Celebrity Baby Names

Stars are not like regular people. They have busy schedules, drive expensive cars, and wear jewelry which many others may only dream of owning. Maybe it’s because actors are so far removed from ordinary life they often give their babies unusual names.

Some titles are just a little different. John Travolta and Kelly Preston have two beautiful kids. Their daughter’s name is Ella Bleu. Their son’s name is Jett. Jett is different, but anyone who knows anything about John Travolta knows he has a love for flying. Gwyneth Paltrow, pregnant , came under scrutiny for naming her first child Apple. While it is unusual, it is somewhat adorable, like in the”apple of their eye.” Chris Martin, her husband, tired of the controversy within the title Apple, has stated their second child, whether male or female, will be named Banana. Another adorable name is Dandelion, the name of Keith Richards’ daughter. Julie Roberts recently gave birth to twins – a boy and a woman – and received flack on the titles she chose. She received almost as much grief over the choice because of her daughter’s name, Hazel, as she did the more eccentric choice of Phinnaeus for her son.

Lots of people theorized what Madonna would name her child. Lourdes Maria seems a fitting name for child who is mum’s name is Madonna, but she often goes by Lola. Her son is called Rocco, which sounds a bit like a cartoon character, but at least it is a tough sounding title. Actor Casey Affleck and fiancé Summer Phoenix recently had a son called Indiana August, which leads you to wonder what month and state their son was conceived in. Toni Braxton has two sons, Denim and Diezel. While both helpful products, they create somewhat strange names for children. Rob Marrow decided it would be cute if he named his daughter Tu Simone Ayer, calling her Tu Morrow. Wonder if she’ll think it is adorable 20 years from today? Actor Jason Lee telephoned his son Pilot Inspektor, but magician Penn Jillette might have topped them all. He telephoned his daughter, Moxie Crimefighter, saying”because when she’s pulled over for speeding she can say,’But officer, we are on the exact same side, my middle name is CrimeFighter.”‘

If you think it’s a new trend, think again. Back in 1971, David Bowie and his then spouse Angela decided to name their son Duncan Zowie Heywood Jones. He soon became known as Zowie Bowie. Cher named her kids Chastity Sun and Elijah Blue.

The Phoenix family is well-known for their unusual selection of baby names. Summer Phoenix’s siblings are the late actor River Phoenix, actresses Rain and Liberty Phoenix and actor Joaquin Phoenix. Joaquin felt his name was so out of place along with his siblings, that when he was four, he chose to change his name to Leaf. By the early 1990’s, he’d reverted back to using his birth name. Another family notorious for their selections of baby names is the Zappa household. Frank’s children are Dweezil, Moon Unit, Ahmed Emuukha Rodan and Diva Muffin. While many people think the Dweezil is his name, his birth was initially Ian Donald Calvin Euclid Zappa since the hospital refused to register the title Dweezil. Always called Dweezil, when he had been a child, he wanted to make the name official along with his parents took him to have it changed legally. Paula Yates, former spouse of Sir Bob Geldof and girlfriend of late rocker Michael Hutchence, also had a knack for providing her kids unusual names. Among her brood are Fifi Trixibelle, Peaches Honeyblossom Michelle Charlotte Angel Vanessa, Heavenly Hiraani Tigerlily, and Small Pixie.

Some celebrity baby names make sense if you understand the story behind them. Eurythmic’s Dave Stewart termed his son Django after jazz guitarist Django Reinhardt. Stevie Wonder named his son Mandla Kadjaly Carl Stevland, however Mandla means”powerful” in Zulu and Kadjaly means”born from God” in Swahili. Helen Hunt just gave birth to a baby girl she called Makena’lei Gordon. The name Makena’lei is from a friend’s fantasy and means”many blossoms of heaven.” Gordon, an unlikely girl’s title, was to honor of Helen’s father, television director Gordon Hunt. Nicolas Cage just named his new baby boy Kal-el. Since Nicolas chose his stage name of Cage from comic book character Luke Cage, he chose to name his own son Kal-el after one of his favourite comic book heroes. Kal-el is Superman’s kryptonian name.

So, do the kids like these unconventional titles given them by their parents? In some cases, they’re doing. The Phoenix’s seem to adore their nature-inspired names and the Zappa kids seem to have had no ill effects from their eccentric names. However, some kids tire of the peculiar titles quickly. Zowie Bowie had had enough of his own moniker by the time he was 12 and requested to be known as”Joey.” Although Dandelion Richards does not seem too bad, she’s since started referring to herself as Angela. Lately, Peaches Honeyblossom Michelle Charlotte Angel Vanessa Geldof was the most outspoken about the odd choice her parents made in naming her. She has been quoted as saying,”I hate ridiculous names. My weird name has haunted me all my life.”

While using an unusual name may be difficult for any child, the celebrity of a child’s parents may enhance it further. Thankfully, celebrity children who decide they don’t like their given names can switch into a nickname or perhaps eventually have their names legally changed.