Thursday, December 30, 2010

2010 Celebrity Baby Names: A Miss for Viveca... | Gather

It’s that time of year again: celeb baby name roundup. Whose names were hot in 2010? Rhea Durham and Mark Wahlberg earned high marks for naming their daughter Grace Margaret. On the not-so-hot list was funnyman Will Farrell and wife Viveca Paulin’s baby name: son Axel.

Actor Will Ferrell and his wife Viveca Paulin arrive at the Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) annual gala in Los Angeles on November 13, 2010. UPI/Jim Ruymen Photo via Newscom

But is Axel really so bad in the scheme of crazy celebrity baby monikers? According to Babycenter that released their best and worst list for the celeb babies born in 2010, there are plenty of worse possibilities out there, if you’ve got a famous mom and dad.

Superstar songstress Alicia Keys and hubby Swizz Beatz gave their son the worldly name Egypt Daoud, which makes Viveca Paulin’s baby name choice seem almost normal. Other odd choices this year were Padma Lakshmi’s daughter Krishna, named after a Hindu goddess, and Celine Dion’s son Nelson, who will no doubt need some tough fighting skills to defend himself on the elementary school playground in a few years.

Not all celebs went wild with creative baby names: some of Hollywood’s A-List stuck with classic, sophisticated names that are quickly rising to the top of the best-of charts. Olivia and Stella were popular choices. Lance Armstrong and Anna Hansen chose Olivia Marie, and Matt Damon and wife Luciana chose Stella for their fourth daughter. Some twists on classic names, like Amy Adams’ Aviana, also made the Top Ten list.

All things considered, Viveca Paulin’s baby name may have landed her and Will Farrell on 2010’s Worst list. But as celeb names go, it doesn’t even come close to the worst out there.

Was 2010 merely a low-key year in the baby name world? Are all the super-crazy celeb baby names gone for good like Moon Unit and Pilot Inspektor? Or are people just getting used to more outlandish names now that unique names are becoming more mainstream? Guess everyone will have to wait for 2011’s list to find out.

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