Is it just me, or does anyone else find the current trend of giving babies outrageous names totally awesome? I never get tired of the subject of baby names anyway, but with the floodgates opening on food names (Apple, Honey), made-up names (Jermagesty), technology-inspired names (Rocket, Audio, Pilot), and place names (London, Paris, Brooklyn) there are almost too many choose from. What is it about having a baby, the oldest tradition in the world, that makes people go nuts trying to find a way to set themselves apart from everyone else? I just love that we've gone from having about 100 acceptable boy names to choose from, to naming our young men Kal-El. It's nuts!
The British Times Online recently compiled their own "50 Craziest Baby Names" list, and while they left out a few notables (Zowie Bowie, Peaches Honeyblossom, Little Pixie and Denim come to mind), they hit the nail right on the head with others (Princess Tiaamii leaves me utterly speechless). With kids walking around with names like Poet and Ocean, though, it seems kind of silly to have kids named Willow and Liberty on the "Crazy" list. Those sound down right vanilla these days.
