Would you name your child the same way celebrities do?

Question

With names like Apple, Homer, Moon Unit, etc.

Moon Unit, for those too young to remember, is the daughter of Frank Zappa and the sister of Dwezel.

Answer 1

No. Children of celebrities are already different because their parents are famous. Children don't deserve to be ostracized even more, because they have to deal with outrageous names.

Answer 2

Sometimes I wonder if these are the children's legal names or if they are just nicknames that are released to the media. Coco for example - I remember an interview that I saw - Courtney Cox said it was family tradition to name their children after their parents; therefore, Coco would be an appropriate diminutive for Courtney. Apple sounds like a pet name. Some of the others - well, I don't know but it does seem like a good way to keep the snoops out of the school records.
Edited to add: Sorry, had to go before I was finished. As far as Moon Unit and Dweezil Zappa go, well it was Frank Zappa, he was probably hallucinating at the time.
What's wrong with Homer? It is a name, not a popular one, I agree but it really is a name.

Answer 3

I don't think all of them are that horrible. Of the names pointed out above I see nothing wrong with Chester, Homer, Coco, Maddox, Brooklyn, Willow, Zola or even Apple. Chester and Homer are likely to be family names. I think Willow and Zola are both beautiful names.
Yes some go to far, but even names that really aren't that odd are looked down on when a celebrity names their child. Hazel and Phineas, Julia Roberts has said are family names. I like the tradition of using old family names, I had Fanny picked out for my daughter after my great grandmother, ended up going with something else but I still love the name.

Answer 4

H@#$ NO! My child will have a "normal" name because I know FIRST HAND how it feels to be made fun of because of your name!

My last name is awful and I was made fun of.

My sister came home from school crying in kinder garden, 1st grade, and 2nd grade because her name is CharlEY and the teachers would spell it CharlIE, they would put her on the "boys side" of the board, AND they would make the WHOLE class stand while they re-due the seating chart because they had the boy-girl set up wrong and now have 3 girls together! She was ALSO always called Charley Brown and HATED IT!

I named my daughter Allison, the worst I can think of is Ally Cat and I already call her that anyway!

I HATE people that give their child WEIRD or hard to SAY or SPELL names, it will only make the CHILD'S LIFE harder.

Isn't HARD enough to BE a child WITHOUT an AWFUL name!

How about "Moxie Crimefighter" that Penn from Penn and Teller called his daughter. Moses is AWFUL and Jesus is bad too (spanish or NOT, STILL BAD). Even worse are the "getto" names out there! I knew someone that named her child "Chair" it is pronounce "cher" but spelled "chair". STUPID!

NORMAL NAMES PEOPLE!

Celebrity Baby Name (Celebrity Parents)
Fifi Trixibelle (Paula Yates and Bob Geldof)
Moon Unit (Frank and Gail Zappa)
Apple (Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin)
Satchel (Mia Farrow and Woody Allen)
Peaches (Paula Yates and Bob Geldof)
Tiger Lily Heavenly Hirani (Paula Yates and Michael Hutchence)
Maddox (adopted by Angelina Jolie)
River (Arlyn and John Phoenix)
Dweezil (Frank/Gail Zappa)
Brooklyn (Victoria/David Beckham)
Zowie (Angie and David Bowie)
Phoenix Chi (Mel C and Jimmy Gulzar)
Banjo (Patrick and Rachel Griffiths)
Chester (Rita Wilson and Tom Hanks)
Cosima (Nigella Lawson)
Daisy Boo (Jamie Oliver)
Dexter (Diane Keaton)
Maddox (Angelina Jolie and Billy Bob Thornton)
Racer, Rebel, Rocket (Robert Rodriguez)
Willow (Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith)
Zola (Eddie Murphy)

Lets not forget SURI?? MOSES?? AWFUL NAMES!

I don't even like things like Cinderella, Ariel, Lilo, Loki, and more! Keep with NORMAL names. Homer is bad, it may be SLIGHTLY normal, but I still see HOMER SIMPSON! Just like I won't use Bart either! NO NO!

That is where me and my fiance fought, he REALLY wanted our daughter named Brooke, I said NO that is a MIDDLE name, NOT a first NAME! Besides I STILL (even though I allowed it as ONE of her two middle names) feel that Brooke (no matter the spelling) is STILL the body of water like a STREAM, NOT a name (like babbling brook)!

Answer 5

Never! Just as Wilderone74 had said, the name stays with the child for the rest of his or her life. School kids are tormenters and the Hollywood elite ought to know this.

But maybe not. They keep their heads in the sand where politics and common sense do not reside.

Answer 6

Depends.

Coco, Apple... Yeah. I mean, why not? But Moon Unit...huh, no comment LOL

I just don't want my child to have to spell his/her name his/her entire life! I kinda am in this situation (especially my sister) and I resent my parents for trying to be original!

Answer 7

You didn't even mention the bad ones.

What's so bad about Apple? I don't get it. It's not bad, there are worse names out there.

You left out the name "Pilot Inspektor". That is the all time worst/craziest/out of ordinary name there is.

You also left out "Audio Science".

And "Reign Beau".

and "Fifi trixibelle"

and "Peaches Honeyblossom"

and "Moses"

Answer 8

I do like unusual names but the ones you mentioned are way out there. I named my daughter Valerie which isn't that unusual but her father liked it so we went with it and it fits her perfect.

Answer 9

I would give my child whatever name I like. If its Apple then its apple. Not because others have it just because I like it!

Answer 10

no way, school and childhood are hard enough on kids now days without having some weird off the wall name that their goofy parents thought was cute. kids get picked on enough in school, why do parents feel they need to add to that?