Bruce is a good name again. Bruce? Really?

HOLLYWOOD is seriously warping the baby-name trend. Bruce Wayne. Thor. They're influencing some of the hottest names in 2013.

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HOLLYWOOD is seriously warping the baby-name trend.

Bruce Wayne. Thor. Olivia Wilde. They're all influencing some of the hottest, yet oddest, names in 2013.

Bruce Wayne, aka Batman, is an obvious choice. Christopher Nolan's epic film series concluded in style last year and no one is suaver than Mr Wayne.

Thor, ok, The Avengers, fair enough. But who wants to be called Thor when they're 24 and rake-thin and not in the least resembling the hulking, hammer-wielding Chris Hemsworth?

With those inclusions, here are the hottest 13 baby names for 2013, according to Nameberry:

• Bruce
• Thor
• Marnie
• Marlowe
• Christian
• Nelly
• Mavis
• Severine
• Wilder
• Phaedra
• Mingus
• Linnea
• Finnegan

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Before we let you go, a few observations: Severine, honestly, is just not a word; Mingus sounds like a TV character who specialises in "search terms", wears thick glasses, talks fast, but still gets a lot of hot girls; Finnegan, at best, is an Irish surname.

If your name is Bruce and you're offended, please lodge your complaint on Twitter @christoforpaine | newscomauhq