Wildest celebrity baby names and the regretful star who changed her mind
New mum Ferne McCann has shared the unusual name of her second baby - and she's not the only star to be a little different when making their pick.
The former TOWIE star, 32, and her fiancé Lorri Haines welcomed their first child into the world together earlier this month.
Now they've announced Finty Francis Haines-McCann is the name they've selected and Ferne say it was always high up on her list.
She considered it before the birth to her first daughter Sunday in 2017 and explained all.
"I don’t know where I got it from, but when I typed it in and I saw Judi Dench’s daughter’s nickname is Finty," she explained to OK! Magazine.
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"I've always loved it and never heard it anywhere else before. I just feel so connected to the name – she came out and she was just Finty. I think she sounds like a character out of Bridgerton."
Finty may be a little different, but it's nowhere near as wild as some of the celeb selections over the years.
Mirror Online take a look at some of the out-there names the stars have given their offsping.
Baby Bambi
Molly-Mae chose a Disney-themed name for her baby (@mollymae/Instagram)
Bambi arrived in January and they had the name picked for ages (mollymae/Instagram)Love Island stars Molly-Mae Hague and Tommy Fury become first-time parents in January - and they'd clearly been thinking of a name for quite some time!
They went for a Disney-inspired title for their baby girl and Bambi was born.
Molly explained in a YouTube video that they had deiced on the name a long time ago.
She said: "I think because we’d always known our first baby girl would be called Bambi we got so used to that being her name and, to us, it wasn’t really unusual anymore.
“And I know it definitely is unusual and unique and not going to be to everyone’s taste."
Moon Unit
Frank Zappa with daughter Moon Unit (Rex Features)Legendary US singer Frank Zappa went all out with the name for his first-born daughter.
And two of her other siblings got the same treatment too, with her baby brother named Dweezil while he sister was dubbed Diva Muffin
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X Æ A-12
Elon Musk and Grimes picked a rather unique name for their little one, calling him X Æ A-12.
Grimes shared an explanation for the interesting moniker on Twitter, writing: "X, the unknown variable, Æ, my elven spelling of Ai (love &/or Artificial intelligence)."
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The tot has a meaningful name (Twitter)She went on to say that the A-12 had two meanings.
The first-time mum added: "A-12 = precursor to SR-17 (our favourite aircraft). No weapons, no defences, just speed. Great in battle, but non-violent."
"A=Archangel, my favourite song."
Pilot Inspektor
My Name is Earl star Jason Lee and his wife Beth Riesgraf named their son Pilot Inspektor after being inspired by a song on the indie rock band Grandaddy's 2000 album The Sophtware Slump.
He explained: "The opening track, 'He's Simple, He's Dumb, He's the Pilot,' absolutely blew my mind when I first heard it. It was from this track that my wife, Beth, came up with the name Pilot for our son."
Zuma Nesta Rock
Gwen Stefani, pictured with second husband Blake Shelton, went all out with her baby names (WireImage)Gwen Stefani and Gavin Rossdale were so pumped over the prospect of becoming parents that they gave their sons a whole slew of names.
Their middle son is called Zuma while their first-born is named Kingston James McGregor and their little brother is called Apollo Bowie Flynn.
In an interview with Wired, Gwen admitted she was just too excited to settle on just one name.
She said: "I know it's a lot of names. But I was just so excited to have kids I couldn't decide."
Petal Blossom Rainbow
Jamie and Jools Oliver with Daisy, Petal, Buddy, Poppy and River (John Stillwell/PA Wire)It's like Jamie Oliver and his wife Jools picked the prettiest words they could find and threw them all together for their youngest daughter. And why not?
Her siblings have equally colourful names including Poppy Honey Rosie, Daisy Boo Pamela, Buddy Bear and River Rocket.
Speaking about where she gets her inspiration from, Jools told Gurgle magazine: "They all have more than one name because I couldn't decide. I'm not sure where Petal Rainbow came from - apparently it's a My Little Pony! I wanted to call her Rainbow but Jamie told me to calm down.
"With Buddy it was quite fun choosing a boy's name, as I hadn't done it before. I hate people's opinions on names. Whatever you call your baby is your decision."
Ace Knute
Jessica Simpson and her sister Ashlee Simpson are both big fans of unusual names (Splash)Pronounced Ka-nute, this is what Jessica Simpson and Eric Johnson named their baby boy.
They also share two other kids, Maxwell Drew and Birdie Mae.
Bronx Mowgli
Ashlee Simpson and Pete Wentz named their son after their love of the Disney movie, The Jungle Book and they both thought Mowgli was a "cool" name.
Kal-El
Kal-El Coppola Cage, the son of Nicolas Cage and Alice Kim was named after the comic book character, Superman.
Kal-El is Superman's Kryptonian name.
Raddix
The couple have kept their daughter out of the spotlight (Getty Images North America)
Cameron said her daughter is 'rad', hence the name (PA)Cameron Diaz and Benji Madden gave their baby girl this unique moniker. No explanation has been given for the name, other than that they think their daughter is 'rad'.
Gravity
American model Lucky Blue Smith and Stormi Henley share a little girl called Gravity Blue Smith.
Bear Blaze
This is the name of Kate Winslet and Edward Abel Smith's son, and was inspired by the very unique way in which they met.
Kate was holidaying on Richard Branson's Necker Island when she met his nephew, Edward. But it was on that trip that the house they were staying in caught fire.
"Bear's second name is Blaze because my husband and I met in a house fire basically," she revealed on The Ellen Show.
"Well will did. The house burned down and we survived. So we wanted something of the fire, and so Blaze was the name that we came up with."
Winslet also has two other children, Mia Honey Threapleton and Joe Mendes.
Birdie Leigh and Cricket Pearl
Busy Philipps named her oldest child Birdie Leigh (busyphilipps/Instagram)
She chose the name Cricket Pearl for her second-born (Getty Images for alice + olivia)Marc Silverstein and Busy Philipps have two daughters, Cricket Pearl and Birdie Leigh.
Speaking to People Magazine, Busy explained why they chose the name Cricket.
She said: "Oh my God, [choosing a name] was so hard because we had all these names and then she came out. I looked at her and she just couldn't be one of those names."
They were running out of time to pick a name, so she turned to her husband who just so happen to be a talented movie/TV screenwriter.
She added: "He’s always coming up with character names for his movies and TV shows. A lot of times your name dictates the kind of personality you have and Marc's like, 'Everyone likes Cricket, Cricket is just the greatest, happiest kid on the block, the coolest camp counsellor, she's hot in college.'
"He just had this whole narrative for what that name was."
Wolf
Kylie Jenner wasn't happy with her son's name (Instagram)The Kardashian-Jenners are no strangers to out-there names, but for Kylie Jenner, it seems that the name Wolf was a step too far.
Most recently, Kylie Jenner, the youngest of the Kardashian sisters, has admitted she and her baby's father, rapper Travis Scott, have changed their little boy's name from Wolf to Aire - pronounced 'air'.
A month after Kylie and Travis' baby was born last February, the make-up mogul explained on her Instagram stories that Wolf didn't quite suit and that they wanted to change his name, but her lips remained sealed about the new moniker.
She wrote on Instagram: "FYI Our son's name isn't Wolf anymore. We just really didn't feel like it was him."
And later told USA Today: "We had to quickly sign the birth certificate. And then I knew the second I signed that I was probably gonna change his name."
It wasn't until her Paris Fashion Week appearance two days ago that she revealed the 11-month-old's new name as Aire following the regret.
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