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Let's all Welcome Gail to THE COUCH... her blog Doing This For Myself is a journey into her last year of school and her two kids.
Yesterday we hit on a few of the names celebrities have given to their kids and in the comments section Coco spoke of some names they "considered" when they adopted their wonderful son Brennan. What I did not do is read the name in it's entirety...Her last name is Masson (pronounced Mason) and the names she floated were Stone Masson, Perry Masson, or Jason Masson and Mason Masson.
I totally missed the humor..DOH
Well these celebrities actually did saddle their kids with names that, in my humble opinion will cause these kids stress and pain for their entire lives.Well.. with all the money they will inherit, they can buy happiness I guess...
OK, no lectures on the fact that money will not buy happiness...when I have some I will see!
I've listed the parents, their occupations, the kids name and the sex of the child (believe me in many cases, you will need that!)
Erykah Badu / Andre Benjamin (Andre 3000) Musician / Musician
Seven Sirius (son)
Think they have stock in the company?
Erykah Badu / Tracy Curry (The D.O.C.) Musician / Musician
Puma (daughter)
Asking the same question…stock options? And I guess mom names the kids...! With a name like Erykah (Erica??) I guess she didn't want to be alone on the "weird-name-bus".
David Bowie / Angela Bowie Musician / Model
Duncan Zowie Heywood Jones (son)
Known the world over as Zowie Bowie!
Toni Braxton / Keri Lewis Musician / Musician
Denim Cole (son)
He fits snug on the hips and flares at the bottom?
Pierce Brosnan / Keely Shaye Smith Actor / Model
Dylan Thomas (son)
Born to be a writer.
Cher / Sonny Bono Musician / Musician and Policitian
Chastity (daughter)
This one is too easy. Maybe because Cher never knew the meaning of the word?
Tom Cruise / Katie Holmes Actor / Actress
Suri (daughter)
OK, enough of the Cruise-meister jokes! Well.. maybe not!
Richard Gere / Carey Lowell Actor / Actress
Homer James Jigme (son)
Now..this sounds like he could be a porno star! Was he born while gere was filming THE AMERICAN GIGOLO?
Lance Henriksen / Mary Jane Henriksen Actor
Alcamy (daughter)
Is she a science experiment?
Barbara Hershey / David Carradine Actor / Actress
Free (son)
How hippie can you get?
Michael Hutchence / Paula Yates Musician / TV Host
Heavenly Hiraani Tiger Lily (daughter)
OK, I stand corrected...THIS IS hippie?
Penn Jillette / Emily Jillette Comedian and Magician
Moxie CrimeFighter (daughter)
C’mon Penn…YOU are strange enough without doing this to a daughter.
Simon LeBon / Yasmin Parvaneh Musician / Model
Amber Rose Tamara (daughter)
Saffron Sahara (daughter)
Tallulah Pine (daughter)
Are they all named after their favorite air freshener scents?
John Cougar Mellencamp / Elaine Irwin Musician
Hud (son)
“Gee honey…there is this movie I really loved as a kid…”
Spec Wildhorse (son)
Let’s play cowboys and Indians.
Rob Morrow / Debbon Ayer Actor / Actress
Tu Simone Ayer (daughter)
Note: As in, Tu Morrow.
Is this an Abbott & Costello routine...Who's On First? Third Base!
Jamie Oliver / Jools Oliver Chef / Model
Poppy Honey (daughter)
Add a touch of this...a pinch of that....
Daisy Boo (daughter)
What? He ran out of favorite spices?
Gwyneth Paltrow / Chris Martin Actress / Musician
Apple (daughter)
More stock options?
Moses (son)
Yeah.. put the weight of a whole race on his shoulders!
David "Puck" Rainey / Betty Rainey Reality TV Star
Bogart Che Peyote (son)
An idjit giving his kid an idjit name. I mean, at least "Puck" is a nickname!!
Ving Rhames / Deborah Reed Actor
Reignbeau (daughter)
Shes got colors.. bright bright colors (should have given her the middle name of Brite)
Freedom (son)
Sound it out… Freedom Rhames (like I should have done when Coco commented about names!)
Robert Rodriguez / Elizabeth Avellan Director
Rocket Valentin (son)
So, when he is bad, dad can say “Bam Boom..off to the moon?"
Racer Maximilliano (son)
Go speed racer..go
Rebel Antonio (son)
OH yeah this kid will not be trouble.. “You are a Rebel Rebel”
Rogue (son)
He could be a spy… a Rogue agent!
Rhiannon (daughter) see.. now this I do like. She might be the only normal kid in the family.
Sylvester Stallone / Jennifer Flavin Actor
Sophia Rose (daughter)
Sistine Rose (daughter)
Scarlet Rose (daughter)
C’mon Sly…. No originality with middle names?
Roger Taylor / Deborah Leng Musician
Rufus Tiger (son)
Growl
Tiger Lily (daughter)
Growl Growl
Lola Daisy (daughter)
Is she the unliked daughter? No Tiger????
Isaiah Washington / Jenisa Marie Washington Actor
Isaiah Akin (son)
ummm Isaiah Isaiah? That is sooo wrong!
Robert Van Winkle (Vanilla Ice) / Laura Giarritta Musician
Dusti Raine (daughter)
Keelee Breeze (daughter)
These guys like weather obviously...Ice...Raine...Breeze
Frank Zappa / Gail Zappa Musician
Dweezil (son)
Ahmet Emuukha Rodan (son)
Moon Unit (daughter)
Diva Muffin daughter)
Well it IS Frank Zappa!
Marc Bolin (no mother listed) Musician
Rolan
Another rhyme time playa... Rolin Bolin
BUT THE WINNING ENTRY GOES TO:Shannyn Sossamon / Dallas Clayton
Actress
Audio Science (son)
These two should not be allowed to procreate ever again!
Gee...so unoriginal are we.... Matthew Vincent... LOL... but there IS a story behind that!When thinking of names, we were close to Alexander (which was supposed to be my name when I was born - mom changed it at the last moment).
Then one day when talking to dad, he said the following...
"If it's a boy and you name him Matthew, his initials would be MM as in Mickey Mantle"
I liked the idea being a huge YANKEE FAN..
You did know that right ----HUGE YANKEE FAN?
So, I suggested Matthew to Allyson, but left out the Mickey Mantle reference.
She also liked the name and he was christened Matthew Vincent Marini.
About 6 months later, I told her where the name came from...I got a punch in the arm for that one! LOL
So, what causes parents to give their kids bizaar names?Is it to make them stand out from the Matthews and Williams and Steves and Sallys and Anns and Marys and Elizabeths?
Do parents not see the consequences of the kids going to their first day of kindergarten or Junior High or High School?
Or, once again, is it because they are so wealthy, they figure that their "status" will off-set the ribbing their kids will get.
Or is it that the schools these kids end up in are filled with kids with odd names, so no one notices?
I will end with this one thought though.. No matter what kind of school he goes toAUDIO SCIENCE Sossamon-Clayton will have kids pointing and laughing...
He better start lifting weights at an early age!
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Keep that spark of insanity kids...It helps keep you an individual.
