Apparently parents are trying their best to ensure that their children get picked on at school for having a strange name.
As if childhood isn’t awkward enough, celebrities are giving their kids names like Bronx Mowgli, Audio Science and Pilot Inspekter.
Now, M.I.A. has come out and released the name of her baby boy — Ickitt.
Among the other interesting names — Fifi Trixibelle, Moon Unit, Dweezil, Pine, Apple, Coco, Jermajesty, Moxie Crimefighter, Kal-El, Daisy Boo, Tabooger.
UPDATE: M.I.A. has come out and said she didn’t name her son Ickitt.
This article appears in Mar 3-10, 2009.
