Indiana Ethan Hawke and Ryan Shawhughes
The 20 best and worst celeb baby names of 2011
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Milo Alyssa Milano and David Bugliari
Origin: Latin; Meaning: soldier
Who could forget the adorable tabby cat and pug from The Adventures of Milo and Otis? Maybe Alyssa Milanos baby boy (born August 31) will develop a similar friendship with Tobey Maguires 2-year-old son, Otis. Thats a Hollywood play date that needs to happen!
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Flynn Orlando Bloom and Miranda Kerr
Origin: Irish; Meaning: son of a red-haired man
While the popularity of Finn as a baby name is skyrocketing due to the Glee character, were fans of this variation that adds a little bit of Irish and a whole lot of cute. Flynn Bloom was born on January 6th, and Miranda told Chelsea Handler of Chelsea Lately that hes already dancing around to
hip hop music.
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Weston Jenna Fischer and Lee Kirk
Origin: English; Meaning: Western town
Jenna gave her son a name that can either dress up or dress down. For formal occasions, like graduations or future careers, Weston Lee sounds very distinguished, while friends and family can call him the short and sweet version, Wes.
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Bear Alicia Silverstone and Christopher Jarecki
Origin: American; Meaning: bear-like
We admit that the full name of Alicia Silverstones newest addition, Bear Blu, is a little too cutesy for our taste, but the name Bear by itself brings to mind both cuddly teddy bears and the daring boldness of Man vs. Wilds Bear Grylls a combination thats hard to resist!
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Arthur Selma Blair and Jason Bleick
Origin: Celtic; Meaning: bear, stone
This name has the heroic quality of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table while also reminding us of the beloved bespectacled aardvark from the PBS kids show Arthur. Its the best of both worlds for Selma Blairs first son, born July 25th.
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Penelope Tina Fey and Jeff Richmond
Origin: Greek; Meaning: weaver
Born August 10th, this little girl has a lot to live up to with a hilarious mom and big sis, Alice, who is already following in moms comedic footsteps. At least shes starting out with a cool name thats not too out there.
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Hattie Tori Spelling and Dean McDermott
Origin: German; Meaning: home ruler
This adorable name has started making a comeback with the help of the character on NBCs Parenthood who shares the name and now also Tori Spellings second daughter, born on
October 10th.
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Gemma Kristin Davis
Origin: Latin; Meaning: gem, jewel
Kristin Davis told People about how thankful she was to adopt her daughter, Gemma Rose, this fall: Having this wish come true is even more gratifying than I ever had imagined. I feel so blessed." The little girl (as well as her name) is absolutely beautiful a true gem!
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Willow Pink and Carey Hart
Origin: English; Meaning: graceful wooden tree
We didnt expect such a whimsical name coming from rocker Pink and her motocross racing hubby, Carey Hart, but when the pair announced the birth of their daughter on June 2nd, we couldnt help but fall in love with the name they chose!
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Joni Zac and Shelly Brown
Origin: Hebrew; Meaning: God is gracious
Another old school name was revived by Hollywood when country singer Zac Brown and his wife, Shelly, named their fourth daughter Joni on February 2nd a throwback to legendary singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell and also to the character Joanie from the 1970s sitcom Happy Days.
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Bingham Kate Hudson and Matt Bellamy
Origin: English; Meaning: crib
Bing, the nickname for Kate Hudsons 5-month-old son, reminds us of Googles not-as-cool search engine cousin of the same name. Its slightly better if we consider that Kate may have been inspired by Janes love interest, Mr. Bingham, from Pride and Prejudice, but only slightly.
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Spike Mike Myers and Kelly Tisdale
Origin: English; Meaning: long, heavy nail
Just to spite Mike Myers for giving him this name, little 2-month-old Spike Myers will probably grow up to be the most sensitive boy in Hollywood.
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Diesel Jennie Finch and Casey Daigel
Origin: German; Meaning: dimunitive form of Mathias
Speaking of over-masculine names do you really want to name your baby after fuel? Olympian softball player Jennie Finch and former major leaguer Casey Daigel were actually the second celebrity pair to do this when their baby was born on June 19th. Toni Braxton and Keri Lewis also named their son Diezel in 2003.
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Boone Eric and Katherine Church
Origin: Old French, Latin; Meaning: good
Yeah, we all loved Boone from Lost, too, but we think that name should live and die on that island. Why? Not only does it rhyme with goon, there will probably be at least some mispronunciations of Boonie. At least the son of country singer Eric Church, born in September of this year, has the country roots to back up his unique name of Boone McCoy.
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Colt John and Joan Rich
Origin: English; Meaning: frisky
Son of a gun! Yet another country baby on our worst list, Colt Rich was born on September 29th. Naming his kids after guns (colt 45s) and money, country singer John Rich seems determined to pack his boys with as much testosterone as possible. At least little Colt can take solace in the fact that he doesnt have his big brothers name Cash Rich.
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Cleo David Schwimmer and Zoe Buckman
Origin: Greek; Meaning: glory
We wish we could love this name David Schwimmer chose for his daughter, born last May, but somehow we just cant get those Miss Cleo TV ads for psychic readings out of our heads! That said, we still think they make a beautiful family, and hopefully by the time little Cleo grows up, no one will even remember those old infomericals.
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Monroe (and Moroccan) Mariah Carey and Nick Cannon
Origin: English; Meaning: mouth of the river Roe
The names Moroccan and Monroe by themselves arent terrible (though perhaps a little questionable), but the nicknames Mariah Carey and Nick Cannon have given their April-born twins, Roc and Roe, are a little tacky.
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Clover Neal McDonough
Origin: English; Meaning: meadow flower
The McDonoughs chose this name for their daughter (born August 15th) after their son suggested it. It also represents a four-leaf clover since she was the McDonoughs fourth child. Its a heart-warming story and adorable as a nickname for a young kid, but somehow we cant imagine a grown woman introducing herself in professional situations as Clover.
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Genesis Viola Davis and Julian Tennon
Origin: Greek; Meaning: beginning, birth
As a book in the Bible or the Phil Collins band, Genesis isnt a half-bad name, but for a baby girl, eh, were not convinced. Still, the star from The Help couldnt be more thrilled about her new adopted daughter. She gushed to Access Hollywood: Shes awesome. I mean, I know every parent says their child is awesome, but shes awesome.
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Indiana Ethan Hawke and Ryan Shawhughes
Origin: American; Meaning: land of Indians
Love it or hate it, the popularity of the Indiana Jones series has this name forever seared in many minds as a boys name, especially with a last name like Hawke. Whats more, Indiana got his own name from a dog. Even if theres no gender confusion, its probably time to start preparing this 4-month-old for a lifetime of movie references from the series.
See more photos of baby Indiana!
i HATE this “press this button to get to the next page” crap! 99% of the time i won’t read it no matter how interesting it looks.
wow. apart from having making a bunch of dumb judgements on some people’s personal choices, you should do your research. or at least fact check. it’s mr. bingley. not bingham.
Since Eric Church went to school at Appalachian, I’d imagine Boone is named after the town.
I think Cleo is beautiful. Clover is, apparently, very in right now… in the world of baby names. I think you’ll be eating your words in a year or two on that one. Although, really none of these names are super outlandish and to call someone’s name the “worst” is just plain rude.
Woww~
who are you to judge – the worst name and all? Nothing is really wrong with the choice they’ve made. They have their own reason and value. And this article is just ridiculous. These are really YOUR OWN POV so dont publish it anyway. Who cares?
Flynn Bloom made your BEST list? That’s one of the worst of the year. Ditto for Bear Blu. I agree that Clover is horrible, but I don’t see why you’d write off the name Cleo because some obscure psychic uses it. That’s totally random. Also you fail at fact checking AND English literature. It’s Bingley, not Bingham.
Seriously?? Bear Blu is a best and Cleo & Clover worst??
Ridiculous!