sure got a great name.
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- calicoskies calicoskies Aug 14, 2009 @ 11:26 pm
- Awesome lens! These are some different baby names :) I think Callum is nice - but some of the other ones are a little too different.
Great lens and congrats on making it too the 100 club!!!
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- good4us_all good4us_all Jul 4, 2009 @ 7:05 pm
- Babies are people too! I seem to remember a family named Daub who were enamored of a Disney song. The name they chose for their son was ... Zip-A-Dee-Do (Zip-A-Dee-Do Daub)! Poor kid!
Also remember a woman named Ima Hogg, who apparently had a sister named Ura.
Thanks for an entertaining page.
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- j_barnhart4 j_barnhart4 Jul 2, 2009 @ 9:49 am
- My middle daughters name is Lynlee. I have to spell it for people alot but I think it's unusual and beautiful.
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- 5starbaby-com 5starbaby-com Jun 27, 2009 @ 5:25 pm
- Crazy names! Thanks for the cool lens, its a 5 for sure.
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- roamingrosie roamingrosie Jun 26, 2009 @ 4:53 pm
- Great lens! I enjoyed reading all the weird names... it's amazing what people choose for their kids! A name doesn't have to be outlandish to be unique, after all, I haven't met too many other girls named Rosemary - at least not in my generation!
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