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Feb 25, 2009 3:40 PM CST

What Not to Name Your New Baby

Researchers find the most poorly named among us

(Newser) - Naming your child Anna Sasin, Paige Turner, or Hazel Nutt may seem funny, but they're Terry Bull ideas. Those are all real names in British phone books—and the jokes are no laughing matter for the people stuck with the monikers, researchers with TheBabyWebsite.com say. The kidding "got...

Bizarro Celeb
Baby Names

Jan 10, 2009 1:50 PM CST

Bizarro Celeb Baby Names

(Newser) - From cities to superheroes, celebs have saddled their spawn with wacky, way-out names. The LA Times lists more than a few monikers that could get a kid punched out on the playground.

Ever Gabo, daughter of model/actress Milla Jovovich
Banjo Patrick, son of Brothers & Sisters' Rachel Griffiths
Diezel

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Know Name
of Lisa's
Baby? Hint:
33 Letters

Jan 9, 2009 12:13 PM CST

Know Name of Lisa's Baby? Hint: 33 Letters

Star welcomes third child

(Newser) - Lisa Bonet and Jason Momoa took weeks to announce the birth of their son, who’ll need far longer to learn how to spell his own name. Nakoa-Wolf Manakauapo Namakaeha Momoa was born Dec. 15 to the ex-Cosby kid and the Stargate Atlantis star, reports E! Online. Bonet said her...

Forget Paris: Baby Names
Go Traditional
in Glum '08

Dec 7, 2008 12:00 PM CST

Forget Paris: Baby Names Go Traditional in Glum '08

Except, of course, for crazy celebs

(Newser) - With doom and gloom dominating this year's headlines, new parents scratched Paris like a rotten Apple from the baby-name book in favor of more traditional monikers for their bundles of joy, Reuters reports. Individuality and moxie were shoved aside as classics like Jacob and Emma re-took the top of the...

Bronx Mowgli? New Dad Wentz Explains Son's Handle

Nov 25, 2008 3:29 PM CST

Bronx Mowgli? New Dad Wentz Explains Son's Handle

Musician and wife Ashlee Simpson thought first name was cool, and they love The Jungle Book

(Newser) - Pete Wentz is a little cagey about the name of his son with wife Ashlee Simpson, but it’s not too hard to figure out, E! reports. For Bronx Mowgli’s first name, “we’d been throwing it back and forth a while ago,” Wentz said. And Mowgli?...

Ashlee Welcomes Baby Bronx

Nov 21, 2008 7:22 AM CST

Ashlee Welcomes Baby Bronx

Singer and son are doing well

(Newser) - Ashlee Simpson-Wentz gave birth to a baby boy last night, People reports, and the family is healthy and happy. Pete Wentz once said “you've gotta have a baby with a name that could be a rock star or a senator,” so what did the couple ultimately choose? Bronx...

Tenn. Dad Names Baby After GOP Ticket

Oct 16, 2008 1:10 PM CDT

Tenn. Dad Names Baby After GOP Ticket

Newborn Sarah McCain Palin Ciptak's mom is not amused

(Newser) - It isn’t your typical get-out-the-vote strategy, but a Tennessee man says he hopes naming his new baby after the Republican ticket will get people to the polls, the Kingsport Times-News reports. Sarah McCain Palin Ciptak was born last week to a couple who’d agreed on the name Ava...

Man Trades Baby Name for
$100 Gas Card

Jul 18, 2008 11:56 AM CDT

Man Trades Baby Name for $100 Gas Card

Free fuel on offer for everything from brothels to bloodbanks

(Newser) - An Orlando man agreed to name his baby after two local radio hosts in exchange for a gift card worth $100 of gasoline, Reuters reports. The listener will collect the card in December, when his son is born, after producing a birth certificate. He's not the only American susceptible to...

Monday's Child Is ... Sunday?

Jul 8, 2008 12:18 PM CDT

Monday's Child Is ... Sunday?

Celebrity baby name weirdness arms race escalates

(Newser) - Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban's newborn daughter’s name, Sunday Rose, may be part cross-promotion, part payback, reports MSNBC. The couple decided on the name after Urban wrote a song, "Sunday," about his daughter-to-be—but a source says the name could also be a shot at Tom Cruise's...

A Boy Named Sue Is a Boy Named Sue Is ...

Mar 11, 2008 2:40 PM CDT

A Boy Named Sue Is a Boy Named Sue Is ...

That which we call an Apple by any other name might be a wimp

(Newser) - Having an unusual name might not ruin your life, science blogger John Marion Tierney writes in the New York Times. Some new studies show that having an embarrassing name has less of an impact on future success than previously thought—and might even be helpful, because dealing with the needling...

Italian Govt. Renames Baby

Dec 18, 2007 1:45 PM CST

Italian Govt. Renames Baby

Under law on 'shameful' names, Italy dubs baby Friday 'Gregory'

(Newser) - He was born, registered, and baptized Friday Germano, but the Italian government is calling him Gregory. The Germanos happen to like the name Friday, but 5 months after they gave it to their baby, a court in Genoa ruled that it had to be changed. In Italy, it seems, the...