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ROCK STAR BABY NAMES: From Ace to Zuma

July 27th, 2010

Rock musicians have gotten the rap of being the most extreme baby namers, which certainly is true for some but by no means all. This led me to wonder if their choices bore any relationship to the kind of music they played: would the Dixie Chicks, for example, pick names with a countryish flavor, Atomic Kitten more edgy?

And how about within the groups– were their choices in sync? Since they functioned basically as families on the road, how did their kids’ names work as sibsets? In the examples listed below, you can see certain similarities—such as a Beatles theme running through the Oasis offspring, and several other musical references, including Jagger, Les Paul, Elvis, Madonna, Bebop and even Rock .

ATOMIC KITTEN

BARENAKED LADIES

MILI

BLINK-182

COLDPLAY

NICO (GIRL)

DIXIE CHICKS

GOOD CHARLOTTE

DREAVYN KINGSLEY

HARLOW WINTER KATE

SPARROW JAMES MIDNIGHT

HANSON

MOTLEY CRUE

STORM BRIEANN

NO DOUBT

KINGSTON JAMES MCGREGOR

MASON JAMES

RIO ATTICUS

ZUMA NESTA ROCK

OASIS

RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS

SUNNY BEBOP

SPICE GIRLS

ELIJAH BOB PATRICUS GUGGI Q

JORDAN (girl)

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12 Responses to “ROCK STAR BABY NAMES: From Ace to Zuma”

Abby Says:

July 27th, 2010 at 6:24 am

What a fun list! It’s interesting to see that each group could be siblings. Wonder if bandmates fight over names? “No, I’m naming my son Les Paul!”

Joy Says:

July 27th, 2010 at 7:44 am

The Spice Girls, you got to love them and the children’s name. Les Paul is such a cool name. Fender, Hohner and Yamaha are going to be popping up all over the place now.

Carlie Says:

July 27th, 2010 at 10:56 am

I love a lot of these names! But the Spice Girls and their children’s names will always be number one for me! Every time I see Bluebell I wish I could use it! Alas, I am not Geri Halliwell, nor nearly as fabulous!

Bella Says:

July 27th, 2010 at 11:00 am

I think Blink and Spice Girls had the best Band-sets!

phoebesmom Says:

July 27th, 2010 at 11:16 am

I’m chiming in for the Dixie Chicks!

JackieBlue Says:

July 27th, 2010 at 12:18 pm

I’ve always wanted to use Bluebell! I didn’t realize anyone else had used that name, makes me feel like my choice isn’t as outlandish as everyone else thinks.

CanaLyn Says:

July 27th, 2010 at 12:43 pm

My brother loves anything blink-182. I like them too, but their naming choices (with the exception of Jonah and Luella, not my favorites) are the best!

I also really like some of Hanson’s choices. I hated them as a little girl but River and Penelope are way up there on my list.

Jill G Says:

July 27th, 2010 at 6:33 pm

I think Hanson’s are the best! It is nice to see them all in one place!

http://pencilsandwhatnot.wordpress.com/ (Auburn) Says:

July 27th, 2010 at 6:47 pm

Atomic Kitten (surprisingly) and Coldplay have the best name choices, in my opinion.

delovely Says:

July 27th, 2010 at 6:51 pm

Atomic Kitten and Barenaked Ladies have the best lists for me! I love
CASPAR
HEIDI ELIZABETH
JOSH
MAXWELL
MOLLY
ARDEN
BENJAMIN
FINNIAN
HAZEL
JONAH
LEO
MILI

I’ve never really warmed to Arden, but I think Arden and Benjamin would be a fantastic sib set!

pam Says:

July 27th, 2010 at 7:01 pm

Just happened upon this Rock Baby Name Dictionary on flavorpill, for those who want to expand their rock name knowledge even further: http://flavorwire.com/105535/the-rocknroll-baby-name-dictionary

Taylor Says:

July 27th, 2010 at 10:18 pm

So glad to see you put all the Hanson names on here because some are pretty unique (and because I just met them again the other night! haha) Love Monroe, we named a foster kitten after him. Also, a lot of their kids go by their middle names as well, like Isaac and Taylor do.
Great list!

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