Celebrity Names Blog

New Baby for Shoe Designer Steve Madden

Footwear designer Steve Madden recently welcomed his third child, daughter Goldie Ryan MaddenGoldie is a relatively rare name - it dropped off the US Top 1000 charts in the 1960s. In Hollywood, only a couple celebrities, including star Goldie Hawn and musician Ben Lee's daughter Goldie Priya, sport the name. What inspired Steve and wife Wendy to make this unusual choice?

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New Baby Alert: Model Maggie Rizer Welcomes Son Quinnlann Clancy

New Baby Alert: Model Maggie Rizer Welcomes Son Quinnlann Clancy

It's been a good month for interesting baby names so far! Following the announcement of Holly Madison's daughter, Rainbow, and Lisa Ling's new addition, Jett, PEOPLE is reporting that model Maggie Rizer welcomed a new baby boy with the unique name Quinnlann Clancy, born on Friday. 

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New Baby Alert: Lisa Ling Welcomes Baby Girl Jett

New Baby Alert: Lisa Ling Welcomes Baby Girl Jett

Journalist and host of American Lives on the OWN network, Lisa Ling welcomed her first child, a daughter with doctor husband Paul Song this week. The couple announced their news to US Weekly and revealed that their daughter is named Jett Ling Song.

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Holly Madison Responds to Baby Name Critics

Holly Madison Responds to Baby Name Critics

This week former Playboy model Holly Madison welcomed her first child, daughter Rainbow Aurora RotellaExplaining the unusual name to E! News, Holly said, “I wanted to give my daughter a unique name. Growing up, there was a girl in my school named Rainbow and I was so envious of that name. I thought it was so pretty and unique!” Some fair-weather fans, however, haven't reacted so well to the naming news.

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Favorite Nicknames from Redneck Reality Shows

Favorite Nicknames from Redneck Reality Shows

Do you love getting a glimpse of the lives of the less-than-glamorous, uncouth, and poorly mannered? You are not alone. Reality tv has recently taken a detour from affluent suburban drama queens and turned toward the lovable hillbillies from the other side of life.

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Royal Name Game, Pt. II

Royal Name Game, Pt. II

Bump watchers and royals experts around the internet have spoken: the royal baby is to be a girl. Or a dragon. With Kate’s d- slip, we feel emboldened to guess more girl’s names for the littlest Windsor. We already know that the child, if a girl, would be titled Princess, thanks to the Queen’s recent decree but Princess what?

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New Baby for 'Price is Right' Model

Model Rachel Reynolds and baseball player David Dellucci welcomed their first child on Jan. 13, the couple's third wedding anniversary. The Dellucci family now has a multigenerational tradition of alliterative names. R-combination Rachel Reynolds and D-combination David Dellucci have passed on their double initials to their daughter, Ruby Rey Dellucci.

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Massimo Baldwin? Hilaria Discusses Her and Alec's Baby Name Choices

Massimo Baldwin? Hilaria Discusses Her and Alec's Baby Name Choices

The newly minted Mrs. Baldwin, as of her June marriage to actor Alec Baldwin, went on Rachel Ray this past Friday to and talked about, among other things, her and Alec's name choices for their upcoming baby. The couple announced the pregnancy just last month and luckily for us, have already revealed some of their naming discussions. 

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Wiz Khalifa and Amber Rose Welcome "The Bash"

Wiz Khalifa and Amber Rose Welcome "The Bash"

Rapper Wiz Khalifa and model Amber Rose welcomed their son Sebastian Taylor Thomaz last week, and we noted that the proud papa had included a nickname for the little guy in his Twitter announcement. Little Sebastian will apparently be called "The Bash." While the name and nickname put us in mind of fellow recent arrival Bastian Kick Sisto (not to mention Tiger Beat favorite Jonathan Taylor Thomas) we wonder if we stumbled onto a new trend in baby naming and announcing.

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Celebrities with Unique Names

Celebrities with Unique Names

Which of today’s celebrities have the most intriguing names? We have found several that stand out for their creative, unusual, or international qualities.

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