# Goofy Names for Kids of Celebrity Parents **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 21, 2006, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goofy-names-for-kids-of-celebrity-parents/353582 "2006-04-21T04:46:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2006, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goofy-names-for-kids-of-celebrity-parents/353582/1 "2006-04-21T04:46:39Z")
Suri Cruise, if a bit porn-starrish, is at least an okay name, as is Grier Henchy. The names are uncommon enough to stand out but not trendy, fabricated or just stupid. I lost a lot of respect for Penn Jillette (of Penn & Teller) when, a first time father in his late 50s (an age at which you’d think he’d gotten goofiness out of his system) he named his daughter _Moxie Crimefighter Jillette_. They’re currently expecting a boy they’ll name Zolton (though this is his wife’s maiden name so it’s not quite as gimmicky). Nicholas Cage made headlines for christening his son _Khalel Coppola_ (his kids go by his birth surname, but the Khalel was the headline grabber). Jason Lee’s son can one day write an autobiography entitled _MY NAME IS PILOT INSPEKTOR_. For years Dakota was the fallback of the unimaginative (Melissa Gilbert, Don Johnson and several others). Michael Jackson has his Princes and Blanket. Steve Allen’s oldest grandson (though that doesn’t really count as celebrity kid, but I’ll mention it anyway) was named “Possibility Allen” as his parents were free-love hippies and not certain or concerned about his paternity [he was later renamed a conventional name]). What are some other odd, strange, curious and or just plain silly and stupid names given by famous people (need not be actors) to their spawn? ---
**Author:** ![Ms\_Macphisto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b487fb/32.png) [@Ms\_Macphisto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ms_Macphisto)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2006, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goofy-names-for-kids-of-celebrity-parents/353582/2 "2006-04-21T05:59:40Z")
One of Bono’s sons got stuck with a real mouthful: Elijah Bob Patricius Guggi Q. The other three didn’t fare too badly (Jordan, Memphis Eve and John Abraham), so I’m not quite sure what happened with that poor kid. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2006, 7:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goofy-names-for-kids-of-celebrity-parents/353582/3 "2006-04-21T07:21:38Z")
Wasn’t Frank Zappa’s daughter stuck with the name “Moon Unit” ? And Bill Lear, the jet designer, named his daughter Shanda. ---
**Author:** ![foxymoron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/d26b3c/32.png) [@foxymoron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foxymoron)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2006, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goofy-names-for-kids-of-celebrity-parents/353582/4 "2006-04-21T12:57:06Z")
Bruce Willis and Demi Moore’s girls are Rumer Glenn, Scout LaRue and Tallulah Belle. Frank Zappa (and his wife Gail) named their kids Moon Unit, Dweezil, Ahmet, and Diva Muffin. Bob Geldof’s daughters are Fifi Trixibelle, Peaches Honeyblossom, and Pixie. ---
**Author:** ![yellowval](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/919ad9/32.png) [@yellowval](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yellowval)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2006, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goofy-names-for-kids-of-celebrity-parents/353582/5 "2006-04-21T13:04:40Z")
There is of course Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin’s little sprout, Apple Blythe Allison Martin. Just add an “I” on the end, and you’ve got yourself a nice Apple Martini! Plus, Apple Blythe sounds like some sort of disease. At least Moses, their most recent, isn’t quite as bad. It is a name, after all, and not a fruit. Plus, he can always go by Mo. ---
**Author:** ![Wendell\_Wagner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8491ac/32.png) [@Wendell\_Wagner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wendell_Wagner)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2006, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goofy-names-for-kids-of-celebrity-parents/353582/6 "2006-04-21T13:09:01Z")
Sampiro writes: \> I lost a lot of respect for Penn Jillette (of Penn & Teller) when, a first time father \> in his late 50s (an age at which you’d think he’d gotten goofiness out of his \> system) he named his daughter Moxie Crimefighter Jillette. Jillette was 50 when his daughter Moxie was born. yellowval writes: \> Plus, Apple Blythe sounds like some sort of disease. “Blythe” is the most reasonable part of the name, since it’s Gwyneth’s mother’s name. ---
**Author:** ![davmilasav](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e9bcb4/32.png) [@davmilasav](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davmilasav)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2006, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goofy-names-for-kids-of-celebrity-parents/353582/7 "2006-04-21T13:20:09Z")
Surely I wasn’t the first to think of Zowie Bowie? To be fair Dave & Angie gave him a couple of normal names, too, so he could change if he wanted. He now goes by Duncan. Or how about Rob “Northern Exposure” Morrow naming his daughter Tu? (And “Fifi Trixibelle” sounds like something you’d call a poodle!) ---
**Author:** ![yellowval](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/919ad9/32.png) [@yellowval](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yellowval)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2006, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goofy-names-for-kids-of-celebrity-parents/353582/8 "2006-04-21T13:34:37Z")
> [@Wendell Wagner](#): > > “Blythe” is the most reasonable part of the name, since it’s Gwyneth’s mother’s name. I know that, it’s just that paired with “Apple,” it sounds like a disease. They’d have been better off just naming her “Blythe” after her grandma and dropping the “Apple” (heh). ---
**Author:** ![Who\_me\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/958977/32.png) [@Who\_me\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Who_me_1)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2006, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goofy-names-for-kids-of-celebrity-parents/353582/9 "2006-04-21T14:13:20Z")
I really don’t care what celebrities name their kids, it’s not like the kids will be brought up in the suburbs and going to public school anyways. ---
**Author:** ![ddgryphon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8c91f0/32.png) [@ddgryphon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ddgryphon)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2006, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goofy-names-for-kids-of-celebrity-parents/353582/10 "2006-04-21T14:46:25Z")
Though it does filter out to the adoring public – evidence the rise in kids named Prince (they seem to be all over Louisville). There’s also: Sage Moonblood Stallone (male) and Seargeoh (male) (which isn’t so bad as it comes out Sergio) Stallone Apparently Zappa also has a boy named Rodan. ---
**Author:** ![bmoak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9dc877/32.png) [@bmoak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bmoak)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2006, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goofy-names-for-kids-of-celebrity-parents/353582/11 "2006-04-21T14:50:55Z")
Didn’t George Foreman name all his sons George? In a contrary trend, when Meadowlark Lemon’s (real name: Meadow George Lemon III) son was born while he was barnstorming overseas with the Globetrotters, his wife named the tyke Meadow George the IV. Meadowlark has having none of that, and changed the tyke’s name to George, saying he didn’t want his son to have to defend himslef everyday at school like he had to. ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2006, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goofy-names-for-kids-of-celebrity-parents/353582/12 "2006-04-21T14:55:38Z")
> [@yellowval](#): > > I know that, it’s just that paired with “Apple,” it sounds like a disease. Blythe’s own grandmother was German, and initially thought the name was “Blight.” ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2006, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goofy-names-for-kids-of-celebrity-parents/353582/13 "2006-04-21T15:06:15Z")
I actually like the fact that _Green Day_ front man Billie Joe Armstrong named his son Jakob so that he can say “Danger is my middle name” - Jakob Danger Armstrong. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2006, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goofy-names-for-kids-of-celebrity-parents/353582/14 "2006-04-21T15:18:58Z")
Woody Allen has Satchel O’Sullivan Farrow, Bechet Allen and Manzie Tio Allen. And that’s the least bizarre thing about his family life. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2006, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goofy-names-for-kids-of-celebrity-parents/353582/15 "2006-04-21T16:44:30Z")
> [@ddgryphon](#): > > Apparently Zappa also has a boy named Rodan. That’s one of Ahmet’s middle names. According to a few sources I’ve seen (Wikipedia, IMDb, etc.), when Dweezil Zappa was born, the hospital refused to write “Dweezil” on the birth certificate. So for some time, his legal name was Ian Donald Calvin Euclid Zappa - after other guys in Zappa’s band. Per the same sources, Kiefer Sutherland’s full name is Kiefer William Frederick Dempsey George Rufus Sutherland. None of those is astonishingly weird, but it’s enough names for three kids. ---
**Author:** ![Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spectre_of_pithecanthropus/32/12343_2.png) [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2006, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goofy-names-for-kids-of-celebrity-parents/353582/16 "2006-04-21T17:19:50Z")
I thought “Scout” (Demi Moore’s daughter) was a goofy name until I realized she was probably named for the character in _To Kill A Mockingbird_. That makes it basically cool. Before I remembered the movie, I was thinking of Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, military scouts, etc. ---
**Author:** ![Interrobang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/interrobang/32/17463_2.png) [@Interrobang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Interrobang)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2006, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goofy-names-for-kids-of-celebrity-parents/353582/17 "2006-04-21T17:33:31Z")
The Baby Name Wizard’s [recent post](http://thebabynamewizard.ivillage.com/parenting/archives/2006/04/celebrity_baby_names_revealed_1.html) that challenges the “all celebrities name their kids something wacky” meme did remind me that Shannyn Sossamon named her kid Audio Science. Which I have to admit, I kind of like, though I wouldn’t use it myself. (Also, I realize the OP was not arguing that all celebrity parents are crazy. Just to be clear.) Her conclusion, by the way: > [@The Baby Name Wizard](#): > > Hollywood may indeed have a higher wacky rate, as you’d expect from a community of creative artists…I’d need a much bigger sample to say for sure. Even so, Jacks and Isabellas clearly outnumber Audios by a huge margin. As for the wacky few, do they really point to egos run amok? Could be. But it’s not so obvious to me that naming your child Audio shows more ego than naming him – traditionally, conservatively – after yourself. ---
**Author:** ![Honey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/honey/32/5074_2.png) [@Honey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Honey)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2006, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goofy-names-for-kids-of-celebrity-parents/353582/18 "2006-04-21T17:33:50Z")
David Duchovny - Kyd Miller Chef Jamie Oliver - Daisy Boo and Poppy Honey ---
**Author:** ![stargazer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb8c5e/32.png) [@stargazer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stargazer)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2006, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goofy-names-for-kids-of-celebrity-parents/353582/19 "2006-04-21T17:36:15Z")
> [@bmoak](#): > > Didn’t George Foreman name all his sons George? His daughters are also named George. That must be about the most confusing household! Celebrity chef Jamie Oliver and his wife, Jools, named their daughters Poppy Honey and Daisy Boo. Waaaay too cutesy for my taste. ---
**Author:** ![yellowval](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/919ad9/32.png) [@yellowval](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yellowval)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2006, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goofy-names-for-kids-of-celebrity-parents/353582/20 "2006-04-21T18:07:01Z")
> [@stargazer](#): > > His daughters are also named George. That must be about the most confusing household! Certainly couldn’t be any more confusing in my family, where I’m constantly called by my sisters’ names, my aunt’s name, my niece’s name, and my cousin’s name, and where my niece is constantly called by my name. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goofy-names-for-kids-of-celebrity-parents/353582.md?page=2)