Comments on: What Do You Think of These Celebrity Baby Names?

By: SarahD

SarahD — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 23:10:48 +0000

I figure being the son/daughter of a big star is going to be a tough burden anyway (no privacy) so having a bizarre name on top of that is no big deal. I can get behind Apple and Pilot but Inspektor and Kyd just too off (unless Kyd is a family, as mentioned by Lisa).

By: Melissa

Melissa — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 21:56:29 +0000

My husband and I spent a LOT of time discussing names for both our children and are back to square one for baby #3 on the way. Aside from the “mundane/unique” debate (by the way, we think there needs to be a balance of too common v. what-on-earth-were-they-thinking), it’s very important to us for the names to have a real meaning. What do you tell your child when they ask where their name came from? Do you say “I don’t know, I just liked it” or do you have a story or sentiment that they can identify with? We’ve chosen Biblical names in combination with names of family heritage and feel as though we have named our children well, regardless of other people’s ideas on what we “should” have done.

By: Lisa

Lisa — Sun, 01 Apr 2012 13:36:07 +0000

I don’t know about its being used as a first name, but “Kyd” is a very old last name — back to the 1200s! I’m not wild about it as a first name, but for all we know, it’s an old family name.

By: Tiffany Card

Tiffany Card — Sun, 01 Apr 2012 11:50:44 +0000

It drives me absolutely crazy. These parents are setting their kids up for teasing and constant corrections of how to pronounce or spell their names. Why do they have to be so off the wall??? I feel bad for the kids.

By: Anita

Anita — Sun, 01 Apr 2012 03:15:47 +0000

I also tend to lean towards more traditional baby names. But – with famous parents, I think they can get away with it more than I could!

By: Krystal

Krystal — Sat, 31 Mar 2012 12:23:54 +0000

I like more traditional names too, but I guess these kids are always going to stand out anyway, so a strange name won’t make things much worse!

By: Pamela g

Pamela g — Sat, 31 Mar 2012 01:49:36 +0000

I agree with something unique, as long as it’s pretty

By: susanne wedel

susanne wedel — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 14:05:12 +0000

for us it got more and more difficult with each child. they are all boys. but we still were able to agree on normal names.

By: Danielle Zimmerman

Danielle Zimmerman — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 01:47:13 +0000

How did the trend of naming your kid something wild happen in Hollywood? I don’t get it! We stuck with an old fashioned name for our daughter, Eleanor. Ella for short.

By: Marcelaine

Marcelaine — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 21:21:09 +0000

I have a unique name. It’s a beautiful name and I like it. I don’t plan to do that to my children. My main rules for names are that it must be the conventional spelling, it must be a name people recognize, and it can’t be too common. I don’t like the trendy names. Also, names that make me think of women wearing helmets with horns are out–so no Hildegardes or Helgas. My one exception to my rules is that I would love to have a daughter named Jennine, which isn’t really the conventional spelling, but it’s after my grandmother, whose name was Jenna. Don’t steal it, please!

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