Shia LaBeouf urges celebrities not to give their kids weird names

[muliebrity.livejournal.com]

WASHINGTON-After 19 years of getting into fights over his name and hearing it mispronounced, Shia LaBeouf (SHY'-uh luh-BUHF') can't believe celebrities are still coming up with weird names for their kids.

LaBeouf says not only was he teased because of the sound of his name, he says his full name means "thank God for beef" and "who wants to be named that?"

Asked what he would say to parents planning to give their kids strange names, LaBeouf says "name your kid Billy and Timmy! What is the problem with that?"

Obviously, Nicolas Cage doesn't agree with LaBeouf. Cage just named his son Kal-el after the name Superman was given when he was born on Krypton.

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We may not be celebrities, but I think he has a good point.

Comments

[scintillated.livejournal.com]

he says his full name means "thank God for beef" and "who wants to be named that?"

LOL...that'd be bad if he was a vegetarian!!!!

[http://users.livejournal.com/-glass-/]

man. i didn't shia meant thank god, but i did know le beuof meant the beef en francais. how terrible. and... i love him. even more now. =X haha.

[semi-sweet.livejournal.com]

hahaha. many people I know think he is a girl. "Shia! I love her, she's great!" and we always argue how to pronounce his name.

There are plenty of unusual names though that are still easy to pronounce.

[crazy-confuzled.livejournal.com]

i agree in a lot of ways...i'm not fond of crazy names (like Coco) although i don't want my kids to have common names where there are 3 other Timmy's in his class or 4 or Jessica's

my daughter's name is Jaeda...my husband and i still haven't agreed on a name for our son but we have agreed that it can't be something crazy or common