Weird Celebrity Baby Names
Just when you thought weird celebrity baby names couldn’t get any weirder, the craziest namers in the universe — that’s right, Grimes and Elon Musk — have welcomed their second child.
Their baby girl is named Exa Dark Sideræl, but they call her Y, as reported in Vanity Fair.
Exa references the term exaFLOPS, the ability for a supercomputer to perform 1 quintillion floating-point operations per second. Historically, Exa has been used as a variation of the biblical name Achsah, meaning “adorned.” It ranked in the US Top 1000 in 1881, 1891, 1894, and 1897. At peak usage, Exa was given to 28 baby girls in 1918.
The name Dark relates to the unknown. “Dark matter is the beautiful mystery of our universe,” Grimes told Vanity Fair.
Sideræl, pronounced “sigh-deer-ee-el,” has ties to Galadriel from Lord of the Rings. But more importantly, it is “a more elven” spelling of sidereal, which she explains is “the true time of the universe, star time, deep space time, not our relative earth time.”
However, Y’s name is fluid. Grimes is open to her daughter one day changing her name and said she might even do so herself at some point. Grimes originally wanted to name her daughter Odysseus Musk. The baby is also nicknamed Sailor Mars, inspired by the Sailor Moon manga series.
Baby Y joins older brother X Æ A-XII, which Grimes pronounces “X A.I. Archangel.”
The Musk children may have the craziest celebrity baby names in recorded history, but many other stars have chosen names that give them a run for their money.
Below, our picks for the weirdest celebrity baby names:
Weird Celebrity Animal Names
The animal kingdom is an increasingly stylish place to look for baby name inspiration. These celebrities used animal names — both real and mythological — for their children:
Colette Koala — Macklemore
Cricket Pearl — Busy Philipps
Elsie Otter — Zooey Deschanel
Halcyon Juna — Beth Littleford
Mirabella Bunny — Bryan Adams
Puma Sabti — Erykah Badu
Qirin Love — Terrence Howard
Sparrow James Midnight — Nicole Richie & Joel Madden
Tiger — Yana & Paul Watson
Weird Celebrity Hero Names
Hero names from history, mythology, and fiction informed these starbaby names:
Amadeus Benedict Edley Luis — Boris Becker
Cleopatra — Christina Ricci
Eros — Paulina Rubio & Gerardo Bazua
Eureka Muse — Amanda Knox
Hemingway Nash — Nila & Benjamin Hollingsworth
Kinsey Sioux “Zissou” — Kieran Culkin
Lilibet Diana — Meghan Markle & Prince Harry
Lozen Oriana Judith & Vittorio Genghis — Hope Solo & Jerramy Stevens
Montague George Hector — Geri Halliwell
Ripley Nightingale — Kiley Casciano & Matthew Davis
Weird Celebrity Invented Names
The only way to ensure your child has a one-of-a-kind name is to invent one yourself. These celebrities took on the challenge and created these invented names for their children:
Bridgemont Bernard — Adam Rodriguez
Illusia Angelina — Criss Angel
Jru — Draya Michelle & Orlando Scandrick
Leafar — Kat Von D
Raddix Chloe Wildflower — Cameron Diaz & Benji Madden
Trulee Nanette — Lee Brice & Sara Reeveley
Zydn — Odell Beckham Jr.
Weird Celebrity Nature Names
Nature names are currently cool, but the stars here went off the beaten track and found these unique choices for their babies:
Bluebell Madonna — Geri Halliwell
Breeze Beretta — Levi Johnston
Dusty Rose — Behati Prinsloo & Adam Levine
Forester Bruce Elijah — Elissa & Brent Salter
Honey James — Sadie Robertson
Huckleberry Randolph — Randy Houser
Julian Fuego — Paula Patton & Robin Thicke
Jupiter Iris — Ashley Tisdale
Maple Sylvie — Jason Bateman
Mars — Kasie Hunt & Matt Rivera
Mint — Romee Strijd
Ode Mountain — Jena Malone
Olympia Lightning & Thunder — Usain Bolt
Onyx Solace — Alanis Morissette
Pyllon Joy — Doutzen Kroes
Prairie Moon — Teresa Palmer & Mark Webber
Rainbow Aurora — Holly Madison
Summer Rain — Christina A
Stormi — Kylie Jenner & Travis Scott
Weird Celebrity Place Names
A special setting may inspire you to use place name for your son or daughter, as it did for the following celebrities:
Alabama Gypsy Rose — Drea de Matteo & Shooter Jennings
Alaska — Anne Vyalitsyna
Chicago — Kim Kardashian & Kanye West
Cypress Night — Shannan Click & Jack Huston
Essex Reese — Ashley Hebert & J.P. Rosenbaum
Louisiana Ray — LeeLee Sobieski
Lyra Antarctica — Ed Sheeran
Milou Alizée — Barron Hilton
Moroccan Scott — Mariah Carey & Nick Cannon
Morocco Elijah — Mike Tyson
Penelope Scotland — Kourtney Kardashian & Scott Disick
Sistine Sabella — Kevin James
Tennessee Hawkins — Eric Church
Weird Celebrity Word Names
Word names are particularly popular among the star set, because there’s almost endless untapped source material. Here are some particularly notable choices used by celebrities:
Army Gray — Jill Wagner
Bandit Lee — Gerard Way
Banjo — Rachel Griffiths
Buzz Michelangelo — Tom Fletcher
Cashmere Saint & Chosen Sebastian — Cam Newton
Chapel Grace — Josh Brolin
Diesel — Jennie Finch & Casey Daigle
Domino — India Hicks
Epik Ray — Princess Love & Ray J
Golden & Powerful Queen — Brittany Bell & Nick Cannon
Grace Warrior — Bindi Irwin
Halo — 2 Chainz
Ice — Gucci Mane
Ilya Vue — Ashley Scott
Java Kumala — Josh Holloway
Kulture Kiari — Cardi B & Offset
Lazer Lee Louis — Diplo
Lucky Levi — Elle King
Lyric Sonny Roads — Soleil Moon Frye
Marvel Jane — Pete Wentz
Patch Shepherd — Phillip Phillips
Psalm — Kim Kardashian & Kanye West
Revel James Makai — Matthew Morrison
Rocket Zot & Racer — Lara Bingle & Sam Worthington
Slash Electric Alexander — Amber Rose
Sir — Beyonce & Jay-Z
Sovereign Bo & Sire Castrello — Usher
Spike — Mike Myers
Story Annabelle — Aaron Paul
Strummer Newcomb — Julia Stiles
Sundance Leon — Ty Haney & Mark Wystrach
Wednesday — Rupert Grint
Win Harrison — Ciara & Russell Wilson
Winner — Nya Lee
The Weirdest Celebrity Baby Names
What is the weirdest celebrity child name? The crown goes to X Æ A-XII and Exa Dark Sideræl, the children of Elon Musk and Grimes. But among our picks for second place are the children of Jamie Oliver, Lucky Blue Smith, Nick Cannon, and more:
Baby Rae — Jessica Hart
Champie Arizona — Ty Haney & Mark Wystrach
Devereaux Octavian Basil — Mick Jagger
Gravity Blue, Rumble Honey & Slim Easy — Lucky Blue Smith
Poppy Honey Rosie, Daisy Boo Pamela, Petal Blossom Rainbow, Buddy Bear Maurice, & River Rocket — Jools & Jamie Oliver
Rosalind Arusha Arkadina Altalune Florence “Luna” — Uma Thurman
X Æ A-XII & Exa Dark Sideræl “Y” — Grimes & Elon Musk
Zillion Heir & Zion Mixolydian — Abby De La Rosa & Nick Cannon