Tuesday, November 18, 2008

Camera, Seven, Denim, or Zuma: Would You Name Your Baby This?

I think celebrities think of the most crazy names for their children. In the world I live in, I will give my children the last name that my future husband and I have, but in the world of celebrities they sometimes give their kids a different last name than their own. For instance, we all know Angelina and Brad's kids' names--I'll admit, I actually don't know them all--Shiloh, Maddox, Pax, Zahara, etc., or Apple, Sunday, Suri; the names of other celebrities' children. These names are ones I would never think of naming my children. And a lot of the time I find myself annoyed with the names celebrities come up with. I could understand it if it meant something, like a weird family name or a strong name of one's heritage. I have a friend whose friends from home have names like Carter, Dabney, and Pender and they are all family names. This is okay to me; I would love to name a daughter Regan to keep my future maiden name in the family. Obviously I don't have to worry about this yet, but it's hard to avoid thinking about it when you see celebrities coming out with kids' names like Dandelion. For me, I'd only go as far as the middle name O.

1 comment:

Ali said...

Ha I agree with you completely! I mean... Michael Jackson named his baby Blanket. What?! (Gives us more of an incentive to call him by his nickname... Wacko Jacko!) I think the names celebrity's choose for their children are absurd. They have no meaning and do it simply for attention.