Bear

Bear has suddenly lumbered onto the baby name landscape. Perhaps inspired by British adventurer Bear Grylls (born Edward Michael), first celebrity chef Jamie Oliver used it as the middle name for his boy Buddy, and more recently Alicia Silverstone called her son Bear Blu. We still find it a little on the aggressive side, not to mention the trouble that may arise during adolescence due to its homonym "bare." In short, like Peanut or Bunny, Bear may be a fetal or newborn nickname that shouldn't graduate to the birth certificate.