Apple, Dream, Bluebell Madonna, Rocket Zot: weird and wonderful celebrity baby names
Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin naming their daughter “Apple” was odd in 2004 but in 2020 nothing is off limits. Just look at Elon Musk and Grimes’s son X AE A-XII. Here are some other weird and wonderful celebrity baby names.
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Hit-maker Ed Sheeran has shared the happy news of the birth of his first child with his fans via social media.
Sheeran and his wife, Cherry Seaborn, are celebrating the safe arrival of their daughter, Lyra Antarctica Seaborn Sheeran.
With the unique choice of names for his daughter, Sheeran is following the well established trend of celebrities finding bespoke, and sometimes just frankly unusual, names for their offspring.
Here are 20 of the most quirky celebrity kids names.
1) Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin made headlines after naming their daughter Apple in 2004. That name seems perfectly normal compared to some of the more recent offerings by stars.
2) When it comes to quirky names it is impossible to go past Elon Musk, the founder of SpaceX, and his girlfriend, Grimes, who named their son, X AE A-XII. Grimes helpfully explained the meaning of the bespoke name not long after his birth in May 2020 with X standing for the ‘unknown variable’ ‘Æ’ being the ‘elven spelling of Ai’ and A-12 a reference to a CIA aircraft known by the working title of Archangel.
3) Rapper Rick Ross has a son named Billion.
4) Singers Gwen Stefani and Gavin Rossdale had three children during their marriage. They called their first son Kingston but certainly got more creative as time went on. Their other two sons have the wilder names of Apollo Bowie Flynn and Zuma Nesta Rock.
5) Former ‘Ginger Spice’ Geri Halliwell’s daughter is named Bluebell Madonna.
6) The Kardashians almost deserve a separate story, such is the unique set of names given to various offspring. Rather than list them all let’s focus on Kim, Khloe and Rob.
Rob Kardashian and ex-girlfriend, Blac Chyna, have a daughter named Dream while Khloe Kardashian’s daughter with her on/off boyfriend, Tristan Thompson is called True.
7) Kim Kardashian and Kanye West’s daughters are North and Chicago and their sons are called Saint and Psalm. The public reacted with surprise when North’s name was revealed in 2013, but by the time the couple’s other children arrived fans were prepared for names that were far from traditional.
8) Superstar singer Alicia Keys and her record producer husband Swizz Beatz have two sons, Egypt and Genesis.
9) Good Charlotte singer Joel Madden and his wife, fashion influencer, Nicole Richie, named their son, Sparrow, and daughter, Harlow.
10) Oscar-winning actor Nicole Cage was inspired by the comic hero Superman when naming his son Kal-El. Cage said after Kal-El’s birth in 2005: “I remembered the old Superman comics and Kal-El was his original name on Krypton. So I wanted a name that stood for something good, was unique and American and that’s all three. I just thought it was a beautiful name and it had kind of a magical ring to it.”
11) Sam Worthington and his wife Lara Bingle have two sons with the names Rocket Zot and Racer. They have yet to confirm the name of their third child.
12) Actress Cameron Diaz and rocker Benji Madden named their daughter Raddix Chloe Wildflower Madden. Diaz announced her daughter’s arrival in January with the excited Instagram post: “She has instantly captured our hearts and completed our family … She is really, really cute!! Some would even say RAD.”
13) Rapper Cardi B named her baby girl Kulture.
14) Celebrity chef Jamie Oliver has excelled when it comes to giving his children memorable names. Oliver and his wife, Jools, have five children: Poppy Honey Rosie, Daisy Boo Pamela, Buddy Bear, Petal Blossom Rainbow and River Rocket Blue Dallas.
15) Singer Jessica Simpson’s youngest daughter has the sweet name of Birdie Mae.
16) Singer/songwriter Alanis Morissette, of Jagged Little Pill fame, avoided the mundane when naming her children with husband, Mario Treadway. The couple has two sons, Ever Imre and Winter Mercy, and a daughter, Onyx Solace.
17) Australian singer Peter Andre and UK reality star Katie Price have a daughter named Princess Tiaamii Andre.
18) Hit maker John Mellencamp went for a truly wild name for one of his children. He and now ex-wife, model, Elaine Irwin, called their son Speck Wildhorse.
19) Models Lucky Blue Smith and Stormi Bree, these two young fashionistas became parents to a daughter, Gravity Blue in 2017. The pair split not long after and Smith went on to marry another model, Nara Pellman, earlier this year.
20) No list of unique names would be complete without Heavenly Hiraani Tiger Lily, the daughter of INXS lead singer Michael Hutchence and Paula Yates. The now 24-year-old is known simply as Tiger Lily.
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