[4] Would you Adam and Eve it... Phoenix joins Moon, Dakota and Sage in the name game.SPICE baby Phoenix is little more than a day old, but already her life is surrounded by mystery.She's a showbiz commodity, with the rights to the first family pictures being negotiated with a glossy magazine. And yesterday pop star mum Mel B - Scary Spice - and baby Phoenix Chi left hospital. As 20 balloons were released in front of the London hospital, they were spirited away Spirited Away (千と千尋の神隠し with dad Jimmy Gulzar in a silver Mercedes to their Buckinghamshire mansion. But while Phoenix may have been born into a world of big money, glitz glitz Informal n. Ostentatious showiness; flashiness: "a garish barrage of show-biz glitz" Peter G. Davis. tr.v. and glamour, she will also have to live forever with her zany name. She joins a long list of celebrity children with madcap monikers. Rock stars of the 60s and 70s began the trend and it has gone on ever since. Some famous offspring have used their unusual names to good effect, while others change them for something more mundane. Dweezil Zappa Dweezil Zappa (born September 5, 1969, in Los Angeles, California) is a rock guitarist. He is the son of Gail and Frank Zappa and the second of four siblings: his older sister, Moon Unit, and his two younger siblings Ahmet and Diva. He is the cousin of actress Lala Sloatman. - son of crazy rocker Frank - never let his wacky name get in the way and forged out a successful music career and a well-publicised steamy romance with screen goddess Sharon Stone. Dweezil's brothers and sisters have been given the odd names Moon Unit, Ahmet Emuuka Rodan and Diva. Perhaps the star best known for giving her children bizarre names is Paula Yates Paula Yates (24 April 1960 - 17 September 2000) was a British television presenter, best known for her work on cult TV music show, The Tube. Early life Born in Colwyn Bay, North Wales, she was brought up in a show business family. , whose children by singer Bob Geldof are Fifi Trixibelle, Peaches and Pixie. And she followed that up by calling her daughter to tragic Aussie rocker Michael Hutchence by the name Heavenly Hiraani Tiger Lily tiger lily: see lily. . God Slick is the handle with which the child of Jefferson Airplane duo Grace Slick and Paul Cantner goes through life. And singer Marc Bolan's son revels in the name of Rolan Bolan. Sly Stallone's children are Sage and Seargeoh, and Hollywood couple Don Johnson and Melanie Griffiths have called their daughter Dakota Mayi. The trend continued last year with Lisa Kudrow, star of the hit TV comedy Friends, whose son is called Beige. The most famous Phoenix was tragic Hollywood star River, who hid the drugs habit which finally killed him behind a squeaky-clean image. He was nearly called River Bottom before his family changed their second name. And a name change can lead to fame and fortune. Aussie catwalk queen Elle Macpherson started out life as plain Eleanor Gow. In Hollywood, Marion Morrison became John Wayne and Norma Jean Baker Marilyn Monroe. Last night, leading psychologist Ros Taylor warned parents to think carefully before using wacky names. She said: "Almost every child goes through a stage of hating their name. There's no point in adding to that by giving them a bizarre name." And she warned parents to think of how a first name can be shortened and how it would look with their second name. A survey by the University of Hertfordshire The University of Hertfordshire is a modern university based largely in Hatfield, in the county of Hertfordshire, United Kingdom, from which the university takes its name. It has more than 23,000 students. found 41 per cent of people had seriously thought about changing their first name. At least one famous star's child has sought the anonymity of a very ordinary name. Rock legend David Bowie's son, christened Zowie, now likes to be simply known as Joe. ZAK (Zero Administration Kit) A series of wizards that assist network administrators in using system policies and user profiles in Windows. ZAK was first implemented in Windows 95 and NT. See ZAW, system policy and user profile. STARR Starr , Belle Originally Myra Belle Shirley. 1848-1889. American outlaw whose Oklahoma cabin became a hideout for fugitives from justice. Tales of her criminal exploits are largely unsubstantiated. Ringo's boy AMY A`my´ n. 1. A friend. HIRA HIRA Health Industry Representatives Association HIRA Hazard Identification and Risk Assessment HIRA Hoffman Island Radio Association (USA) HIRA Hop-Based Integrated Routing Algorithm HIRA Half-Impulse Radiating Antenna Billy Connolly's girl SAGE SEARGEOH Sly Stallone's son MOON UNIT ZAPPA one of Frank's four ROLAN BOLAN Mark's son DAKOTA MAYI Mel Griffith's girl ZOWIE BOWIE David's darling TIGER LILY Paula Yates' girl ELLE MacPHERSON born Eleanor Gow THE FIRST PHOENIX the original River MARION MORRISON Or John Wayne to you EAGLE-EYE CHERRY son of music man Don DANDELION dandelion [Eng. form of Fr.,=lion's tooth], any plant of the genus Taraxacum of the family Asteraceae (aster family), perennial herbs of wide distribution in temperate regions. RICHARDS Keith Richards' boy CHASTITY BONO Chers daughter |
|
||||||||||||||
Printer friendly
Cite/link
Email
Feedback
Reader Opinion