Babies With Old-People Names Edit
Hip Parents Inspired By Turn of 20th Century

Britney or Beatrice? Celebrities and other uber cool couples took no hesitation in choosing the latter in 2008. Recent birth certificates have proven that naming trends really do take a whole century to become cutting edge cool once again.  This week, BabyNames.com took a user poll of the best and worst celebrity names of 2008. Check out some of the grandparent-esque selections: 

Girls:

Rose: (Willow Rose Owen of Mark Owen and Emma Ferguson)

Florence: (Sage Florence Galafassi of Toni Collette and Dave Galafassi)

Clementine: (Clementine Jane Hawke of Ethan Hawke and Ryan Shawhughes)

Nell: (Nell Burton of Helena Bonham Carter and Tim Burton)

Mabel: (Mabel Ray Mulroney of Dermot Mulroney and Tharita Catulle)

Boys:

Henry: (Henry Story Driver of Minnie Driver)

Philip: (Jackson Phillip Deveraux Kaufman of Poppy Montgomery and Adam Kaufman)

Joseph: (Brendan Joseph Wahlberg of Mark Wahlberg and Rhea Durham)

Archibald William Emerson: Arnett of Amy Poehler and Will Arnett

Many of these names made the top 20 lists in the early 1900’s. 

Other names to be on the lookout for in 2009:  Margaret, Ethel, Pearl, Ruth, Josephine, Georgina, Dorothy, Ernest, Melvin, Wilford, Harold, Howard, Stanley.