"Dumb" baby names?

This photo slide show is of celebrities who have apparently screwed up in the eyes of the American public by giving their babies bad names.

To be honest, I was a bit shocked by some of the entries here. There are definitely a few that I would question. I've seen a similar report with milder name choices, so to speak, though they were also blasted by some media outlet for being dumb.


http://xfinity.comcast.net/slideshow/entertainment-dumbcelebbabynames/


I always get a bit pissed off when I see any article listing stupid celebrity baby names, but end up reading it anyway, because names fascinate me. Here are my thoughts on these so-called bad names-- It's the parents' decision. Obviously, there are plenty of fertile human beings out there who are unfit to raise a child, but manage to produce one anyway. So, you are going to get idiots who give their babies stupid names because they think they're funny, and they've forgotten that this baby is a valid human being with a mind who is going to grow up someday.

This slide show begins with the following line: "Why can't celebrities just pick regular old names like John and Susan like the rest of us?" That irritates me because we as a society have decided what names are acceptable, and people who step outside those bounds apparently have some kind of a problem. Really? I thought that most of us were beyond that stage. Unusual names don't bother me in the slightest, if the parents actually have a reasonably defendable explanation, say, it's their half-Zimbabwean, half-Inuit grandmother's middle name. If it has a meaning that they can explain to their child, and if their child knows that this name was given to him or her out of love and respect as a human being, that is cool with me. However, if you name your twins Pete and Repete just because you think it's hilarious, you're essentially telling your kid that you don't really care that much. In that case, it's an effed up baby name.

*Pauses for breath*

So, I don't know the origins of most of the names given in the slide show. I'm sure they can be researched. But yeah, that's my take on the whole thing.

(And I'd like to add that, no, I would never name my kid John or Susan. I have no reason to.)