2008 Celeb Baby Names

[notmybusiness.livejournal.com]

Nahla Ariela (Halle Berry & Gabriel Aubry)
Maddie Briann (Jamie Lynn Spears & Casey Aldridge)
Zuma Nesta Rock (Gwen Stefani & Gavid Rossdale)
Parker Foster (Clay Aiken & partner Jaymes Foster)
Harlow Winter Kate (Nicole Richie & Joel Madden)

Max & Emme [reportedly Maximiano & Emelina] (Jennifer Lopez & Marc Anthony)
Honor Marie (Jessica Alba & Cash Warren)
Knox Leon & Vivienne Marcheline (Angelina Jolie & Brad Pitt)
Levi (Camila Alves & Matthew McConaughey)
Sunday Rose (Nicole Kidman & Keith Urban)
Max Liron (Christina Aguilera & Jordan Bratman)
Ignatius Martin (Cate Blanchett & Andrew Upton)
Stella Doreen (Tori Spelling & Dean McDermott)
Clementine Jane (Ryan Shawhuges & Ethan Hawke)
Bronx Mowgli (Ashlee Simpson & Pete Wentz)
Gia Zavala (Luciana Barroso & Matt Damon)
Naviyd Ely (Tameka Raymond & Usher)
Alexander (Liev Schreiber & Naomi Watts)
Emery Hope (Angie Harmon & Jason Sehorn)
Archie (Amy Poehler & Will Arnett)
Dwayne Michael III (unknown mother & Lil Wayne)
Felix (Gillian Anderson & Mark Griffiths)
Henry Story (Minnie Driver & unknown father)
Aidan Michael (Caroline Merrin Fisher & Bo Bice)
Hania Riley (Paloma Jimenez & Vin Diesel)
Jacob Emerson (Courtney Thorne-Smith & Roger Fishman)
Sage Florence (Toni Collette & Dave Galafassi)
Harper & Finley (Lisa Marie Presley & Michael Lockwood)
Buster Timothy (Michele Hicks & Jonny Lee Miller)
Rylan Jaxson (Ivy Sherman & Eric Mabius)
Kieran Lindsay (Julianna Margulies & Keith Lieberthal)
Dylan Christopher (Tracey Gold & Roby Marshall)
Zoie (Jodie Sweeten & Cody Herpin)
Callum Lyon (Desiree Gruber & Kyle MacLachlan)
Harper Rosie (Martie & Gareth Maguire)
Olivia Luna (adopted by Joely Fisher & Christopher Duddy)
Gisele (Jeri Ryan & Christophe Eme)
Willow Katherine (Michelle Monaghan & Peter White)
Marlo (Sandra & Rob Corddry)
Sunny Madeline (Jackie & Adam Sandler)
Ava Rhea (Caroline Rhea & Costaki Economopoulos)
Tiago Aruã (Anna Netrebko & Erwin Schrott)
Stella Monroe (Gena Lee Nolin & Cale Hulse)
Birdie Lee (Busy Phillips & Marc Silverstein)

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What would you say is the Best Celeb Baby Name of 2008? The Worst?

ETA: I actually really like the names Knox and Vivienne. Same goes for Harlow, Willow and Honor. Bronx Mowgli takes the cake for worst name for me. Though I don't think I would hate it nearly as much if Mowgli wasn't involved. Zuma Nesta Rock is just awful and I hate that it doesn't even remotely go with Kingston (their oldest son's name.)

Maddie is a pet peeve of mine. I hate when people use nicknames as names. At least give the kid the option of not sounding perpetually 5-years-old.

Comments

[lipsty.livejournal.com]

No-one unfamous could get away with Ignatius, but I love it!

So many worsts! I'm torn between Tiago, Emery (naming your kid after a nail file - really?), and Naviyd.

[makeitstopjamie.livejournal.com]

Interesting. Julianne Nicholson named her son that last year so I was little surprised to see it to used again.

[sarahness.livejournal.com]

I know a doctor whose first name is Ignatius.

He's an ass.

[freshlymarried.livejournal.com]

Emery is actually a traditional German name...

[lipsty.livejournal.com]

Fair enough - I didn't know that. Still not a favourite of mine, but at least it's a name!

[tiphanism.livejournal.com]

"Alexander" and "Honor Marie" are the ones that sound most like real names, to me. Willow is pretty, and I love that they used Katherine not Kathryn.

[calamitysxchild.livejournal.com]

I have since used Harlow and Honor for character names for stories since they were announced. :) I pretty much hate Bronx Mowgli completely, on the other hand

[lipsty.livejournal.com]

Bejesus! I completely bypassed that one - Bronx Mowgli?

[krysteener.livejournal.com]

Vivienne and Stella are my favorites. As for the worst, pretty much 80% of this list.

[cremepuff.livejournal.com]

Best for me is definitely a tie between Willow Katherine and Stella Doreen (I just like how that one sounds!).

Worst is Bronx Mowgli, hands down.

[cremepuff.livejournal.com]

Then again, I somehow missed Zuma Nesta Rock...that might be worse than Bronx Mowgli, to be honest. I hear it and think of Zima, the prissy 90s drink.

[sian-y.livejournal.com]

theres a smoothie bar in my local shopping centre called Zuma.

That name always makes me think of it

[skittles22088.livejournal.com]

I like:
Harlow
Winter
Levi
Alexander
Michael
Harper
Rylan
Callum
Olivia
Luna

[lustdumpster.livejournal.com]

favorites:
harlow winter kate
vivienne marcheline
levi
alexander

least favorites:
maddie bryann
bronx mowgli
birdie lee (wtf)

[lustdumpster.livejournal.com]

oh and i HATE nahla ariella so much. zuma nesta rock is also dumb, but i feel like it's forgiveable since his parents are ridiculous in the first place and the name will probably fit him.

[hanabizzle.livejournal.com]

I adore Florence, Rose and Alexander, but I don't really like any of these combinations.
I think I'm going with the general consensus that Bronx Mowgli and Zuma Nesta Rock make me a little bit sick in my mouth.

[laminy.livejournal.com]

My vote for worst goes to either Zuma Nesta Rock or Bronx Mowgli. I still don't know which one I think is worse. Maybe Bronx Mowgli.

As for the best...there's a lot that I really like. Harlow, Honor, Knox, Levi, Sunny. I'd have to say that Harlow Winter Kate or Levi was the best.

[patsfan610.livejournal.com]

i like:
Harlow Winter Kate
Max & Emme
Levi
Rose
Felix
Henry
Aidan Michael
Jacob
Dylan Christopher
Olivia

worst is either Bronx Mowgli or Zuma Nesta Rock

[kitchen-poet.livejournal.com]

I like Florence, Henry, and Levi. The rest seem over the top and ridiculously trendy. Zuma Nesta Rock and Bronx Mowgli are the absolute worst, although Knox, Nahla and Briann make me cringe. Blech.

[istytehcrawk.livejournal.com]

Best: Olivia Luna or Ava Rhea, though I also really like Sunday Rose, for all its unusualness.
Worst: Zuma, hands down.

[laura-anne.livejournal.com]

I love Felix and Alexander. Worst...again, how to decide between Bronx and Zuma?

[the-good-ship.livejournal.com]

Ones that are good:
Max & Emme [reportedly Maximiano & Emelina] (Jennifer Lopez & Marc Anthony) - prefer shorter names/nicknames
Clementine Jane (Ryan Shawhuges & Ethan Hawke)
Alexander (Liev Schreiber & Naomi Watts)
Dylan Christopher (Tracey Gold & Roby Marshall)
Gisele (Jeri Ryan & Christophe Eme)

Ones that are bad:
Zuma Nesta Rock (Gwen Stefani & Gavid Rossdale) - huh?
Parker Foster (Clay Aiken & partner Jaymes Foster) - because they flow SO WELL with the same endings. Not.
Sunday Rose (Nicole Kidman & Keith Urban) - just because it sounds like "Sunday roast"
Bronx Mowgli (Ashlee Simpson & Pete Wentz) - is the kid's surname Simpson or Wentz? If it's Wentz it makes it even worse - I mean, Bronx Wentz! That doesn't sound painful at all!
Ava Rhea (Caroline Rhea & Costaki Economopoulos) - I realised I can never like the name Rhea because it reminds me of diarrhea. With a short, two-syllable name, ending in an "ah" sound right in front of it, even more so.

Everything else: blah.

[sian-y.livejournal.com]

it's Wentz.
I quite like Bronx, in a strange, i'd-never-ever-use-it kind of way. But i agree that Bronx Wentz doesn't flow.

[tiarrajanae.livejournal.com]

Ava Rhea - it's pronounced "ray"

[the-good-ship.livejournal.com]

That's not so bad then.

[juniorfan29.livejournal.com]

There are so many "Worst" that I'm not even going to touch that one. The ones I LIKE are:

Parker
Levi
Gia
Emery Hope
Jacob Emerson
Sage
Harper
Rylan
Dylan Christopher
Zoie (I prefer the spelling Zoe, however)
Olivia
Gisele
Ava Rhea

I also like one not listed, Samantha Mae (Casey Mears' daughter)

I think it's a toss up between Ava Rhea and Samantha Mae as my favorite girl's name. With Levi coming in as top boy's name.

[schexyschteve.livejournal.com]

I like Felix, Henry, Madeline and Ava.

So many awful celebrity baby names. :(

[solagirl.livejournal.com]

Best: Ignatius Martin, Felix, Gia Zavala, Sage Florence and Callum Lyon.

Worst: Maddie Briann, Zuma Nesta Rock, Parker Foster, Naviyd Ely

Absolute worst: Bronx Mogali (sp?)

[minga13.livejournal.com]

I love Rose and Rhea

[blue-suspenders.livejournal.com]

I like Vivienne, Levi, Felix, and Jacob

[0o-faerie.livejournal.com]

Best: Sage Florence / Willow Katherine.
Worst: Bronx Mowgli

I also like Clementine, Harlow Winter Kate, Olivia Luna, Kieran and Marlo (though I prefer Marlow).

[ifancylust.livejournal.com]

my favorites would be:
Harlow
Stella
Emery
Felix
Sage
Harper
Kieran
Callum

the worst?
Honor
Sunday
Buster
Zuma (although i've gotten used to it)
Bronx
Gia (i've just always hated this name)

[kilobites.livejournal.com]

Favorites: Knox and Vivienne, for sure. Sunday Rose sounds cute but I don't think that anyone who isn't a celebrity could get away with it without at least a few funny looks. Felix is my number one boys name so that is up there.

Least favorites: Bronx Mowgli, for sure. That is an atrocity. Zuma Nesta Rock makes me sad because I thought they did a good job with their other son, Kingston.

[onzeminutos.livejournal.com]

Archie Arnett! Harlow has grown on me. I like that they used the feminine version of Ariel in Nahla Arielas name. Willow Katherine is lovely, kinda old fashioned name in a good way.

I don't like Birdie Lee, Maddie Briann (something like Madeline Brianna would have been totally nice), Zuma Nesta Rock, Harper and Finley because as I can remember they were both girls, Parker Foster because it's like the kid had three surnames and no first name and of course the horrible Bronx Mowgli.

[nandy-pandy.livejournal.com]

I'm horrified that someone would name their kid Zuma. Almost as much as the parents who'd go for Buster.


Actually, wait, I didn't notice the Mowgli. That's actually pretty bad. I can't decide which is the worst.

[thursdayx.livejournal.com]

My favorite was definitely Harlow Winter Kate (though it might just be because I'm a huge GC fan)

and the worst was definitely Bronx Mowgli. absolutely terrible.

[snailrevolution.livejournal.com]

I like Harlow Winter without the Kate.

Sunday Rose
Nahla
Olivia
Harper
Callum
Clementine Jane
Dylan Christopher

[roseofjuly.livejournal.com]

Parker is okay, and I like Knox and Vivienne Marcheline. Stella Doreen is cute too, and I think Gisele is pretty. Ava is also pretty. I prefer Annora to Honor but Honor Marie is cute. Kieran Lindsay works.

Ashlee Simpson ought to be ashamed of herself.

[kwsh.livejournal.com]

It was so weird when Michelle Monaghan & Peter White named their daughter Willow Katherine because my name is Katherine Willow, the reverse. Sosoweird.