Moon Unit Zappa tops celebrity children bizarre names poll
Sun Nov 13, 7:35 PM ET
LONDON (AFP) - Frank Zappa's daughter Moon Unit has topped a list of celebrity offspring with the most bizarre names, according to an online poll. ADVERTISEMENT
Another of the US singer-songwriter's four children -- Dweezil -- also makes the top 10 at number seven, but there are no mentions for the ground-breaking musician's two other children: Ahmed Emuukha Rodan and Diva Muffin.
Moon Unit Zappa won out ahead of Coldplay frontman Chris Martin and Hollywood actress Gwyneth Paltrow's daughter, Apple.
Behind them followed Misty Kyd -- Texas singer Sharleen Spiteri's daughter -- Blur bass guitarist Alex James' son, Geronimo, and Heavenly Hirani Tiger Lily, the only daughter of the late INXS star Michael Hutchence and Paula Yates.
The survey of 2,300 people was carried out by online entertainment site getlive.co.uk but found that the names of Michael Jackson's children, Prince Michael and Prince Michael II, were not "wacko" enough for the top 10.
"Rock stars have always been known for their outrageous living," said the website's international new media vice-president, Mark Yovich.
"But no amount of sex drugs and debauchery can ever be as bad as naming your offspring a peculiar name that they have to live with for the rest of their life."
Asked once why he gave his children such unusual names, Zappa reputedly said simply: "Because I wanted to."
He also considered that "Zappa" might be more of a problem than their unconventional first names.
The top 10 is:
1 Moon Unit -- Frank Zappa
2 Apple -- Chris Martin (Colplay)
3 Misty Kyd -- Sharleen Spiteri (Texas)
4 Geronimo -- Alex James (Blur)
5 Heavenly Hirani Tiger Lily -- Michael Hutchence/Paula Yates
I couldn't do it. Those names are cute when it is a baby or a toddler, but what about when this kid grows up and has to get a job? Maybe if the kid grows up to be an actor or singer it works out okay, but would you want a lawyer named Moon Unit? An accountant named Heavenly Hirani (anything)? Personally, I hope I never see a campaign poster suggesting I should vote Diva Muffin for Congress. The only up side to naming your kid something like that is you can be sure there won't be two of them in any given classroom.
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As someone who conduct interviews Mema, you point is very valid. I hate to say it, but if you are one of ten and everything is about equal, we will skip over the abnormal names. I know that does not sound fair, but no one ever said life is fair!
My point was that a couple of the names didn't seem so bad. Dandelion doesn't seem like it should be part of the top ten. (Maybe because my nickname was Dandelion in high school.)
Geronimo doesn't seem that bad, neither does Misty Kyd (or am I missing something in that one?). Prince, Prince II and Diva Muffin seem worse than those!
