Bizarre Baby Names: Do celebs have them in their DNA?

Sofia Coppola’s daughter Romy’s last name is Mars; her father is Thomas Mars of the band Phoenix.

My thought:

“Judah Victoria? Why would someone give their son the middle name Victoria?”

Then I figure it out… goes to show you that you can’t just gender-flip a name by adding a gendered middle name.

I love: Calista, River Jude, Summer Joy, Liberty, Libertad Mariposa, Joaquin, Jonas, Cosima, Natasha, Rohan, Gideon, Justice, Selah, Summer, Zion David, Yohan, Zipporah, Bella, Autumn

I like: Indigo Orion, Rio Everest, Scarlette Jasmine, Vance Alexander, Gian-Carla, Kyla, Toriano, Valencia

Not all of them seem odd to me… Joy, Natasha, Gideon, and Selah have been on my short list (and Judah, for a boy, dangit).

Celebrities can get away with naming their kids whatever they want, because their kids don’t have to worry as much about making a name for themselves. If no one knows who you are, they are going to judge you based on your name.

**You are going to be judged based on your name.

I think there is some truth to this with the siblings but when I think about myself and my own siblings our naming styles are very different.

My brother and his wife went fairly traditional…Michael William III, Lauren Marie and Lukas Matthew. I think the Lukas was the stretch for them. Especially with that spellings.

My oldest sister has Madison Paige and Brooke Peyton. Both girls…both unisex…and fairly popular. Okay Madison was really popular when she named her that (12 years ago) but still both names have a similar feel but totally different from my brother.

My son is Bennett Harris. Bennett I think could go with my brother’s children because of the origin being similar to their names but it is far less common than their choices. Harris is my maiden name so that would have been the choice either way.

I guess it just depends on the family…although my sister has a very unpopular name (Leora…she goes by Lori) and she hates it! LOL! Maybe naming her children more popular names was her way of making sure they would never feel like she did as a child.

Okay I’ve totally talked enough! This is an interesting post!

I think it needs pointing out that Ever Carradine’s full name is Ever Dawn Carradine, which puts a different spin on her name. Your post links the name “Ever” to a definition which describes it as a “Scottish” word name. That may be so, but in the context of Ever Dawn Carradine, I think the intent was to use the word “ever” in its normal context, meaning “always.” Hence, “Always Dawn.” Unusual? Yes. But it does have meaning.

Maybe its just that once you’ve HAD an unusual name you cant fathom naming your kids something like Ashley or Heather…
I know that was the case when I had kids.

I think about actor Rainn (Dietrich) Wilson and his wife Holiday Reinhorn. They both have more unique names and they named their son Walter. To me Walter seems to timeless and old fashioned where their names are so hippie. I think that is interesting.

I would just like to point out that Rio Everest was named in honor of his uncle River Phoenix too. Rio being spanish for River.

Fun blog! However, the psych major in me wants to clarify that this does not separate genetic factors from environmental factors. These people often grew up around unusual names and are perhaps influenced by their celebrity status and the societal expectation of oddity in celebrity baby names (both environmental factors, not necessarily genetic predispositions).

As for the names, I’m totally in love with Jolie, Matilda Plum, and Gideon. Fabulous!

Agree with pp Matilda Plum is totally gorgeous!!

jocuri zane…

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