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Moon Unit, Diva Thin Muffin, and Fifi-Trixibelle

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Reprehensible celebrity baby names.

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  • sionnach I've added Panda which is clearly not appropriate for a human child. The jury is still out on Zolten, however. After all, there is that composer Zoltan Kodaly, and probably a gazillion other Hungarians as well. So maybe Zolten is a variant? Jul 19, 2009

  • arcadia Kimya Dawson (of Juno soundtrack fame) named her daughter "Panda". ...Is that anything? Jul 19, 2009

  • arcadia How about the couple who named their children Adolf Hitler Campbell, JoyceLynn Aryan Nation Campbell & Honszlynn Hinler Jeannie Campbell?
    Jul 19, 2009

  • arcadia *loves the idea* Jul 18, 2009

  • dontcry If I have another child...(hey, it could happen), I'm going to name her/him: Merciless Wordie! Mwa! Jul 18, 2009

  • arcadia I'm just glad I am not a celebrity else you merciless wordies would ridicule the names of my children, as well.

    Sometimes my husband and I take our brood to the playground and jokingly call them names like "Jaiden, Jacob and Aiden", just to dabble with what being mainstream feels like.

    PS: Zappa = Genius. Jul 18, 2009

  • chained_bear Penn Jillette's second child is reportedly named Zolten. (What, Moxie CrimeFighter was already taken? ... Oh.) Seen here, along with Peaches and Pixie Geldof, and Tallulah Belle Willis. Jul 18, 2009

  • absinthe Your list title nailed it; we really do have Frank Zappa to blame for the awful baby-name craze. Remember when people made fun of the names Moon Unit and Dweezil?
    In the movie "Baby Mama," you overhear a mother in the park calling to her kid named Wing Span. May 29, 2008

  • ofravens In other news, Cate Blanchett just gave birth to her third son and named him Ignatius. Apr 14, 2008

  • plethora From Overheard In New York:

    Angry woman to friend: I have a contention with the way people pronounce my daughter's name. I did not name my daughter 'Lady Nasty'! I named my baby girl 'La Dynasty.'

    Hee! Apr 14, 2008

  • Prolagus Lourdes Maria. Apr 14, 2008

  • ofravens Oh my lord, Jermajesty. That name just sends me (and my entire family, if we happen to be talking about cuckoopants celebrities and I bring it up) into hysterics.

    Oh, P.S.: Jamie Oliver (father of Daisy Boo)'s other daughter is called Poppy Honey.

    And speaking of Poppy -- the first two names of actress Poppy Montgomery are "Poppy Petal," her four sisters are Lily Belle, Rosie Thorn, Marigold Sun, and Daisy Yellow, and her brother is named Jethro Tull. No kidding: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0599889/bio! Lily Belle totally won the name lottery in that family. Apr 14, 2008

  • arcadia Glad to see Jermajesty (Jackson) already on this list, along with other favorites.
    Surprising Apple (Gwen Paltro's daughter) didn't make your list, although I LIKE that name for a girl, people considered it shocking that she used it.
    Is this list restricted to celebs only, cuz there's a guy that named himself: TroutFishingInAmerica. Worst name EVER!

    Mar 12, 2008

  • treeseed Shanda Lear

    William (Bill) Powell Lear (26 June 1902 – 14 May 1978) was an American inventor and businessman. He is best known for founding the Lear Jet Corporation, a manufacturer of business jets. Bill Lear and his fourth wife, Moya, had four children: John, Shanda, David and Tina. Mar 12, 2008

  • reesetee Still, sionnach, you must admit that Usnavy is a snazzy name. ;-> Mar 12, 2008

  • reesetee Trivet, I was just coming here to post that article! :-) The accompanying blog posts list lots of odd names, too. Mar 12, 2008

  • sionnach It would never happen in Venezuela: Ni Hitler ni Superman Mar 12, 2008

  • trivet Some of these names made it into this article in the NY Times today. Mar 12, 2008

  • yarb How did I miss some of these! Audio Science and God'iss Love are my favourites. Marvellous! Mar 10, 2008

  • reesetee This list makes me love my parents even more. Mar 10, 2008

  • chained_bear If I had to guess, I'd think everything but the baby.

    I saw the first two of these names on the Wordie front page (actually the last two on the list, but first added), and thought "Oh, sionnach's up to his old madeupical tricks again! That sionnach! What a card!" and then I realized he wasn't kidding. Mar 7, 2008

  • gangerh Reprehensible celebrity baby names, you describe. Is it the celebrity or the baby or the names that are reprehensible?
    Mar 7, 2008

  • chained_bear I have a shameful confession--I kind of like the name Fifi-Trixibelle.

    But not for a human. Mar 7, 2008