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Samuel Garner Affleck, Ben announces on Facebook

(NEWSER) - Jennifer Garner and Ben Affleck are the parents of a baby boy, reports Us Weekly . They're no strangers to the unique-celeb-name-game—their daughters are Violet, 6, and Seraphina, 3—but they went with something a bit more traditional for the new addition: Samuel Garner Affleck. The proud papa announced the name on his Facebook Timeline, People reports. Garner and Affleck, both 39, will be married seven years in June. More»

It's not just Beyoncé, Jay-Z with unique taste in monikers

(NEWSER) - If Blue Ivy Carter raised your eyebrows, you obviously have not met the other 28 celebrity babies who made it onto the Huffington Post 's list of weird Hollywood baby names:

• Audio Science: Shannyn Sossamon's son
• Kyd: The, well, kid (har, har) of David Duchovny and Tea Leoni (he's a boy)
• Jermajesty: Jermaine Jackson's son
• Pilot Inspektor: Jason Lee's son

Take your pick: Bear, Moroccan, or Zuzu

(NEWSER) - Celebrities tend to choose some very, er, interesting names for their offspring, but this year two names stood out: Bear Blu Jarecki, born to Alicia Silverstone, and Moroccan Cannon, born to Mariah Carey. Those two tied for the worst celebrity baby boy names of 2011 on a new BabyNames.com poll, ABC News reports. The worst baby girl name "award" went to Zuzu Audrey Peterson, daughter of a former Top Chef Just Desserts contestant. Poll respondents also didn't like the name Mirabella Bunny, daughter to Bryan Adams, or Kevin James' choice for his son, Kannon. More»

Louis Bardo Bullock wins top honors

(NEWSER) - Sandra Bullock had a tough year , but at least she won an Oscar … and now she’s also been given the “Oscar for Best Celebrity Baby Name of 2010” for her son Louis Bardo, write naming experts Pamela Redmond Satran and Linda Rosenkrantz on the Daily Beast . They offer up a few more celebrity baby names they like—and some they don’t:

• Cosima: This name, chosen by both Claudia Schiffer and Sofia Coppola, is “the perfect mix of exotic, accessible, and cool.”
• Billie Beatrice: Rebecca Gayheart and Eric Dane’s daughter’s name is “bouncy,” “sassy,” and “classic” simultaneously.

Cristiano Ronaldo will never forget son's name

(NEWSER) - For every celebrity like Gwyneth Paltrow who names her baby Apple, there’s a Cristiano Ronaldo who names his baby…Cristiano Ronaldo. The Daily Beast takes a look at 9 celebrities who didn't get too creative with baby names:

• George Foreman: Not only are his five sons all named George—he was “really close to naming all the girls George as well,” he once wrote, “but I decided that might have been overkill.”
• Courteney Cox: Her daughter would have been named “Courteney Cox”—but dad David Arquette is half-Jewish and against naming children after a living person, so they instead combined the first two letters of mom’s first and last names to come up with “Coco.”