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Celebrity-Inspired Baby Names

Many of the hottest baby names today are inspired by celebrities. These are not celebrity baby names but the names of celebrities that have been widely adopted as names for babies. Names like Mila, Audrina, and Khloe all owe their success to their famous bearers.

Along with Mila and Khloe, other celebrity-inspired baby names in the US Top 1000 include Bristol, Dax, Elle, Forest, Isla, Kylie, Leighton, and Octavia. Unique names with strong ties to celebrities include America, Orlando, Rhianna, and Rooney.

Names inspired by celebrities can be taken from stars past or present. Here are the star-inspired names that are rising through the ranks.

Monroe

Meaning: mouth of the Roe river

Origin:Scottish
795
Octavia

Meaning: eighth

Origin:Latin
306
Serena

Meaning: tranquil, serene

Origin:Latin
248
Pippa

Meaning: lover of horses

Origin:English, diminutive of Philippa
264
Edie

Meaning: prosperous in war

Origin:English, diminutive of Edith
312
Evangeline

Meaning: bearer of good news

Origin:Greek
10
Isla

Meaning: island

Origin:Scottish place-name or Spanish
4
Natalie

Meaning: birthday of the Lord

Origin:French variation of Russian Natalia
370
Keira

Meaning: little dark one

Origin:Irish
372
Sienna

Meaning: orange red

Origin:Italian color name
44
Naomi

Meaning: pleasantness

Origin:Hebrew
118
Blake

Meaning: fair-haired, dark

Origin:English
691
Jude

Meaning: praised

Origin:Latin diminutive of Judah
14
Logan

Meaning: small hollow

Origin:Scottish
112
Arlo

Meaning: between two hills

Origin:Irish or English
9
Mila

Meaning: gracious; dear

Origin:Slavic, Russian
116
Lana

Meaning: rock or handsome

Origin:English diminutive of Alana
369
Liv

Meaning: life

Origin:Norse
412
Helena

Meaning: torch; shining light

Origin:Latinate form of Helen, Greek
115
Reese

Meaning: ardor

Origin:Welsh
584