We thought rapper Kanye West was joking when he announced a few months ago that the daughter he was expecting with fiancee Kim Kardashian would be named North West. It seems that he wasn't. Baby Kimye, who arrived five weeks early on June 15, is reportedly going to be officially known as North, last name West. She will reportedly be called Nori at home. In contrast, her cousins, Kourtney Kardashian's children with Scott Disick, are prosaically named Penelope and Mason.
Little Miss West, who is said to be brunette just like her reality TV star mother, is the latest celebrity baby to be saddled with an extraordinary name.
We thought rapper Kanye West was joking when he announced a few months ago that the daughter he was expecting with fiancee Kim Kardashian would be named North West. It seems that he wasn't. Baby Kimye, who arrived five weeks early on June 15, is reportedly going to be officially known as North, last name West. She will reportedly be called Nori at home. In contrast, her cousins, Kourtney Kardashian's children with Scott Disick, are prosaically named Penelope and Mason.
Little Miss West, who is said to be brunette just like her reality TV star mother, is the latest celebrity baby to be saddled with an extraordinary name.
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Katie Price and Peter Andre may have had their differences, but it was a sad day for their baby daughter when they decided to name her Princess Tiaamii. Princess happens to be Katie's favourite name (in the loosest sense of the word) – perhaps that's only to be expected from the showgirl formerly known as Jordan. But Tiaamii? That was Pete's crazy idea - meshing his and Katie's mothers' names, Thea and Amy, into one.
Bob Geldof wasn't liking Mondays, or whichever day of the week it was when his three girls with Paula Yates were born. Consider the names he bestowed on them – Fifi Trixiebell, Peaches Honeyblossom and Little Pixie. Yates took her baby naming talents with her when she left Geldof for INXS frontman Micahel Hutchence. The troubled singer killed himself soon after, and Paula herself died four years later, leaving her daughter with Hutchence to be raised by her ex-husband. The little girl fitted right in with Geldof's gang of girls. Her name – Heavenly Hiraani Tiger Lily.
We're not even going to think about an equivalent moniker for Baby B.
Shannyn Sossamon, Heath Ledger's leading lady in A Knight's Tale had a storybook romance of her own - quite literally. Her romance with children's book illustrator and author Dallas Clayton produced son Audio Science. Anyone help us figure this one out?
Jason Lee's name might be Earl but giving his son a name he could live with wasn't on his list. So he named him Pilot Inspektor. He claims to have got the name from rock band Grandaddy's song, He's Simple, He's Dumb, He's the Pilot. We get how he didn't want to pick Simple or Dumb and went with Pilot. Now, who's going to explain Inspektor?
Not only did the late, great Michael Jackson choose to endow his youngest with the tragic name of Blanket, he also chose to give us a first look at the new baby by dangling him off a balcony. That's a tale from Neverland.
Why, oh why did Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin think Apple would be an appropriate name for their firstborn? Did they never spare a thought for the sniggers that are bound to be directed at little Apple Martin, the natural progression from which is Apple Martini.
Jermaine Jackson opted to name his son Jermajesty. Why? Unsolved mystery. We're guessing it got shortened to Germ in the playground.
Frank Zappa's musical talent didn't translate so well into his home life. He famously named his offspring - Moon Unit, Dweezil, Ahmet Emuukha Rodan and Diva Thin Muffin Pigeen. They just ‘Zappa' you away!
Guitar hero The Edge started out fine with eldest daughter Hollie, faltered a bit with second daughter Arran, and lost his way completely with daughter number three who rejoices in the unlikely name of Blue Angel. What next? Little Bo Peep?
This is how Hollywood parents innovate – David Duchovny and Tea Leoni called their kid Kyd, saving themselves the trouble of having to remember a legitimate name. They could just yell Hey Kid (or Kyd), any time they wanted and be done with it.
