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Subject: Hollywood Picks Weird/Ugly Names For Kids.

Written By: Hairspray on 01/03/02 at 08:52 a.m.

Ok.

Wolfgang for Valerie B. & Eddie V.H's kid as mentioned in an earlier post (which gave me the idea for this one).

Talula & Scout are two of Demi Moore & Bruce Willis' kids (I forget what the third one's called).

Are there really that many badly named kids in Hollywood?

Does nayone really care about this subject?  

Sorry. I just stopped caring. It must be that time of the morning.  :P

I'll come back later and look alive.

Subject: Re: Hollywood Picks Weird/Ugly Names For Kids.

Written By: Gis on 01/03/02 at 09:04 a.m.

Do you think the stars are in competition to 'outname'each other when it comes to their Kids?? Having grown up with an unusual name and the teasing and mispronounciation that comes with it my heart bleeds for some of these poor children.No wonder so many change them as soon as they are able!!

Subject: Re: Hollywood Picks Weird/Ugly Names For Kids.

Written By: cs on 01/03/02 at 09:04 a.m.

Rumor, but I'm not sure of the spelling.
Let's not forget Moon Unit and Dweezil Zappa.

Subject: Re: Hollywood Picks Weird/Ugly Names For Kids.

Written By: Hairspray on 01/03/02 at 09:46 a.m.

Good call, cs.

Subject: Re: Hollywood Picks Weird/Ugly Names For Kids.

Written By: cs on 01/03/02 at 10:24 a.m.

Sonny and Cher - Chastity
Cher and Gregg -  Elijah Blue
What are Don Johnson and Melanie Griffith's kids named?

Subject: Re: Hollywood Picks Weird/Ugly Names For Kids.

Written By: cs on 01/03/02 at 10:32 a.m.

John Travolta & Kelly Preston - Jet

Subject: Re: Hollywood Picks Weird/Ugly Names For Kids.

Written By: kjayangel on 01/03/02 at 10:58 a.m.


Quoting:

What are Don Johnson and Melanie Griffith's kids named?
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Don Johnson has 3 kids by 3 different women.
He has a daughter with wife Kelley Phleger named Atherton grace.
He has a daughter with ex Melanie Griffith named Dakota.
He has a son with Patti D'Arbanville named Quinn.
He is expecting another baby with his wife Kelley,I can hardly wait to find out it's name.

Subject: Re: Hollywood Picks Weird/Ugly Names For Kids.

Written By: Gis on 01/03/02 at 11:46 a.m.

What about Bob Geldof and Paula Yates?.Fifi Trixibelle,Peaches,Pixie and of course Heavenly Hirani Tigerlilly

Subject: Re: Hollywood Picks Weird/Ugly Names For Kids.

Written By: Crazy Don on 01/03/02 at 11:55 a.m.

Grace Slick and Paul Kantner of Jefferson Airplane gave birth to a daughter that they originally named god (with a small "G").  Because of the controversy, they renamed her China.  She became an MTV VJ (yes, that China Slick Kantner).

Subject: Re: Hollywood Picks Weird/Ugly Names For Kids.

Written By: kjayangel on 01/03/02 at 12:06 a.m.


Quoting:
What about Bob Geldof and Paula Yates?.Fifi Trixibelle,Peaches,Pixie and of course Heavenly Hirani Tigerlilly
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Huh ???
Why in the world would somebody do this to their kids
I would'nt do that to my worst enemy,I think that these famous people who name their kids off the wall names is cruel.
Who wants to be named Heavenly Hirani Tigerlilly,I hate my name at times and my name is Kimberly,that is a pretty normal name
I can't imagine what those kids feel about their names
???

Subject: Re: Hollywood Picks Weird/Ugly Names For Kids.

Written By: Criz on 01/03/02 at 12:25 a.m.

I still think Brooklyn for a boy is a terrible name. I think it would sound good for a girl cause then it could be Brook-Lyn, but for a boy? What were Posh n Becks thinkin! ??

Subject: Re: Hollywood Picks Weird/Ugly Names For Kids.

Written By: Marci on 01/03/02 at 03:45 p.m.


Quoting:
I still think Brooklyn for a boy is a terrible name. I think it would sound good for a girl cause then it could be Brook-Lyn, but for a boy? What were Posh n Becks thinkin! ??
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Probably the same thing Sebastian Bach was thinking when he named his son Paris Francis....
And then that that other Spice Girl (sorry, not sure of which one..Scary maybe?) named her kid Phoenix?  Sure, I know that's a mythical bird as well...but for TWO Spice Girls to use place names that you can find here in the states?? Peculiar.  ::)

Subject: Re: Hollywood Picks Weird/Ugly Names For Kids.

Written By: mrgazpacho on 01/03/02 at 04:35 p.m.

I was at a They Might Be Giants concert a few weeks ago and had my album signed. John Flansburgh asked me what my name was, and I said, "Chris".

He said "with a C?"
"Yes."
"With an I?"
"Yes - strangely enough, it's the NORMAL spelling!"  ;D

Frequent autograph-signers must get many strange requests...

Subject: Re: Hollywood Picks Weird/Ugly Names For Kids.

Written By: ChrisPC on 01/03/02 at 05:21 p.m.

My name is Chris too, (Christopher actually) and all my life people have tried to spell it some totally different way.  ::)

Subject: Re: Hollywood Picks Weird/Ugly Names For Kids.

Written By: My_Sharona on 01/03/02 at 06:26 p.m.

What about Michael Jackson's kids??  He has a boy and a girl (I think) and their names are Paris Michael Jackson and Prince Michael Jackson.  Michael Jackson may be EXTREMELY talented and all but I really feel sorry for his kids.  

Subject: Re: Hollywood Picks Weird/Ugly Names For Kids.

Written By: dagwood on 01/03/02 at 06:31 p.m.


Quoting:
What about Michael Jackson's kids??  He has a boy and a girl (I think) and their names are Paris Michael Jackson and Prince Michael Jackson.  Michael Jackson may be EXTREMELY talented and all but I really feel sorry for his kids.  
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I agree 100%.

He might have given them weird names, but at least they have an amusement park in their backyard. ;)

Subject: Re: Hollywood Picks Weird/Ugly Names For Kids.

Written By: shanell on 01/03/02 at 09:49 p.m.


How about Gillian Anderson's daughter Piper? How weird is that? ::)

Subject: Re: Hollywood Picks Weird/Ugly Names For Kids.

Written By: mrgazpacho on 01/03/02 at 09:57 p.m.

You mean as in Piper Laurie the famous actress who was nominated for Academy Awards in The Hustler, Carrie and Children Of A Lesser God?

Subject: Re: Hollywood Picks Weird/Ugly Names For Kids.

Written By: My_Sharona on 01/03/02 at 11:54 p.m.

Or Piper Perabo (I think) who was in Coyote Ugly?  There are quite a few Pipers lurking around

Subject: Re: Hollywood Picks Weird/Ugly Names For Kids.

Written By: BadAngel on 01/04/02 at 00:54 a.m.

I am the one who brought up Wolfgang Van Halen.  Ick!  What a horrible name!  Poor kid.  

That heavenly Hiriani Tigerlily whatever the heck - isn't she actually the daughter of Micheal Hutchence (INXS) and Bob Geldoff's wife?  But his kids!!  Fifi??  That's a dog's name!  EEEEWWWW!!  

Subject: Re: Hollywood Picks Weird/Ugly Names For Kids.

Written By: My_Sharona on 01/04/02 at 02:35 a.m.

Yes, Tigerlily is the daughter of Michale Hutchence and Paula Yates.  I remember when Paula died, it was in asll the magazines about Tigerlily going to live with Bob and how much Tigerlily looked like and acted like her father (Michael Hutchence) etc. etc.

Subject: Re: Hollywood Picks Weird/Ugly Names For Kids.

Written By: Gis on 01/04/02 at 03:15 a.m.

David Bowie's son was called Zowie sensible boy changed it to Joe as soon as possible.One of my sisters friends called her little girl Tyranny!?! Poor,poor child.  

Subject: Re: Hollywood Picks Weird/Ugly Names For Kids.

Written By: Criz on 01/04/02 at 11:42 a.m.

I just generally feel sorry for all of those kids - they are definitly going to get teased at school. Parents just dont think about that really. I also generally feel sorry for kids who have names such a 'fanny' or 'dick', or have a surname such as 'gay' ( i know someone with that surname - the stuff he went through at school :( ). Poor kids.

Subject: Re: Hollywood Picks Weird/Ugly Names For Kids.

Written By: Bobo on 01/04/02 at 12:09 a.m.

That's unfortunate. But then, its only a name, and normal people, those who don't bully or hurt others because of something they can't, shouldn't change. I don't think I'd change my name if I had one like Heavenly does. Its unique, and you won't find it difficult to get people recognize, or know you, with a unique name like that. Just my opinion.

Subject: Re: Hollywood Picks Weird/Ugly Names For Kids.

Written By: merry-beth on 01/04/02 at 12:56 a.m.

I sort of felt sorry for the Phoenix clan.  River, Rainbow, Leaf....at least Leaf went back to Jaoquin.  Granted, it's not as bad as Wofgang, but I would think the name Rainbow was hard to live with.

Subject: Re: Hollywood Picks Weird/Ugly Names For Kids.

Written By: dagwood on 01/04/02 at 08:24 p.m.

I know this isn't exactly Hollywood, but how about Frank Zappa naming his kids Dweezil and Moon Unit?  I don't know if he has other kids, but if he does I feel sorry for them. ;)

Subject: Re: Hollywood Picks Weird/Ugly Names For Kids.

Written By: Marci on 01/04/02 at 11:00 p.m.


Quoting:
Do you think the stars are in competition to 'outname'each other when it comes to their Kids?? Having grown up with an unusual name and the teasing and mispronounciation that comes with it my heart bleeds for some of these poor children.No wonder so many change them as soon as they are able!!
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I wouldn't be a bit surprised if you're right.  They so often just give them really "wierd", sorry, but they are wierd oftentimes, names..and the darned thing is, honestly, names most folks would never think to give a child, become popular just because they are stars' kids names.  I was actually on a baby name site the other night, and they had a messageboard for people to give names they liked, or had used, or were looking for names for upcoming babies--and a LOT of people wrote some of their favorite names as being stuff like Rumer, and Scout, and Ireland, and Milo, and about any other "star baby name" you can imagine.  If these stars are looking to be "original", they are certainly getting a lot of attention for their originality.  There was actually a section in a baby name book I had that listed star baby names...and though I agree that, as Bobo said, normal people shouldn't bully or tease kids because of their names, the problem is that kids can be really mean.  I think that while most of us try to raise our kids to be thoughtful and accepting, it's not always going to work out, and some parents may just not care at all.  All I'm saying is that if ANYONE tries to give their child a wierd or overly unusual name JUST to be "different", they are likely exposing their kids to a lot of crap at school. Unless, of course, they are going to homeschool their kids like Michael Jackson says he is going to do..  ::)

Subject: Re: Hollywood Picks Weird/Ugly Names For Kids.

Written By: Bobo on 01/04/02 at 11:06 p.m.

Dweezil and Moon Unit is just a Zappa thing. If they think anything like they're father did, fact is those kids don't believe they're being named stupid names for the sake of unfortunacy. Being kids of one of the greatest musical related guys ever to live in the 20th Century, they feel as though they want, they deserve, to be different from others. And remember people, if you do anything else this winter, just Don't Eat The Yellow Snow.

Subject: Re: Hollywood Picks Weird/Ugly Names For Kids.

Written By: Bobo on 01/04/02 at 11:09 p.m.

Not Hollywood, but still, I heard recently of someone with the name Richard A. Hole. Not bad, you think, until this person goes to school. Names like this are unfortunate, and should (although I don't believe in this stuff) be changed at the earliest time possible.

Subject: Re: Hollywood Picks Weird/Ugly Names For Kids.

Written By: Fett69 on 01/05/02 at 00:35 a.m.

Gee, day late, dollar short.  I mentioned this in another thread tonight where the Willis kids were brought up (the VanHalen poll?)
Oh well.  Guess it pays to get on here more often, eh?  ::)

Subject: Re: Hollywood Picks Weird/Ugly Names For Kids.

Written By: BrianMannixGirl on 01/05/02 at 02:30 a.m.

Heavenly Harani Tigerlily Yates Hutchence (soon to be Geldof) - is actually known as Tiger by all of her friends, relatives and the media (who will be her friends for life - whether she wants it or not !!).  I think Tiger sounds cute.

But then I am from a country where the most famous Rock Historian is a man named Molly - and in August we mourned the loss of one of our wilder 70's rock gods - and his name was Shirl !!!!!!!

Subject: Re: Hollywood Picks Weird/Ugly Names For Kids.

Written By: Bobo on 01/05/02 at 02:31 a.m.

Don't forget the classic Frank Zappa quote about why he named his kids Dweezil and Moon Unit:

"REPORTER: Why Did you give your kids these names"
"FRANK ZAPPA: Well, have you ever met anyone interesting named Wayne"

Anyone called Wayne out there, remember those aren't my words.

Subject: Re: Hollywood Picks Weird/Ugly Names For Kids.

Written By: forevernow on 01/05/02 at 10:04 a.m.

richard butler(of the psych. furs) named his daughter Margaret Beethoven Butler....at least he had the decency to give her a normal first name.

being in retail and seeing a whole lot of names on differant checks, i have seen some doozies! one guys name was Pleas Earl Lofton...if you say that fast it sounds like please earl often. another unfortunate name: Guy Titsworth...ugh!

Subject: Re: Hollywood Picks Weird/Ugly Names For Kids.

Written By: Bobo on 01/05/02 at 10:13 a.m.

Please Earl Often? That sounds sickening. Aw well... as for Guy Titsworth, its not quite as funny as The Simpsons Guy Incognito. Man, he was funny.

Subject: Re: Hollywood Picks Weird/Ugly Names For Kids.

Written By: BadAngel on 01/08/02 at 12:28 a.m.

OMG!!  :o  My husband was flipping through channels the other day and stopped on a football game.  The announcer started talking about a football player for the Browns.  His name was BEN GAY!!!  Now, tell me, what the hell were his parents thinking?  Do people not realize how mean kids are?  Like the name Gay wasn't going to get him enough torture!  And here I thought that Tommy Thomas's parents were nimrods.  (Yes, his first name was also Thomas, middle inital T.  I wonder why he never told anyone what it stood for?  ::) )

Subject: Re: Hollywood Picks Weird/Ugly Names For Kids.

Written By: Indy Gent on 01/08/02 at 01:34 p.m.

The third girl is Rumer (the oldest).
My favorite name of an 80s actress is Lar Park Lincoln.
Does anyone remember ZaZu Pitts? Or Beulah Bondi? Or Franchot Tone? Boris Karloff might have sounded weird in the 30s.

Quoting:
Talula & Scout are two of Demi Moore & Bruce Willis' kids (I forget what the third one's called).

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Subject: Re: Hollywood Picks Weird/Ugly Names For Kids.

Written By: 80sTrivia on 01/08/02 at 03:56 p.m.

No one has mentioned Madonna's children, Lourdes and Rocco. I like Lourdes, as it is a popular name throughout Latin America. Rocco is, well, interesting and unique, but people are going to expect him to be some sort of mafioso or gangster when he grows up!!!  :o

Subject: Re: Hollywood Picks Weird/Ugly Names For Kids.

Written By: Marci on 01/08/02 at 04:25 p.m.


Quoting:
No one has mentioned Madonna's children, Lourdes and Rocco. I like Lourdes, as it is a popular name throughout Latin America. Rocco is, well, interesting and unique, but people are going to expect him to be some sort of mafioso or gangster when he grows up!!!  :o
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I agree on those two.  Though I don't like Lourdes personally, I agree that in Latin America it is popular, and thus not sounding strange to everybody.  And who can fault for someone naming their child regionally?  Her dad is spanish, isn't he? (just a ? as I'm not sure--it could be a family name, after all)  
But Rocco...yeah, to me it just doesn't "sound good".  Sounds like it should be a nickname as opposed to a given birth name.  And yeah, I certainly get that mafioso/street fighter feeling...but it totally makes me think of that one record (I think it was a record!) of her with the leather motorcycle hat and vest and the cigarette hanging out of her mouth--that is exactly what I thought of the minute I heard that baby's name!  And Guy Ritchie just doesn't look like that kind of guy, to me either, not that that matters.. ::)

Subject: Re: Hollywood Picks Weird/Ugly Names For Kids.

Written By: dagwood on 01/08/02 at 07:18 p.m.


Quoting:
No one has mentioned Madonna's children, Lourdes and Rocco. I like Lourdes, as it is a popular name throughout Latin America. Rocco is, well, interesting and unique, but people are going to expect him to be some sort of mafioso or gangster when he grows up!!!  :o
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That is what I though when I first found out what she named him.  I really do like the name Lourdes, though.  I had a friend with that name...very good memories.

Subject: Re: Hollywood Picks Weird/Ugly Names For Kids.

Written By: Indy Gent on 01/08/02 at 07:20 p.m.

I thought Elijah Blue Allman (Cher's son) was a good name.
Zowie Bowie (yep, David named his son that) is another story.

Subject: Re: Hollywood Picks Weird/Ugly Names For Kids.

Written By: 80sTrivia on 01/08/02 at 09:17 p.m.


Quoting:


And who can fault for someone naming their child regionally?  Her dad is spanish, isn't he? (just a ? as I'm not sure--it could be a family name, after all)  


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The father of Madonna's daughter, Lourdes, is Carlos Leon, who is of Cuban-American descent. Madonna actually chose Lourdes as it is the name of a pilgrimage town in France where several miracles allegedly happened in the nineteenth century.

Subject: Re: Hollywood Picks Weird/Ugly Names For Kids.

Written By: 80sTrivia on 01/08/02 at 09:19 p.m.


Quoting:

My favorite name of an 80s actress is Lar Park Lincoln.


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I remember her! Didn't she star in one of the Friday the 13th movies? I also think she played on Knot's Landing.

Subject: Re: Hollywood Picks Weird/Ugly Names For Kids.

Written By: ThunderVamp9 on 01/08/02 at 10:24 p.m.

For me, the worst name I've seen is a customer at our computer shop.

Jack Knauff

Doesn't seem too bad till you realize the K is NOT silent, and the "auff" is pronounced as "off"....

And he even introduced himself that way:
"Hi, I'm Jack Knauff..."

Subject: Re: Hollywood Picks Weird/Ugly Names For Kids.

Written By: Crazy Don on 01/08/02 at 10:40 p.m.


Quoting:
Don't forget the classic Frank Zappa quote about why he named his kids Dweezil and Moon Unit:

"REPORTER: Why Did you give your kids these names"
"FRANK ZAPPA: Well, have you ever met anyone interesting named Wayne"

Anyone called Wayne out there, remember those aren't my words.
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You better believe it wasn't your words!  That's my middle name!  I once used the name "WayneSwirled" (that's a pun, folks) on another message board when someone swiped "crazydon"…

Subject: Re: Hollywood Picks Weird/Ugly Names For Kids.

Written By: Crazy Don on 01/08/02 at 10:44 p.m.


Quoting:
For me, the worst name I've seen is a customer at our computer shop.

Jack Knauff

Doesn't seem too bad till you realize the K is NOT silent, and the "auff" is pronounced as "off"....

And he even introduced himself that way:
"Hi, I'm Jack Knauff..."
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Speaking of which, a Republican who ran for governor of West Virginia in 1968 had the name Peter Beter.  (The names rhyme, BTW.)  Believe me, I'm not making this up…

Subject: Re: Hollywood Picks Weird/Ugly Names For Kids.

Written By: ThunderVamp9 on 01/08/02 at 11:01 p.m.


Quoting:


Speaking of which, a Republican who ran for governor of West Virginia in 1968 had the name Peter Beter.  (The names rhyme, BTW.)  Believe me, I'm not making this up…
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For both of these people, Jack Knauff and Peter Beter, upon introducing themselves, my only possible response can be:

"Well, don't mind if I choose not to shake hands..."

Subject: Re: Hollywood Picks Weird/Ugly Names For Kids.

Written By: Gis on 01/09/02 at 03:43 a.m.

Ok two true names from people at school,you could understand them getting off with mitigating cicumstances when the judge heard their names 'Annette Curtain',poor poor girl but worse was 'Everard Dick'the bloke must have died a death when he was old enough to realise what it meant.

Subject: Re: Hollywood Picks Weird/Ugly Names For Kids.

Written By: mrgazpacho on 01/09/02 at 04:03 p.m.

For some unfathomable reason, my State's Minister for Gaming (Mr. Face) insists on being called by his middle name - Richard.

On the other hand, "Jack Face" doesn't sound too crash hot either.

http://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/prod/web/PHWeb.nsf/Members?OpenFrameSet

Subject: Re: Hollywood Picks Weird/Ugly Names For Kids.

Written By: Indyhick on 01/09/02 at 05:13 p.m.

I feel sorry for whomever has the name Richard Smoker.

Subject: Re: Hollywood Picks Weird/Ugly Names For Kids.

Written By: Hairspray on 01/09/02 at 06:57 p.m.

A Hollywood couple named their daughter "Saffron". I think it was Melanie Griffith & Antonio Banderas. Don't quote me on that! I don't know for sure who the parents are. I read it a little too long ago.  :P

Subject: Re: Hollywood Picks Weird/Ugly Names For Kids.

Written By: Alyssa Branen on 11/18/03 at 07:51 p.m.

We had a neighbor that was actually really and truely named Ben Dover.

Subject: Re: Hollywood Picks Weird/Ugly Names For Kids.

Written By: Marian on 11/18/03 at 08:18 p.m.

:D :D :DChristie brinkley has a daughter named Sailor Moon.Cheers!

Subject: Re: Hollywood Picks Weird/Ugly Names For Kids.

Written By: ladybug316 on 11/19/03 at 06:52 a.m.

David Duchovny and Tea Leone named their son Kyd.  
Actor Jason Lee (of "Chasing Amy" fame) has actually named his son Pilot Inspektor.   ???

Subject: Re: Hollywood Picks Weird/Ugly Names For Kids.

Written By: Howard on 11/19/03 at 06:26 p.m.

Jack Black


Howard

Subject: Re: Hollywood Picks Weird/Ugly Names For Kids.

Written By: JustPassingThrough on 11/19/03 at 08:26 p.m.

No one seems to have mentioned that Michael Jackson has THREE children:

Prince Michael, Paris Michael, and Prince Michael II.

Oh, and the "Zowie Bowie" thing is as myth.

His name is Duncan Zowie Haywood Jones.  His mother insisted on using the Zowie.

David Bowie and Imam have a daughter, and her legal surname is Jones as well (just like David's is).

Subject: Re: Hollywood Picks Weird/Ugly Names For Kids.

Written By: Howard on 11/20/03 at 05:33 p.m.

Paris Hilton. ::)



Howard

Subject: Re: Hollywood Picks Weird/Ugly Names For Kids.

Written By: SafetyDance on 11/20/03 at 07:20 p.m.

Cher's son with Greg Allman is Elijah Blue.


Shania Twain's son is Eja. (pronounced Asia). Not a bad sounding name, but what's up with that spelling????

a site called notwithoutmyhandbag.com has a great section on stupid baby names! Its great!

Subject: Re: Hollywood Picks Weird/Ugly Names For Kids.

Written By: SafetyDance on 11/20/03 at 07:27 p.m.

How about George Foreman and all his kids named GEORGE???