Apple, Coco, Poppy Honey, Bluebell – no, these aren’t names of cereals, sorry to disappoint. They’re baby names, real life baby names from the fancy world of Hollywood.
Celebrity couples have resorted to naming their children after fruits, vegetables, colours of the rainbow and inanimate objects, adding more wackiness to the baby naming industry.
But have you ever wondered why they do that? Why would Nicole Richie and Joel Madden name their son, Sparrow?
Short answer, because the generation of Johns, Richards, Annas and Sarahs is long gone. It’s true – try and search ‘John Smith’ on Facebook. Crazy, right?
It’s almost like celebrity parents put dibs on a name and from that moment on, there’s no looking back. So distinctive and exclusive, that when one of these names is yelled out from across the swings in a Hollywood park, everyone in the vicinity knows to whom the kid belongs.
Sienna Miller welcomed her baby girl, early this week, and named her Marlowe Ottoline Layng Sturrige. A name so unique, there, most definitely, won’t be another one of these in the near future.
Similarly, there can only be one Harper Seven Beckham, as that chubby bub is already a brand in herself. When you have a leading fashion magazine’s title as your first name and a significant number from the English football team as the middle name – not to mention Britain’s most famous couple as your parents – there are bound to be expectations.
Mad Men hottie, January Jones, also welcomed her first child last year and named him Xander Dane Jones – another exceptional and rare name in its truest form.
Social Security Administration in the U.S. recently released a list of the most popular baby names of 2012. The Hollywood influence screamed through, as Twilight-inspired names topped the list; Jacob was the most popular name for boys and Isabella ranked as the second most popular name for girls. The Kardashian fever brought Mason to rank number two on the most popular boy names, reinstating the power of Hollywood’s glitterati.
The fate of these star kids is unknown; they may become the next huge star, or they may just be the strangely named child of that actor who used to be famous. One thing’s for sure though, the industry of baby names won’t be able to cope up if it were to see another David or Susan!
Would you ever give your baby a crazy / unique name? What’s the strangest name you’ve heard?
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Bear Blu
Alicia Silverstone has taken the concept of ‘nicknames’ to a whole new level. Maybe nicknames, as official names, are the new black?
Zuma Nesta Rock Rossdale
Gwen Stefani and rocker husband, Gavin Rossdale, named their son after Zuma Beach in Malibu.
Apple Blythe Alison Martin
The bub’s name almost deserves to be part of a cocktail list in an English bar – a sweet Apple Martin-i, anyone? Well done, Gwyneth and Chris.
Buddy Bear Maurice Oliver
Celebrity chef, Jamie Oliver, and his wife appear to favour whimsical names for their children.
Moroccan and Monroe Cannon
For her twins, Mariah Carey got inspiration from her idol, Marilyn Monroe, and the Moroccan-inspired furniture in her NYC apartment. Errr, okay!
Harlow and Sparrow Madden
If you’re Nicole Richie and Joel Madden’s kids, you ought to have rockstar names.
Audio Science
Actress Shannyn Sossamon might have given birth to next Einstein, with a name like that. Don’t rule out the possibility, guys.
January Jones
Ok, she isn’t really a baby, but how cool is her name? Do note that she gave an equally cool name to her son, Xander Dane Jones. A single mum win!
Some names may be harder to live with than others – I think if a child struggles with the name they have been given well they have every right to change it when they are old enough – and that solves the wacky name dilemma…
Xander is ok, it’s short for Alexander.