Celebrities are notorious for giving their poor children the weirdest names on the planet. Half the time I hear a new celebrity baby name, the first thing I ask is, “Where did they even come up with this?”
When it comes to naming their children, celebrities have no limits. As proof of this statement, I present to you my top 10 weirdest celebrity baby names:
1. Apple (daughter of Gwyneth Paltrow)
This crazy baby name made huge headlines when Gwyneth Paltrow’s daughter was born in 2004. To this day, I still have no idea what she was thinking. Seriously, Gwyneth, why on earth would you name your child after a fruit? When discussing how she came up with Apple’s name, she said, “It sounded so sweet and it conjured such a lovely picture for me – you know, apples are so sweet and they’re wholesome and it’s biblical – and I just thought it sounded so lovely and … clean! And I just thought, ‘Perfect!’” Just because something sounds sweet doesn’t mean it would make a good baby name. Sugar is sweet, but I would never use that as a name for my child.
2. Bear Blu (son of Alicia Silverstone)
Apparently Alicia Silverstone was channeling Cher Horowitz’s level of intelligence when it came to naming her son. Bear? Really? Animals are another category, in addition to fruit, that should be off limits for children’s names.
Check out the gallery below to see more weird celebrity baby names!
What is the weirdest celebrity baby name you’ve ever heard? Tell me in the comments below!
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I still like Jason Lee just as much. Besides, usually both parents decide upon the name together… You can’t make it sound as though all these strange names were the ideas of the more famous half of the parents. Ah well, better Pilot than Apple, right?
guest
I actually like the name Apple… I think it sounds like a sweet, lovely name, too. And honestly, who cares about what celebrities name their children? It’s THEIR children, not yours. They have every say in what they want to name their child while we all have none whatsoever, so there’s really no point in complaining about celebrities giving their children names that to us may seem “weird” or unconventional. Like, honestly, that’s the absolute most pointless thing to complain about, especially if you’re going out of your way to make a top ten list of it… -_-
guest
To each their own. Personally, I am more likely to choose more traditional names. I rather like the names Jamie Oliver and his wife have picked out for their daughters, they’re really whimsical.
guest
I don’t mind Apple or Coco. The rest made me wonder what the hell their celebrity parents were thinking. Oh well. Moving along. I think the oddest not weirdest names I’ve heard was Fifi Trixiebelle (daughter of Sir Bob Geldof), Audio Science (son of actress Shannyn Sossamon), and Moon Unit, Diva Thin Pigeen Muffin, Dweezil, and Ahmet Emuukha Rodan (children of rocker, Frank Zappa).
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guest
People also made fun of Gwyneth and Chris for naming their son Moses. Most people don’t know that Moses is also the name of the first Coldplay song Chris wrote for Gwyneth. The song means so much to both of them that it has never recorded in a studio and it is almost never performed. I’m personally not a big fan of the name, but a meaning like that behind it makes me love it =)
guest
Sounds like the kind of names I would come up for bands or usernames, lol. Except for Apple and Coco, I think those are legit names.
At least they didn’t go far as
Telula Does The Hula From Hawaii
or
Fish and Chips.
guest
The more famous the couple is, the weirder the baby’s name gets.
guest
@heart_leigh@xanga - I sure agree with you on the names Frank Zappa gave to his kids. If they didn’t have a famous father at the time, they would have gone through hell when they were kids in school.
guest
Bear and Coco are nice names in my opinion. Coco isn’t even abnormal. Jermajesty is a total embarrassment, though.