| What is it with celebrities and what they name their | | | | conception? And isn't life already going to be hard |
| babies? | | | | enough for these celebrity kids without being saddled |
| Decades ago we had Frank Zappa, who named two | | | | with bizarre names? |
| of his kids Moon Unit and Dweezil - but we sort of | | | | Not all celebrities have given their offspring strange |
| expect that from a rock star, don't we? To top it off, | | | | names. Thankfully, Britney Spears named her son |
| he named his other two kids Ahmet Emuukha Rodan | | | | Sean, and Kate Winslet chose the simple, but strong, |
| and Diva - so at least in that family they all have rather | | | | Joe for her son. And there are lots of celebrity sons |
| unique names. | | | | named Jack and Henry out there, along with a few |
| I admit that I thought it was pretty cool when Demi and | | | | Grace and Samantha's, so not all is lost. |
| Bruce named one of their daughters Scout, in honor of | | | | But what I wonder is if celebrities know there are |
| the young heroine from "To Kill A Mockingbird" - but | | | | "Baby Naming" books out there to help them. Years |
| then they went and named the other two Rumor and | | | | ago we got one of those books when we considered |
| Tallulah Belle. Not sure why they did that - thankfully | | | | starting a family. With the last name Ryder, of course |
| they seem like nice, normal kids. | | | | we played around with some fun names - like Ezekiel |
| No need to discuss what Michael Jackson named his | | | | Zechariah - E.Z. Ryder. Or Paperback. Maybe |
| children - that's the least of his, or their worries, frankly. | | | | Horseback. But would we have actually done that? Of |
| I had a cat named Coco when I was a child, and now | | | | course not. Well, at least not Paperback or Horseback. |
| David and Courtney Cox Arquette have a daughter | | | | Then, when we didn't have children, we used the book |
| named Coco. And how about Apple for a name? | | | | to name our pets. We may be the only people in the |
| Seriously, why would an Academy Award winning | | | | world with a Siamese Cat named Dugan - and actually |
| actress name her child Apple? Will Gwenyth name the | | | | know what it means! And we used the book to offer |
| one she's expecting this spring Banana? Or maybe go | | | | "helpful" suggestions to family and friends. |
| with something from the vegetable family? | | | | These books are great - not only do you get |
| Don't get me wrong - I think trying to find a unique | | | | thousands of possible names, you also get their |
| name for your child is wonderful. There are more than | | | | heritage and meaning. So if any of you know Brad Pitt |
| enough Bob's in the world right now (my husband being | | | | and Angelina Jolie, I have a suggestion for the perfect |
| one of them). But aren't there better ways of choosing | | | | baby shower gift for them - a baby naming book. Or |
| a name for your baby than drawing a name out of a | | | | who knows what those two might come up with for a |
| hat or trying to recall what you ate just before | | | | name. I shudder even thinking about it. |
