1) Blue. Yep, Blue Ivy Carter is the Blue they're referring to,
and for what it's worth, we might be seeing Blue all over the place pretty soon
-- Jay-Z and Beyonce were denied a trademark.
2)
Katniss. Nameberry says this was the most-viewed and clicked-on name
suggestion on their site, and it doesn't take a giant leap to assume at least
one of these parents pulled the trigger and named their little girl after The
Hunger Games heroine.
3) Hashtag. These parents probably really
liked trending topics on Twitter, and thus, baby Hashtag Johnson was born.
4)
Rosalind Arusha Arkadina Altalune Florence Thurman-Busson. Uma
Thurman waited three months to publicly announce her daughter's name, and
you can see why.
5) Zamzam. The Somali Olympian who refused to give
up her religious fasting ritual inspired a lot of people, even though she came
in dead last on the track.
6) Maxwell. I kind of like this name for a
girl, but I guess some people weren't really a fan of Jessica Simpson's
daughter's name.
7) Beretta. Bristol Palin's baby daddy Levi
named his daughter with Sunny Oglesby Breeze Beretta Johnston.
Beretta. As in the gun.
8) Kingsolomon. There were reportedly five
boys named Kingsolomon this year, and I'm now considering Duchesskatemiddleton
for my first born.
9) Vanellope. Naming your kid after a Disney
princess can be tricky, and this Wreck It Ralph name is probably the
trickiest. Maybe stick with Mulan next time?
10) Mykale and Linzi. Can
I get an AMEN? Kray-zee spellings of traditional names like Michael and Lindsay
made their way onto some most-popular lists this year.
11) Sabbath.
Hard-core rocker Zakk Wylde, who's touring with Ozzy Osbourne's band
Black Sabbath, decided to pay homage to the death metal group with this unusual
name.
12) Kick. Jeremy Sisto is apparently on Law &
Order, but he'll forever be the Cranberry CD-losing rich kid from
Clueless to me. Anyway, he named his son Bastian Kick, after
looking in the dictionary for a name that wasn't a name. Clever.