I’m always coming across websites or blog posts about “Weird Celebrity Baby Names” or “Wacky Celebrity Baby Names” or some similarly dumb title. Inevitably, the piece starts off by mentioning Frank Zappa and Moon Unit, or Bob Geldof and Peaches Honeyblossom, and oh, yes, don’t forget, Gwyneth and Apple, ho-ho-ho.

Enough already. Frank Zappa is no longer news. In fact, he’s no longer with us. Moon Unit turns forty in September, 2007, and I’m sure she’s heard all she ever wants to hear about her unusual name.

It’s not about being crazy or wacky (I know, Audio Science, Moxie Crimefighter, etc) — it’s about what the celebrity parents are doing. In this case, what they’re doing is naming a child, their child. And this being the celebrity-crazed, gossip-hungry world it is, we want to know every detail, every tiny little thing that celebrities do. We pore over it and we analyze it. And the ‘it,’ in this particular case, is baby names.

What are they calling their babies today? Why? What does it mean? Will the mainstream follow? Who came up with the most unique name?

So, while I don’t ignore the rich history of celebrity baby names, I spend most of my blog posts dealing with the newest babies and names — or what’s happening today. What are the trends? What’s in and what’s out? What’s cool, what’s not?

This short list of Notable Celebrity Baby Names is just a sampling of the names in our database — if you want to see more names, visit Baby Names Garden, where our database resides. And please — if you have a celebrity baby name you think we missed, let us know (the form is at the database on Baby Names Garden). We love to find new names and add them.

Celebrity Baby Name (Celebrity Parent/Parents)

• Lael Rose (Tamia Hill/Grant Hill) 
• Beau (Emma Bunton/Jade Jones)
• Henry Lee (Karen Elson/Jack White)
• Ava Bailey (Myleene Klass)
• Henry (Julia Roberts)
• Ashby Grace (Nancy O’Dell)
• Jagger Jonathan (Lindsay Davenport)
• Zion Malachi Airamis (Dwyane Wade)
• Samuel David (Mary Cheney)
• Bryce Maximus (LeBron James)
• Sawyer (Sara Gilbert)
• Bryce Thadeus (Lars Ulrich)
• Scarlette (Ed Sanders)
• Felicity-Amore (Keisha Castle-Hughes)
• Angel Iris Murphy (Melanie Brown)
• Ava & Grace (Mia Hamm)
• Alimayu Moa-T (Wesley Snipes)
• Beckett Mancuso (Diane Farr)
• William Huckleberry (Brad Paisley)
• Savannah & Eden (Marcia Cross)
• Theo (Bryce Dallas Howard)
• Darby Galen (Patrick Dempsey)
• Paige Cricket (Amy Locane)
• Petah Lucia (Ani DiFranco)
• Heaven Rain (Brooke Burke/David Charvet)
• Devon Rose (Johnny Damon)
• Jessie James & D’Lila Star (Diddy)
• Johnnie Rose (Melissa Etheridge)
• Ruby (Tobey Maguire)
• Ramona (Maggie Gyllenhaal)
• Jayden James (Britney Spears)
• Dannielynn Hope (Anna Nicole Smith)
• Satine Anais Geraldine (Jacinda Barrett/Gabriel Macht)
• Wilder Brooks (Erinn Bartlett/Oliver Hudson)