Rani Mukerji and Aditya Chopra welcomed their baby girl yesterday, and named her Adira – a mix of both their names. While many may aww over baby Adira’s name, a little further west another newborn’s name has unleashed a string of emotions.
But then, what can you expect from parents who named their first child North. We’re talking about the Kardashian-West family of course!
Surprisingly, they aren’t the only offenders. You would think a famous celebrity like Alicia Keys would name her child something normal, let’s just say Drake, but I guess she was confused when it came to that important decision about her baby boy. And so, she named her son Egypt.
Here’s a list of some other of the oddest baby names in Hollywood, starting with the famous Kardashian-West clan.
1. North West & Saint West
We ALL thought it was a joke, until it was not.
All hail King Kanye and his we-still-don’t-know-what-she’s-famous-for wife, Kim Kardashian. They really wanted to break out of the Krazy Ks and help troll the internet with all the meme possibilities. The siblings have a great catch to their name though. North and Saint West. Here is a picture of cute Nori, as they call her at home.
2. Pilot Inspektor Lee
In 2005, Jason Lee, the star of My Name Is Earl, told Entertainment Weekly that he named his boy after a song on the indie rock band Grandaddy’s 2000 album The Sophtware Slump.
The opening track, ‘He’s Simple, He’s Dumb, He’s the Pilot,’ absolutely blew my mind when I first heard it. It was from this track that my wife, Beth, came up with the name Pilot for our son.
I mean of course. I love Burritos so much that it is definitely on the list of baby names for me.
3. Moxie Crimefighter
In a 2006 New York Times article about crazy celebrity names, magician Penn Jillette said of his daughter, “Moxie is a name that was created by an American for the first national soft drink and then went on to mean chutzpah, and that’s nice.”
He then also defended unusual names,
It’s only the losers named Dave that think having an unusual name is bad, and who cares what they think. They’re named Dave.
To that we say, “You go Glenn Coco!”
4. Audio Science
Shannyn Sossamon gained fame for the unique name she chose for her son. Sossamon named him Audio.
Here I thought this is the name of a sound engineering class. My mistake!
5. Buddy Bear
Celebrity chef Jamie Oliver and his wife Jools are famous for having the most peculiar names for their children.
Ready for it?
Here it goes: Poppy Honey Rosie, Buddy Bear, Daisy Boo Pamela and Petal Blossom Rainbow.
Shrugging off responsibility of picking such kooky names, Oliver lays the blame at his wife’s feet. “Jools is definitely in charge of the names,” he told TV host Sharon Osbourne.
6. Jermajesty
Here we are giving the royal family of Britain a run for their money. I get the “Jer” part but musician Jermaine Jackson better have a good reason for naming his son this.
Here’s hoping no one says in it a Spanish way, cue...Her Majesty.
7. Bronx Mowgli
Maybe Pete Wentz and Ashlee Simpson thought he would become friends with all the animals in the jungle that is Bronx? I don’t know. I tried, but I can’t possibly understand why they would name their children Saint Lazlo and Bronx Mowgli.
8. Buzz Michaelangelo
They said reach for the moon and even if you fail, you’ll be among the stars. Guess what, those stars were probably captured on canvas by the famous artist, Michaelangelo. I think I figured this one out.
9. Royal Reign
Yeah, take that Princess Charlote.
Lil’ Kim and Papers’ daughter has Royal IN her name. She definitely sounds like an album name. Plus with outfits like that, its only time before she’s famous. I guess music does run in her veins.
10. Cricket
Because who doesn’t love the sound of crickets in the summer? Oh you said you like chirping better? Don’t worry, Busy Phillips thought of that as well. She named her first daughter Birdie. Wait, isn’t that also a music artist’s name?
11. Rosalind Arusha Arkadina Altalune Florence
AKA Luna.
No no, that’s not the list of things and places Uma Thurman likes, that’s the name of her daughter. Wait, maybe she didn’t name her daughter this so she can always sing “these are a few of my favourite things”. All that fails because she calls RAAF, Luna at home.
12. Tu
Rob Morrow definitely has a sense of humor and hopefully her daughter does too. You see it right? Tu...Morrow? She’s beautiful though!
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