Are you interesting in finding an unusual baby name for your child? If you are looking for ways to find unusual baby names for your child, you might want to see our page on unique baby names. This page is more of an index of unusual names and their meanings.
There are many celebrities with unusual names, but some of these names have deeper meanings. Aaliyah, for instance, is an Arabic or Hebrew name that means lofty or sublime. Madonna’s name means my lady, and references the Virgin Mary. (It seems oddly appropriate that Madonna’s name references the Virgin Mary when Madonna herself sings “Like a Virgin”). Iman (supermodel and David Bowie’s wife) has a name that in Swahili means faith.
Some celebrity names, like Beyoncé, don’t have meanings, because they were created names. This is part of the African American naming tradition that invents new names and that sparked the North American interest in unusual baby names. James Brown’s daughter, Venisha, is a good example of a name like this.
Celebrities are also naming their children unique names. Princess Anne named her little girl Zara. The name Zara in Arabic means blossom. Zara also sounds like Sarah, which means princess in Hebrew. Princess Anne names her daughter another princess? It’s a royal name, but with a twist.
Jim Belushi gave his daughter the name Jamison. This name etymologically means “James’s son,” and so is appropriate for the child of James Belushi, but is also an interesting name because it gives a traditionally male name (Jameson) to a girl. Consider using boys names for girls or girls names for boys to create an unusual baby name for your child. Jamison also changes the spelling, a staple of unusual baby names.
One way of finding unusual names is to go back in history to names that were popular a hundred years ago (or more). Robert DeNiro’s baby boy Raphael has a name that sounds timeless as well as intriguing.
However, sometimes celebrities choose names that are pretty far out in the eyes of many people. David Bowie named his son Zowie Bowie. If the first name is pronounced to rhyme with Bowie, many people will raise an eyebrow. Frank Zappa named his children Moon Unit and Dweezil.
When considering unusual names for your baby, you need to consider spelling and pronunciation. Will this name be too hard for your little kid to spell? Will other people constantly misspell your child’s name? And will your child’s name, a name that you chose because you love it, be butchered by mispronunciations? If you want to avoid this hassle, you can aim for an unusual name that can still be sounded out phonetically. You can also take examples from celebrities who changed their names because they were too unusual: Robert Zimmerman became Bob Dylan, and Alphonso Josef D’Abbruzo became Alan Alda.
You might also consider naming you child one thing on his/her birth certificate (a plainer name, or a more normal name), and then creating an unusual nickname for your child. This allows your child to choose between the two names as they grow up. And though your baby might look like a Bethy, she might want to be a Beth when she hands out resumes. Think for the future, and choose a name that will support your child in all his or her future endeavours.
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