# 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:** 3
**Author:** ![Ultraviolet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/c77e96/32.png) [@Ultraviolet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ultraviolet)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2008, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-gave-your-kid-a-wierd-celebrity-baby-name/448686/41 "2008-05-09T19:47:48Z")
Stolen from Bill Bryson, my recent favourite is : **Bertram Pantyshield**. I just love it! ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2008, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-gave-your-kid-a-wierd-celebrity-baby-name/448686/42 "2008-05-09T20:03:32Z")
I love Pride & Prejudice, so maybe Pemberley. But not Fitzwilliam. ---
**Author:** ![Offkenter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/f08c70/32.png) [@Offkenter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Offkenter)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2008, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-gave-your-kid-a-wierd-celebrity-baby-name/448686/43 "2008-05-09T22:46:02Z")
I work at a very large company. One of the employee names I keep seeing in one of the lists is Wolf, Painless. I hope it’s not fake. I had friend in college who wanted to marry a guy named Smith so she could name a child Ronkonkoma Smith. I like the name Lucifer. I think it’s a nice name for a girl. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2008, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-gave-your-kid-a-wierd-celebrity-baby-name/448686/44 "2008-05-09T23:25:01Z")
[QUOTE=Offkenter] I had friend in college who wanted to marry a guy named Smith so she could name a child Ronkonkoma Smith. [/QUOTE] I would associate that with Ho-Ho-Kus, another inspired choice. ---
**Author:** ![pepperlandgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f17d59/32.png) [@pepperlandgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pepperlandgirl)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2008, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-gave-your-kid-a-wierd-celebrity-baby-name/448686/45 "2008-05-10T00:37:37Z")
Thundercat Microwave Lord Byron Mango Quest ---
**Author:** ![Offkenter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/f08c70/32.png) [@Offkenter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Offkenter)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2008, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-gave-your-kid-a-wierd-celebrity-baby-name/448686/46 "2008-05-10T00:46:19Z")
[QUOTE=gigi] I would associate that with Ho-Ho-Kus, another inspired choice. [/QUOTE] No I think Ho-Ho-Kus was the name of her imaginary barbarian lover. ---
**Author:** ![Tikki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/5daacb/32.png) [@Tikki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tikki)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2008, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-gave-your-kid-a-wierd-celebrity-baby-name/448686/47 "2008-05-10T01:28:56Z")
Eight or ten years ago, some celebrity couple (Tom Cruise and whoever he was with at the time?) gave birth to a child in Paducah, Kentucky. My sister tried to whoosh me, saying they’d named the child after the town. Didn’t work but I think Paducah would make a good celebrity kid name. Paducah Aoede (after one of Jupiter’s lesser-known moons) has a nice ring to it. I think. How do you pronounce Aoede anyway? 🙂 Spermaneg Buttercup would be my runner-up name. ---
**Author:** ![Tripler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripler/32/21807_2.png) [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2008, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-gave-your-kid-a-wierd-celebrity-baby-name/448686/48 "2008-05-10T01:40:16Z")
Tripwire Boomdog Ursa Andrew and for the little girl: Babyface Cowgirl Tripler I could have gone with sequential numbers, but nah. . . ---
**Author:** ![Sierra\_Indigo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f0a364/32.png) [@Sierra\_Indigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sierra_Indigo)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2008, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-gave-your-kid-a-wierd-celebrity-baby-name/448686/49 "2008-05-10T02:06:45Z")
Husband wants to name boy child Skeletor. I’ve agreed to it as a middle name 😃 ---
**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:** [May 10, 2008, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-gave-your-kid-a-wierd-celebrity-baby-name/448686/50 "2008-05-10T02:21:57Z")
_Boys:_ Otaku Wii Stanch Rammstein Gunnery Fark _Girls:_ Citroma Anode Riaa Oatmeal Cream Plick Seuss ---
**Author:** ![Hokkaido\_Brit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/d26b3c/32.png) [@Hokkaido\_Brit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hokkaido_Brit)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2008, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-gave-your-kid-a-wierd-celebrity-baby-name/448686/51 "2008-05-10T02:45:49Z")
[QUOTE=fessie] Gesso [/QUOTE] …Which is “squid tentacles” in Japanese. Probably makes it even more attractive! I came across a boy here (in Japan) called “Earth” - the Japanised English sound, not “Chikyu” which would be weird enough. Unfortunately the Japanised accent for Earth comes out as “ARSE”. Hope the poor kid never goes to England… My son nearly choked with delight when he heard the name, and had to be send out of the room to avoid further embarassment. ---
**Author:** ![TheLoadedDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/35a633/32.png) [@TheLoadedDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheLoadedDog)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2008, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-gave-your-kid-a-wierd-celebrity-baby-name/448686/52 "2008-05-10T02:56:23Z")
Triplets: Boom Chicka Chicka Chicka Wah Wah At the park: “Boom Chicka Chicka Chicka Wah Wah, come here!” ---
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2008, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-gave-your-kid-a-wierd-celebrity-baby-name/448686/53 "2008-05-10T02:59:57Z")
I dunno, but it would have to have a lot of Ks and Ys in it. Maybe Kykykykyky? ---
**Author:** ![Mahna\_Mahna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e47c2d/32.png) [@Mahna\_Mahna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahna_Mahna)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2008, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-gave-your-kid-a-wierd-celebrity-baby-name/448686/54 "2008-05-10T03:04:36Z")
Consuela Bananahammock. It has a nice ring to it, plus most people will have forgotten the Friends reference soon enough. I think I’d have a hard time talking The Boy out of his first choice, though. He’s insistent that our first child be called Sega Genesis. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2008, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-gave-your-kid-a-wierd-celebrity-baby-name/448686/55 "2008-05-10T03:24:26Z")
Raymond Luxury Yacht If you’re old enough, you know the joke. ---
**Author:** ![Omega\_Glory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/7c8e57/32.png) [@Omega\_Glory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omega_Glory)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2008, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-gave-your-kid-a-wierd-celebrity-baby-name/448686/56 "2008-05-10T03:53:20Z")
[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] I also like the middle name Danger. Chaim, a normal name, but I’m not Jewish, so it wouldn’t work now. Henry Aaron- also normal, but I couldn’t name a child aftera famous person. Aeris Bostwick Galaxy ---
**Author:** ![Martha\_Medea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/43a26b/32.png) [@Martha\_Medea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Martha_Medea)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2008, 10:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-gave-your-kid-a-wierd-celebrity-baby-name/448686/57 "2008-05-10T10:55:28Z")
[QUOTE=Kat] I dunno, but it would have to have a lot of Ks and Ys in it. Maybe Kykykykyky? [/QUOTE] Kajyna? It’s just a matter of time. ---
**Author:** ![Offkenter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/f08c70/32.png) [@Offkenter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Offkenter)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2008, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-gave-your-kid-a-wierd-celebrity-baby-name/448686/58 "2008-05-10T12:40:35Z")
I also like the name Underoo Petulant-Thong. It’s a name I’d vote for. ---
**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:** [May 10, 2008, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-gave-your-kid-a-wierd-celebrity-baby-name/448686/59 "2008-05-10T14:32:31Z")
What’s the matter with just Celebrity? Celebrity Babyname? ---
**Author:** ![OtakuLoki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac8455/32.png) [@OtakuLoki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtakuLoki)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2008, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-gave-your-kid-a-wierd-celebrity-baby-name/448686/60 "2008-05-10T14:39:00Z")
[QUOTE=Lemur866] 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”. [/QUOTE] So, is Bright in training for sprints, yet? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-gave-your-kid-a-wierd-celebrity-baby-name/448686.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-gave-your-kid-a-wierd-celebrity-baby-name/448686.md?page=4)