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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.

Zoe

Meaning: life

Origin:Greek
469
Aaliyah

Meaning: heavens, highborn, exalted

Origin:Variation of Aliya, Arabic
260
Gisele Gisele has a lot of meanings and is believed...
Origin:French
2538
Selena

Meaning: moon goddess

Origin:Latinized variation of Greek Selene
360
Calista

Meaning: most beautiful

Origin:Greek
603
Lena The Hebrew name Lena is a shorter version of...
Origin:English, Scottish, Dutch, German, and Scandinavian, diminutive of various names ending in lena
162
Felicity

Meaning: good fortune, happy

Origin:Latin
168
Viola

Meaning: violet

Origin:Latin
340
Hendrix

Meaning: estate ruler

Origin:Dutch and German, from first name Hendrik
379
Dax The pronunciation of Dax is 'daks' and it is...
Origin:French place-name
527
Miles

Meaning: soldier or merciful

Origin:English form of Milo
24
Harrison

Meaning: son of Harry

Origin:English
99
Liam

Meaning: resolute protection

Origin:Irish short form of William
200
Jonah

Meaning: dove

Origin:Hebrew
169
Grant

Meaning: large

Origin:Scottish from French
203
Dean

Meaning: church official

Origin:English
269
Bruno

Meaning: brown

Origin:German
413
Orlando

Meaning: famous throughout the land

Origin:Italian variation of Roland
333
Dylan

Meaning: son of the sea

Origin:Welsh
182
Harry

Meaning: estate ruler

Origin:Diminutive of Henry
294