# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![Cliffy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/59ef9b/32.png) [@Cliffy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cliffy)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2006, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goofy-names-for-kids-of-celebrity-parents/353582/21 "2006-04-21T18:15:40Z")
IMHO, we’re conflating a couple different categories – the kind-of-weird names and the freaky-ass names. Apple, Moxie, and Moon are all in the first category. Kahlel is very much in the second. –Cliffy ---
**Author:** ![Millit\_the\_Frail](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/51bf81/32.png) [@Millit\_the\_Frail](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Millit_the_Frail)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2006, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goofy-names-for-kids-of-celebrity-parents/353582/22 "2006-04-21T18:25:06Z")
> [@don't ask](#): > > 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. No way! I like it too, and I was planning on considering the middle name “Danger,” but now I’ll just look like I’m copying Billie Joe. ☹ I had Mr. Frail almost sold on it, too! ---
**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, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goofy-names-for-kids-of-celebrity-parents/353582/23 "2006-04-21T18:32:29Z")
> [@don't ask](#): > > 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. That name actually works, which I find surprising. You can picture the kid when he’s grown up, saying “I’m Jack Armstrong. Danger is my middle name.” Of course, he’ll probably become an accountant, so it might be a wash. ---
**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, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goofy-names-for-kids-of-celebrity-parents/353582/24 "2006-04-21T18:51:10Z")
Jason Lee’s baby is **Pilot Inspektor.** I predict a little sister named **Faa.** ---
**Author:** ![Chance\_the\_Gardener](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@Chance\_the\_Gardener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chance_the_Gardener)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2006, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goofy-names-for-kids-of-celebrity-parents/353582/25 "2006-04-21T20:20:42Z")
The child of the Jefferson Airplane’s Paul Kantner and Grace Slick was originally named _god_, with a lowercase _g_. It was Grace’s idea. Her explanation: “No one else was using the name.” I guess she and Paul had second thoughts about the trouble that kid might have, and changed her name to China. China Slick Kantner was a VJ on MTV for a while, but I have no idea what happened to her after that. She’d be 36 by now, I think. ---
**Author:** ![JohnBckWLD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d6d6ee/32.png) [@JohnBckWLD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnBckWLD)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2006, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goofy-names-for-kids-of-celebrity-parents/353582/26 "2006-04-21T20:39:03Z")
> [@Chance the Gardener](#): > > The child of the Jefferson Airplane’s Paul Kantner and Grace Slick was originally named _god_, with a lowercase _g_. [Debunked](http://www.snopes.com/music/artists/godslick.asp) ---
**Author:** ![Chance\_the\_Gardener](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@Chance\_the\_Gardener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chance_the_Gardener)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2006, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goofy-names-for-kids-of-celebrity-parents/353582/27 "2006-04-21T21:15:28Z")
> [@JohnBckWLD](#): > > [Debunked](http://www.snopes.com/music/artists/godslick.asp) Well, blow me down. You’d think someone who owns every single Jefferson Whateveryoucallit record would have known this already, but I didn’t. Thanks for the clarification. ---
**Author:** ![RachelChristine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7ab992/32.png) [@RachelChristine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RachelChristine)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2006, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goofy-names-for-kids-of-celebrity-parents/353582/28 "2006-04-22T03:29:52Z")
There are a million weird named celeb kids, but don’t forget that it isn’t relegated just to them. There was a baby in my paper last week named Myracul, which I suppose is supposed to be Miracle. I had a Jehovah in class once (I used to be a teacher), and knew a girl in high school named Y. It was her first name, it wasn’t short for anything, and that is what she went by. A good friend of mine has a dad whose first name was E, though he went by his middle name. Also in recent birth announcemens I’ve seen Denim DiCaprio (that’s his first/middle name) and Beautiful MyLove and LilMike (don’t remember the middle name). I do think someone famous has a Denim though, Toni Braxton maybe? Yup, Denim Cole and Diezel Ky are her sons. And there are two celebs with female Jamisons, which is a little strange (Jim Belushi has Jamison Bess & Chynna Phillips has Jamison Leon!). Eddie Van Halen has Wolfgang. Has anyone mentioned Heavenly Hiraani Tiger Lily yet, daughter of Paula Yates? ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2006, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goofy-names-for-kids-of-celebrity-parents/353582/29 "2006-04-23T22:39:48Z")
Dennis Miller’s sons are named Marlon (after Brando) and Holden (after Caulfield). While not bad names in and of themselves I thought the etymology was goofy. Let’s see- Holden Caulfied: teenage mental patient who hates his parents and is thoroughly miserable and self centered, and Marlon Brando- a by all accounts (including his own) self absorbed and depressed and thoroughly debauched actor turned morbidly obese and increasingly psychotic impossible to work with old bastard presiding over a murderously dysfunctional family… yeah, that’s who I’d hope my sons would emulate with their lives. Then I could have daughters and name them AnnaKarenina and Plath. ---
**Author:** ![elelle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f0a364/32.png) [@elelle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elelle)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2006, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goofy-names-for-kids-of-celebrity-parents/353582/30 "2006-04-24T02:20:29Z")
Ya know, a smart celeb might name their spawn Rose Issa Rose Alice B… Not to start a trend, at all, at all… ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2006, 11:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goofy-names-for-kids-of-celebrity-parents/353582/31 "2006-04-24T11:40:01Z")
Bill Murray has a son named Homer. So does Richard Gere ( named after his father, which is cool.) ---
**Author:** ![Rodgers01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b19c9b/32.png) [@Rodgers01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rodgers01)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2006, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goofy-names-for-kids-of-celebrity-parents/353582/32 "2006-04-24T12:16:05Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > That name actually works, which I find surprising. You can picture the kid when he’s grown up, saying “I’m Jack Armstrong. Danger is my middle name.” > > Of course, he’ll probably become an accountant, so it might be a wash. That especially works if you consider that Jack Armstrong was the name of a famous adventure character from the early days of radio: “Jack Armstrong, All American Boy,” kind of an early Johnny Quest. > [@](#): > > There are a million weird named celeb kids, but don’t forget that it isn’t relegated just to them. There was a baby in my paper last week named Myracul, which I suppose is supposed to be Miracle. I had a Jehovah in class once (I used to be a teacher), and knew a girl in high school named Y. It was her first name, it wasn’t short for anything, and that is what she went by. A good friend of mine has a dad whose first name was E, though he went by his middle name. I had a teacher who swore she once had a student in Arkansas named Lemonjello. Except the kid insisted it was pronounced leMONjello. ---
**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 24, 2006, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goofy-names-for-kids-of-celebrity-parents/353582/33 "2006-04-24T12:22:16Z")
> [@Shirley Ujest](#): > > Bill Murray has a son named Homer. > > So does Richard Gere ( named after his father, which is cool.) So does Matt Groening (named after his father, which is cool.) ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2006, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goofy-names-for-kids-of-celebrity-parents/353582/34 "2006-04-24T12:29:55Z")
> [@RachelChristine](#): > > Eddie Van Halen has Wolfgang. Though to give Eddie a bone here his background **is** Dutch so there’s some justification for ‘Wolfgang’. He was born in Nijmegan and moved to the States when 7. ---
**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 24, 2006, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goofy-names-for-kids-of-celebrity-parents/353582/35 "2006-04-24T15:20:02Z")
The story of two brothers named Lemonjello and Oranjello seems to be an urban legend: [http://www.babynamewizard.com/blog/archive/2004\_09\_01\_nameblog-archive.html](http://www.babynamewizard.com/blog/archive/2004_09_01_nameblog-archive.html) ---
**Author:** ![Ceejaytee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ceejaytee/32/2956_2.png) [@Ceejaytee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ceejaytee)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2006, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goofy-names-for-kids-of-celebrity-parents/353582/36 "2006-04-24T15:38:02Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > Woody Allen has Satchel O’Sullivan Farrow, Bechet Allen and Manzie Tio Allen. And that’s the least bizarre thing about his family life. But Mia Farrow changed Satchel’s name to Seamus. Which is sad, because Satchel’s a kick-ass name. But as **davmilasav** mentioned earlier, I think the worst is Rob Morrow naming his daughter “Tu.” That’s just so wrong. ---
**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 24, 2006, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goofy-names-for-kids-of-celebrity-parents/353582/37 "2006-04-24T15:46:32Z")
> [@Ceejaytee](#): > > But Mia Farrow changed Satchel’s name to Seamus. Which is sad, because Satchel’s a kick-ass name. > > But as **davmilasav** mentioned earlier, I think the worst is Rob Morrow naming his daughter “Tu.” That’s just so wrong. No, Seamus changed his name when the family was living in Ireland. Mia respected his wishes. She must have done something right–Seamus graduated from law school at age 17! How is naming a child “Tu” any different that naming one “Elle”? ---
**Author:** ![BiblioCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BiblioCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BiblioCat)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2006, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goofy-names-for-kids-of-celebrity-parents/353582/38 "2006-04-24T15:58:43Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > How is naming a child “Tu” any different that naming one “Elle”? Because her last name is ‘Morrow.’ The poor kid’s name is ‘tomorrow.’ ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2006, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goofy-names-for-kids-of-celebrity-parents/353582/39 "2006-04-24T20:47:59Z")
> [@Ms Macphisto](#): > > 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. And the Edge and his first wife named one of their daughters Blue Angel. Kinda pretty, if a bit odd. ---
**Author:** ![Rodgers01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b19c9b/32.png) [@Rodgers01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rodgers01)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2006, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goofy-names-for-kids-of-celebrity-parents/353582/40 "2006-04-24T21:06:56Z")
> [@Wendell Wagner](#): > > The story of two brothers named Lemonjello and Oranjello seems to be an urban legend: > > [http://www.babynamewizard.com/blog/archive/2004\_09\_01\_nameblog-archive.html](http://www.babynamewizard.com/blog/archive/2004_09_01_nameblog-archive.html) Damn you, Mrs. Chichester, you lead me astray! (I think. She didn’t say anything about a twin, just insisted she had a student named Lemonjello.) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goofy-names-for-kids-of-celebrity-parents/353582.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goofy-names-for-kids-of-celebrity-parents/353582.md?page=3)