15 Celebrity Kids' Names That Left Us Thinking "Why?"

This is an uncertain time in history — for baby names, that is. Traditional names are boring. Unique names are trendy, but are hard to spell. Celebrity names are... well, frankly, some of them are just BIZARRE. Have you ever seen a celebrity baby name and thought, "What were they thinking?" If you have, good news, you're not alone. If you haven't, now you'll know how the rest of us feel. Here are 17 celebrity baby names that are more "WTF?!" than "Aww!"

Apple Martin

Celebrity Parents: Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin

First of all, Apple's name is only one letter away from being an alcoholic beverage. Apple is also a very common underlying negative theme in literature. The apple is a tempting fruit in the Bible. Snow White eats a poisoned apple. In Greek mythology, an apple was the catalyst to the Trojan War. All in all, not a great namesake. Paltrow's baby (and business) naming skills leave something to be desired.

Audio Science

Celebrity Parent: Shannyn Sossamon

Sossamon said her and her partner, "Wanted a word not a name." They originally settled on Science, but then, "Thought it might get shortened to Sci, as in Simon." So, Audio it is. It would be pretty cool if Audio Science grew up to be an Audio Engineer, albeit confusing.

Birdie and Cricket

Celebrity Parents: Busy Philipps and Marc Silverstein

Since Philipps grew up being referred to as a nickname — Busy is a nickname for Elizabeth. She said on TODAY that her and her husband, “Decided that if [they] wanted to call [their] kids something, [they] would just name them that thing." Both of their girls ended up with nicknames for names, but time will tell if they decide to go by their middle names or even different names.

Bronx Mowgli and Jagger Snow

Celebrity Parents: Ashlee Simpson and Pete Wentz/Evan Ross

Both of Ashlee Simpson's kids have pretty out-there names, but it looks like she's not the only common denominator here. Her and husband Evan Ross (Jagger Snow's dad) co-parent with Pete Wentz (Bronx Mowgli's dad) and his girlfriend, Meagan Camper. Wentz and Camper have two kids together, as well, and they also have interesting names: Saint Laszlo and Marvel Jane.

Huckleberry and Marmaduke

Celebrity Parent: Bear Grylls

I guess with a name like Bear Grylls, all bets are off when it comes to naming your kids. However, also giving them names better suited for pets is a little much. Huckleberry could be a nod to the famous book, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, but if the names are literature references, Marmaduke is a comic strip and film about a Great Dane. You have to wonder what happened, for Grylls and his wife to go from Jesse to Huckleberry to Marmaduke.

Moon Unit, Dweezil, and Diva Thin Muffin

Celebrity Parent: Frank Zappa

I'm just going to say it: bad things come in threes. These three were the pioneers for unusual celebrity baby names. Their brother, Ahmet, escaped with a normal Arabic name; lucky guy. Frank's widow, Gail Zappa, explained her kids' eccentric names, "Dweezil was a pet name, which Zappa came up with, while Ahmet was the title of an imaginary butler, and Diva was given her moniker, because she was a noisy baby." In regards to Moon Unit, the eldest, Frank had said to his wife, "You can name it Moon or Motorhead," so she chose Moon. On Moon's middle name, Gail said, "You’re not (truly) related to your partner in life, until you have a child together. So we became a family unit and that’s the significance of Moon’s middle name.”

Moxie Crimefighter and Zolten Penn

Celebrity Parent: Penn Jillette

Penn Jillette has always had moxie on-stage, and for the last 14 years, he's also had Moxie off-stage; she's his daughter. Zolten's first name is an homage to his and Moxie's mother, whose last name is Zolten. Jillette defended unusual names, saying that, "It's only the losers named Dave that think having an unusual name is bad, and who cares what they think. They're named Dave." Now, I'm no Dave, but I still think "Crimefighter" is a bit much.

Pilot Inspektor

Celebrity Parents: Jason Lee and Beth Riesgraf

The name "Pilot Inspektor" has some serious Go-Go Gadget vibes. The My Name is Earl star said that his son is named after the song, "He's Simple, He's Dumb, He's the Pilot," from Granddaddy's The Sophtware Slump album. If anything, that explanation leaves me with more questions, especially when his other three children have pretty normal names: Sonny, Alberta, and Casper. Huh?

Raddix

Celebrity Parents: Cameron Diaz and Benji Madden

When Diaz announced the newest addition to the Madden family last month, the internet was baffled. What does "Raddix" mean? What is a Raddix? The little Madden bub's name sounds like "Rad dicks," one Twitter user pointed out. A VICE article noted that Richard Spencer, an infamous white supremacist, has an online journal and website called Radix. Hopefully the new parents will give us more insight into their daughter's unique name soon.