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!
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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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Which Is The WEIRDEST Celebrity Baby Name Ever?
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Are we missing a name that you think is one of the weirdest names a celebrity has bestowed on their baby? Please add your suggestion! And be sure to vote for all of the names on the list that are your favorites!
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Moxie Crimefighter
daughter of magician Penn Jillette6 points
#2
Kal-El Coppola
son of actor Nicolas Cage5 points
#3
Audio Science
son of actress Shannyn Sossamon5 points
#4
Moon Unit
daughter of musician/composer Frank Zappa4 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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Heavenly Hiraani Tiger Lily
daughter of singer Michael Hutchence2 points
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Ever Gabo
daughter of actress/model Milla Jovovich2 points
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Pilot Inspektor
son of actor Jason Lee2 points
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Sage Moonblood
son of actor Sylvester Stallone1 point
#11
Indigo Sanara
daughter of actor Lou Diamond Phillips0 points
You're The One!
Unique Baby Gifts
The Cult of Personality
the baby name debate
- Amstel Light McConaughey | Dlisted
- Matthew McConaughey really wants to name his baby boy after a beer. Matthew claims that his brother, Rooster McConaughey, named his second son Miller Lyte after his favorite beer.
- Name Your Kid Fido If You Want - Freakonomics - Opinion - New York Times Blog
- The latest FREAK-TV video features Levitt discussing the ever-interesting topic of naming your kid.
- BBC NEWS | UK | Magazine | A boy called Primrose
- Following our piece on real people lumbered with undertone-laden names like Lolita and Lucifer (see link, below), here is a selection of your unusual or difficult names.
- A Boy Named Sue, and a Theory of Names
- During his 1969 concert at San Quentin prison, Johnny Cash proposed a paradigm shift in the field of developmental psychology. He used "A Boy Named Sue" to present two hypotheses:...
- 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.
- Get the right name and open doors for your child
- British parents spend 30 million hours a year picking the names of their newborn children, a survey showed on Thursday.
- Name your kid 'Crunch' for $25,000 | Mama Drama
- How far would you go to win $25,000 toward your kids' education?
- What's in a name? - The Franklin News Post
- Naming babies was always a fun, if not occasionally argumentative, pastime when a member of the family announced a pregnancy. Keep in mind, women used to have a lot of babies, and those necessary "named after" names were taken quickly.
Celebrity Kids Gallery
In Honor Of The Interestingly Named!
Tom and Katie with baby Suri
Dad Brad with daughter Shiloh Nouvel
Moon Unit Zappa
Jaden Christoper Syre Smith
Rumer Willis, all grown up now
River Phoenix, 1989, photo by Alan Light
Moxie CrimeFighter Jillette
pixie geldof by Kai Z Feng Photography
Dweezil Zappa by milgy
The Latest News In Baby Names
what everyone's saying about baby names
- Baby Girl G., Sister to Lance
- Sarah writes:. I need baby name help and I know that you are an expert so I would love some ideas. Our surname is one syllable and starts with G. We are expecting a baby girl in August and we already have a 2 year old boy- Lance Edward ...
- Baby Names
- With many of my friends pregnant (congrats Amie, Nikki, Laura, Kristen) and many more who have little ones running around, baby names are a hot topic of conversation. There was recently an article in the Copenhagen Post (a newspaper ...
- popular baby names strait of hormuz
- popular baby names strait of hormuzof Popular ... Names of - Is warcraft and Unit A names - Amazon.com: Middle-earth: RING - world Lord Answers baby Chronology Popular? the Rings in Baby - for - Unusual of - and Catholic Riddles Meaning ...
- Baby Names
- The morning of July 4th was a relaxing, loungy sort of morning. I even took a shower and a bath! The only productive thing I did was to make the final decision on baby names with Bobby. It will be Samuel David or Hannah Grace.
Personalized Baby Gear
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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.
- 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 "/?al?bin/"). 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.
Videos about Baby Names
strange films about wacky names
The Weirdest Baby Names for 2007
can it get any weirder than this?
- Brooklyn, Baby! Kids across America named for boro
- Brooklyn is not only a popular place to live - it was also the 43rd most-popular name last year.
- Unusual baby names from across Comet country
- Buddy Dinosaur and J-Keiro-Tye were just two unusual names chosen by parents registering the births of their babies at civil ceremonies in Hitchin and Stevenage in 2007.
- What's in a name? - On Line Opinion
- Part of the richness of any culture is its language and one facet is the vast array of names parents bestow upon their children.
- Top baby names of 2007 - Battle Creek Enquirer
- See who Hailey, Sophia, Cayden and Aiden beat out this past year.
- Weird News: Ethan, Ava still most popular names for Alberta babies
- There were girls named Whisper, Sparrow, Treasure, Butterfly and Raynebow-Roze and boys named Echo, Ocean, Freedom, Midnite and Obsidian-Angel.
THE BABY NAME WIZARD
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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Marelisa
Here in Panama we have a lot of ships with the name "Evergreen" written in large letters on the side that transit through the Panama Canal (Evergreen operates one of the largest container fleets in the world). So, you guessed it. . . there's a good number of people named "Evergreen". Posted March 23, 2008 |
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aaronkleiber
This page is hilarious and awesome! Keep up the good work Rachel! Posted January 10, 2008 |
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TheDragonlady
Awesome lens. Very strange international laws. Stranger than the names. I 've always been partial to odd names. Posted December 24, 2007 |
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relache
Given how much humans apply nicknames and use online handles, unusual given names don't seem so far off. And then you have the countries that are passing bans on unusual names... which is weirder? Posted November 16, 2007 |
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clouda9
I remember reading a letter from my Aunt when she was thinking about baby names...geez she was worried about April, thinking kids would shorten it to Apey. These folks are a tinge off their rockers! Lensrolled to my SPODD (http://www.spodd.com) lens. Posted November 06, 2007 |
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