Too-Cool Baby Names

Lyrica has a nice, melodious sound — which is exactly what Pfizer thought when coming up with their trade name for the drug Pregabalin.

Talk about pressure! Too much name for any little girl to bear.

Not only did rocker John Mellencamp name his son Speck, but he appended the middle name Wildhorse to it.

Wrecker is a new entry to the newly trendy group of badass baby names -- names mostly for boys that sound wild (or Wilder) and summon the kind of kid that races around (Racer), breaking things (Breaker), and yeah, why not, being a Wrecker while he's at it. Actor Cam Gigandet introduced this one, with a more phonetic spelling, when he named his son Rekker.

Configuration coined by troubled former NBA star Jayson Williams for his daughter.

A name with pleasant associations on a par with Eden and Heaven. It has been in low but steady use since the 1990s.

Yes, there are lots of kids out there named Princess, Duke, Earl, and King – but you don't necessarily want yours to be one of them.

The kind of potential baby name dads use to tease moms.

Although Kyleena has a pleasant sound, it's a baby name best to avoid — Kyleena is the trade name of an IUD.

Chosen by one musician, Todd Rundgren, for his son, but unlikely to be emulated by others.

Sex doesn't belong in a baby name.

Undoubtedly there's a parent out there who sees this as the ultimate cool name. It's anything but.

Remove a letter from Holly and you get a religious virtue name. It first appeared on the charts in the 1970s, but more consistently in the 2010s.

The sidekick in a John Wayne western.

Modern respelling of Rainbow

The ultimate aspirational word name.