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    Best and Worst Celebrity Baby Names of 2011

    Celebrity baby names of 2011 In countries such as New Zealand or Sweden there are outright bans on certain names, which means creative parents never get the chance to saddle Junior with a moniker like  "Lucifer," "Superman," or the rather tricky to pronounce name,  "Brfxxccxxmnpcccclll- mmnprxvclmnckssqlbb11116." But in this country, we have no such laws, which means people (and by people, I really mean rock stars, models, pro athletes, and reality TV performers) are free to choose whatever kind of shocking/silly names they fancy. In the past few years, celebrities have exercised this right at full tilt--as a result, the baby names some stars came up with bordered on the absurd (I'm thinking of infamous bad choices like Apple, Kal-el, or Rob Morrow's daughter Tu Morrow--yes, that's real). 

    Related: Five Ways Celebrity Kids Surprised Us In 2011

    These famous folks might do well to follow the advice of an instructional guide we found called "How to Name Your Baby Without Handicapping It for Life," published in 1922 by a world-class curmudgeon who happened to be named Alexander McQueen. In it, McQueen admonished, "Give your children names indicative of what you would have them be--in this world and in the world to come--and at the same time bear in mind the practical, everyday value of a well-chosen name." To this end, he offered parents "The Seven Rules of Naming": 

    1. The name should be worthy. 2. It should have a good meaning. 3. It should be original. 4. It should be easy to pronounce. 5. It should be distinctive. 6. It should fit the family name. 7. It should indicate the sex.

    In 2011, there were some celebrity parents who did manage, in McQueen's style, to come up with inspired and tasteful names for their little ones, though some very much did not. Here's our roundup.

    Best celeb baby names 2011

    Girls

    • Amaya (Mariska Haritgay)
    • Joni (Zac Brown of the Zac Brown Band)
    • Monroe (Mariah Carey and Nick Cannon)
    • Penelope Athena (Tina Fey)
    • Willow Sage (Pink)

    Boys

    • Milo (Alyssa Milano)
    • Skyler (Rachel Zoe)
    • Marcelo (Ali Landry)
    • Flynn (Miranda Kerr and Orlando Bloom)
    • Weston (Jenna Fischer)

    Worst celeb baby names, 2011 edition:

    Girls

    • Mosely (Peyton Manning)
    • Mirabella Bunny (Bryan Adams)
    • Genesis (Viola Davis)
    • Arlo (Johnny Knoxville)
    • Indiana (Ethan Hawke)

    Boys

    • Kroy Jagger (Real Housewives of Atlanta's Kim Zolciak)
    • Spike (Mike Myers)
    • Bear Blu (Alicia Silverstone)
    • Kannon (Kevin James)
    • Diesel (Jennie Finch)
    • Moroccan Scott (Mariah Carey and Nick Cannon)

    In 2012, I suspect Jennifer Garner and Ben Affleck (parents of Violet and Seraphina) will give their new baby boy a name fit for the "best of" list, and here's hoping that Beyonce and Jay-Z and Jessica Simpson get their hands on a copy of "How to Name Your Baby Without Handicapping It for Life."

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    • SteelMagnolia  •  2 months ago
      One more example that some people just SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWED TO HAVE CHILDREN!!! If they cant figure out that their child's name is the beginning of Psychotheray for life for the kid, they are too stupid to make the right decisions for everything else too.
      Jeez
      I was once in store and the clerks name tag read Tequila, no joke. I said my favorite drink was margaritas....she didn't get it. True story. Nuff said.
    • K  •  2 months ago
      I like to think that most parents have the best intentions...
      My husband and I thought long and hard on what to name our first child, a son.
      We thought of all the possible things that other kids might twist a name into. Our final choice, Michael G Ross, but we'd use his middle name because Michael is so common.
      G came home from high school one day and asked my husband to please stop identifying his potentially lost possessions in capital letters..."GROSS"...
      • SteelMagnolia 2 months ago
        OHHH, too funny!
      • Milly 2 months ago
        Well, what the heck is his middle name? Surely you don't call him G like you did in the post.
    • robbiet  •  Monroe, Georgia  •  2 months ago
      Here is a good one L-a pronounced Ladasha her mother said the - don't be silent.
      • Milly 2 months ago
        Your post makes absolutely no sense at all. Would you care to try it again?
      • robbiet 2 months ago
        hypen is sometimes called a dash do you get it now?
    • Polly  •  St Clair Shores, Michigan  •  2 months ago
      Had a teacher in school. Mr. Richard Dick. Now that's cruel.
    • Tom  •  2 months ago
      No one cares what celebrities name their children.
      • Milly 2 months ago
        If you don't care then don't read the article, and certainly don't blog about it. Don't waste your precious time.
      • Tom 2 months ago
        No one.
    • SteelMagnolia  •  2 months ago
      My sons' high school principle was named Mr. Boozer...The sad thing is that no other parents seemed to get the irony of it...
      • bctallis 2 months ago
        It's principal, not principle...the sad thing is that you won't get the irony of that...
    • Milly  •  2 months ago
      My son's name is Kitchen and my daughter's name is Bicycle. I am expecting twins in June. They will be named Chair and Lisa.
    • Monea  •  3 months ago
      i neva knew that genesis was 1 of the worst names
    • Kay  •  3 months ago
      There are some REALLY bad celeb baby names. A couple weeks ago i checked out a few lists after seeing Ellen's "Baby Name Generator" and there were things like Rainbow Unicorn and Moxie Crimefighter to Pilot Inspektor and Fifi Trixiebell!!!!
      • Ron 3 months ago
        I hope Rainbow Unicorn was a girl, otherwise he would surely end up being the toughest con in State prison, next to Fifi Trixiebell!
      • Crystal 3 months ago
        Pilot Inspektor is the son of actor Jason Lee, and Fifi Trixiebell is the daughter of British television producer Paula Yates and her singer husband Bob Geldof. Moxie Crimefighter is the daughter of Penn Gillete, only slightly worse than his son's name, Zolten. It's too bad for the kids these names AREN'T fiction!
      • Kay 3 months ago
        Yeah, really! (don't worry, its a girl :)
    • Kika  •  3 months ago
      I'm amazed they didn't say anything about Frank Zappa's kids (although they seem to be far from handicapped by the names):
      Moon Unit
      Dweezil
      Ahmet Emuukha Rodan
      Diva Thin Muffin Pigeen
    • Snickers  •  3 months ago
      For some unknown reason, my father gave my sister and unusual name. It caused her grief throughout her life until she legally changed it. Even then, the process was difficult ( because of the name itself ). Parents, do not saddle your children with monikers that will cause them emotional harm throughout their life. And do not name your children with something just to satisfy your cravings for attention.
    • Katherine  •  Tulare, California  •  3 months ago
      My name is Kathy, a very common girls name in the fifties and sixties. While I understand that some spell it with a K and others with a C, it never ceases to amaze me how many people misspell it in other strange ways. And Katherine is even worse. My name may as well be brfxxccxxmnpcccclllmmnprxvclmnckssqlbb11116.
    • Infidel Crusader  •  Malibu, California  •  3 months ago
      There was a basketball player who was named God Shamgod.....
    • zzazzil  •  Phoenix, Arizona  •  3 months ago
      The woman complaining of her child's name being stolen is nuts. Why not get a copy write on her name if you feel so strongly, talk about EGO.
    • willie g  •  Milford, Connecticut  •  3 months ago
      as i stated in another article, musicians, actors, entertainers, etc are of the same ilk. full of themselves, and morons, too... we should let them have California to themselves, and then blow up the San Andreas Fault, and let Calif float out into the Pacific... if only that were possible.. then Calif would eventually turn into another Cuba...how great would that be??
    • ThongPounder  •  Houston, Texas  •  3 months ago
      I know twins named Orangjello and Lemonjello....... no lie
    • Bored  •  3 months ago
      My Dad knew a guy named Harry Bawls(pronounced Balls).
    • Stu Pidasso  •  Sharon, Pennsylvania  •  4 months ago
      You forgot about Grace Slick naming her kid God.
    • C  •  Plainsboro, New Jersey  •  3 months ago
      every kid hates their name. might as well give them something really terrible to hate
    • Erika =)  •  4 months ago
      I have worked with a girl named Perfect and one name Holiday. But I will never forget sitting in an emergency room and a mom brought her son in and when the nurse asked his name she said Uterun! Even the nurse did a double take.

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