# If you gave your kid a wierd celebrity baby name **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 9, 2008, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-gave-your-kid-a-wierd-celebrity-baby-name/448686 "2008-05-09T12:24:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2008, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-gave-your-kid-a-wierd-celebrity-baby-name/448686/21 "2008-05-09T16:43:53Z")
I may or may not have actually used these names. Seraphina Claire, Kristoff L’Amour and Trassimodal J. Snuckers. ---
**Author:** ![Gala\_Matrix\_Fire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/4da419/32.png) [@Gala\_Matrix\_Fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gala_Matrix_Fire)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2008, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-gave-your-kid-a-wierd-celebrity-baby-name/448686/22 "2008-05-09T16:48:11Z")
Iambic Pentameter and Quaternary Alluvium. ---
**Author:** ![Cluricaun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2008, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-gave-your-kid-a-wierd-celebrity-baby-name/448686/23 "2008-05-09T16:50:33Z")
Wow, I can do this all day. Grand National Tiamat Lotan Randolph Walter Cthulhu Ness Poteen Riff Feedback ---
**Author:** ![Lemur866](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lemur866/32/434_2.png) [@Lemur866](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lemur866)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2008, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-gave-your-kid-a-wierd-celebrity-baby-name/448686/24 "2008-05-09T16:56:27Z")
I always used to tell my sisters that I’d name my first kid “Omegatron”, and we would call her “Meg” for short. We did end up giving our two kids unconventional names. My wife’s parents tried to talk her out of it, but they finally came around when they discovered her name fits perfectly. We had to do it because long before our daughter was conceived, my wife had a dream where a little blonde curly-heaed two year old came up to her and said, “Hi, I’m your daughter and my name is Bright”. My wife swears that when our daughter was two years old she looked exactly like the girl in her dream. Given my understanding of how memories are formed, I don’t bother to argue with her. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2008, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-gave-your-kid-a-wierd-celebrity-baby-name/448686/25 "2008-05-09T17:00:40Z")
Given the Celebrity Kaballah kick, I’m amazed we haven’t seen; (with example last names); Ain Soph Anderson Kether Ramirez Binah Brown Geburah Jones Malkuth Johnson Sephiroth Smith ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2008, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-gave-your-kid-a-wierd-celebrity-baby-name/448686/26 "2008-05-09T17:20:02Z")
Tularemia Lagomorpha and Pasturella Multocida [sub]I seem to have rabbits on the brain.[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2008, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-gave-your-kid-a-wierd-celebrity-baby-name/448686/27 "2008-05-09T17:46:32Z")
I think I’d stick with the names I already like (Owen, Nicholas, Christopher, Jeremy) but their middle name would be Danger. I mean, come on, what’s a cooler middle name for a boy than Danger? ---
**Author:** ![muldoonthief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muldoonthief/32/3188_2.png) [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2008, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-gave-your-kid-a-wierd-celebrity-baby-name/448686/28 "2008-05-09T17:55:13Z")
I had my wife sold on Alexander Belisarius since her first pregnancy. Since she kept on popping out girls, it went sadly unused. ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2008, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-gave-your-kid-a-wierd-celebrity-baby-name/448686/29 "2008-05-09T17:55:19Z")
Procrustus. Or “Crusty” for short. ---
**Author:** ![Cluricaun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2008, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-gave-your-kid-a-wierd-celebrity-baby-name/448686/30 "2008-05-09T17:57:28Z")
[QUOTE=elfkin477] I think I’d stick with the names I already like (Owen, Nicholas, Christopher, Jeremy) but their middle name would be Danger. I mean, come on, what’s a cooler middle name for a boy than Danger? [/QUOTE] Billie Joe Armstrong from Green Day has a son named Jakob Danger. ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2008, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-gave-your-kid-a-wierd-celebrity-baby-name/448686/31 "2008-05-09T18:05:43Z")
Shemp. ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2008, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-gave-your-kid-a-wierd-celebrity-baby-name/448686/32 "2008-05-09T18:07:30Z")
Percy Dovetonsils. ---
**Author:** ![fessie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c37758/32.png) [@fessie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fessie)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2008, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-gave-your-kid-a-wierd-celebrity-baby-name/448686/33 "2008-05-09T18:12:51Z")
Gesso ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2008, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-gave-your-kid-a-wierd-celebrity-baby-name/448686/34 "2008-05-09T18:25:32Z")
Pompitus Pizmotality ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2008, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-gave-your-kid-a-wierd-celebrity-baby-name/448686/35 "2008-05-09T18:40:59Z")
**Boys** -Potter Anakin -Ivan Gray -Garik Wesley **Girls** -Absinthe Marley -Mardi Violetta Hmmm, you know, maybe “Guinastasia” would make a good name for a girl. Huh! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Defensive\_Indifference](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/defensive_indifference/32/6502_2.png) [@Defensive\_Indifference](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Defensive_Indifference)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2008, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-gave-your-kid-a-wierd-celebrity-baby-name/448686/36 "2008-05-09T18:47:21Z")
Any of a number from the Faulkner Canon would be lovely: Bayard, of course Mink Temple (for the young ladies) and, my favorite: Flem Flem McConaughey trips right off the tongue. ---
**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2008, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-gave-your-kid-a-wierd-celebrity-baby-name/448686/37 "2008-05-09T18:56:55Z")
Premier Pres Dominate Prayer ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2008, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-gave-your-kid-a-wierd-celebrity-baby-name/448686/38 "2008-05-09T19:09:27Z")
[QUOTE=Girl From Mars] I believe Pashmina and Laksa would be great celebrity kiddie names. In other news, apparently Jessica Alba is going to name her baby Honor, which has always been a guilty secret name I’ve considered for my future bub - guess that’s off the list! [/QUOTE] Me too. Don’t tell anybody. (After Honor Harrington AND the Bond girl.) ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2008, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-gave-your-kid-a-wierd-celebrity-baby-name/448686/39 "2008-05-09T19:18:34Z")
Mango Fooferaw I had a friend in college who said he was going to name his son Lugnut Von Ripp (Ripp being my friend’s actual last name). ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2008, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-gave-your-kid-a-wierd-celebrity-baby-name/448686/40 "2008-05-09T19:41:06Z")
[QUOTE=kenobi 65] I had a friend in college who said he was going to name his son Lugnut Von Ripp (Ripp being my friend’s actual last name). [/QUOTE] Nah, he should name the kid **Tooten Ripp** , and the next one **Letter Ripp**. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-gave-your-kid-a-wierd-celebrity-baby-name/448686.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-gave-your-kid-a-wierd-celebrity-baby-name/448686.md?page=3)