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Eh, most of them are along the same lines as non-celebs who feel comfy enough to get creative with names. I find the unnamey names like Moxie Crimefighter pretty nauseating, though. I feel like Frank Zappa started the trend for celebs to give kids whacky names - he probably didn't, but I heard of his kids first. Thing is, Zappa was making a particular statement; his whole schtick was counterculture. That doesn't redeem it, but it does make the names seem as much of a legacy as a gimmick. Current celeb whacky naming is just a cynical statement of status. I think the whackiest ones are pretty gross because they seem to say "my child isn't a mere human" and that attitude seems like a nasty thing to be born burdened with. Moxie can't ever just be who she wants to be, because first she'll have to be the celeb's daughter MOXIE CRIMEFIGHTER, how fabulous! .. always, her whole life, like she can't ever do anything on merit ever .. she may have well have been named Daddy's Entitled Status Symbol Kissmyass TM. Just having a famous surname and your name announced widely at birth, ought to be enough with the status. Like Frances Bean Cobain (which I don't count as nauseatingly gimmicky).