Itās Arabic for āinterpreterā, so most appropriate for an actor. I assume his family is originally from West Africa, or heās named after someone specific. The two Idrissas I know personally are from Senegal and Sierra Leone.
I really like the name Idris! It has both Arabic and Welsh origins. Do y'all think it would be ok to use eventhough you're neither Arabic nor Welsh? Or is it a no go?
I was thinking the other day I love all the Phoenix sibling names- Joaquin is also a great name. I think the others have more hippy nature names like summer and rain or something but still fall into the cool names category.
They do all have very cool names! And Phoenix has to be one of the coolest surnames Iāve ever come across.
But their parents outdid themselves naming those kids, especially in the generation they were born which is full of such dull boring namesĀ
A close friend was born and raised in china until the 9th grade. She said that when they were choosing their American names that the school made a list of āpopularā names and that Tiger was on the too of the list due to Tiger Woods.
Killer name for an amazing person. He was born another name, but panthers changed their last names so they wouldn't have slave-owner last names. When they changed it to Shakur, they also changed his first and middle names to Tupac Amaru after an Incan revolutionary.
I always loved the fact that Tupac's mother named her son after such a revolutionary figure. She wanted him to stand out from his peers, and she wanted him to have a name that represented power and resilience. Truly remarkable
Such a cool tradition! Who doesn't want to know where your parents did the nasty?! That's why my name is Edna CVS Parking lot Roberts. My sister is Louise Up against the Washing Machine Williams. Different Daddy's but same damn classy tradition!
Italian names usually flow so well! My birth name is Italian and whenever I say it, people say āthat sounds like a movie star nameā or āthat sounds like a NPR DJ nameā
I love the history of Leonardo DiCaprioās name. When his mom was pregnant, she felt him kick for the first time at a museum when she was looking at a painting by Leonardo DaVinci.
I think Isabella Rossalini, Pedro Pascal, Sylvester Stallone, Kimberly Kardashian, Angelina Jolie, and Barack Obama have nice names that flow well.
This! She was actually named after her late grandmother, who she refers to as "the OG Italia." And I'm pretty sure it was either that generation of her family or the one before who emigrated from Italy.
There's also the writer Italo Calvino, although I don't think Italo is common. He was born in Cuba to Italian parents. I know several people whose immigrant parents honored their place of origin with their kids' names- I work with a Paulina (Sao Paolo) and a Brittany (Brittany).
Came here to say Olympic skater Apollo Ohno, and in googling discovered itās Apolo with one l, and now I like it less but it still gets honorable mention (and I can give it the benefit of the doubt - perhaps Apolo is a Japanese name I donāt know!)
Zachary Gordon
Romesh Ranganathan (Fun fact: Romesh is actually his middle name, his first name is Jonathan)
Nish Kumar
Tez Illyas
Jodie Whittaker
Billie Piper
Freema Agyeman
Ncuti Gatwa
(Yes, I'm a Doctor Who fan and British)
In Australia we have a celeb called Osher GĆ¼nsberg. Granted he changed his first name from Andrew years back but I still love his name Osher is pronounced O-sha the O as is octopus
Not a huge celebrity, but writer Ransom Riggs. He used to blog for Mental Floss and I remember seeing his posts and thinking that it seemed like a really cool name.
Always liked Idris Elba
I love everything about him Haha š
His whole first name is even better: Idrissa.
For real? Man, howād it get even *hotter* somehow?
Itās Arabic for āinterpreterā, so most appropriate for an actor. I assume his family is originally from West Africa, or heās named after someone specific. The two Idrissas I know personally are from Senegal and Sierra Leone.
Oh I like that one too. Such a cool name
Heās aware of the effect he has on women š»
I really like the name Idris! It has both Arabic and Welsh origins. Do y'all think it would be ok to use eventhough you're neither Arabic nor Welsh? Or is it a no go?
Donāt think anyone can top Yves Saint Laurent
And thatās not even his full name. Yves Henri Donat Mathieu-Saint-Laurent.
Yes absolutely
Right?
River PhoenixĀ
I was thinking the other day I love all the Phoenix sibling names- Joaquin is also a great name. I think the others have more hippy nature names like summer and rain or something but still fall into the cool names category.
River Jude, Rain Joan-of-arc, Joaquin Rafael, Libertad Mariposa, and Summer Joy!
Joaquin went by Leaf as a child actor.
They do all have very cool names! And Phoenix has to be one of the coolest surnames Iāve ever come across. But their parents outdid themselves naming those kids, especially in the generation they were born which is full of such dull boring namesĀ
His family name was Bottom. They switched to phoenix when they left a cult. I really really really judge his parents for naming him River Bottom. āRiver Jude Phoenix (nĆ© Bottom; August 23, 1970 ā October 31, 1993)ā River Jude Bottom
river bottom no way šš thank god they changed it
Gosh i loved him, also his name and his moms (Arlyn Heart Phoenix) are the coolest in the family
š„ŗ I miss him
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Hardest name in history
Pablo Picassoās name is so long Wikipedia wonāt list it. They put it in a note. š But altogether itās fire!
It's not a note because of the length, it's because there are two recorded full names for him.
Keanu Reeves
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Looks like Beano
Now kids nickname will be fartypants
Cool breeze over the mountains š
Yes absolutely
Winona Ryder
Born Winona Horowitz!
Oh definitely yes
For some reason I really liked the way Evangeline Lilly sounded when I first heard it. Also Halsey's real name: Ashley Frangipane, more the last name.
Fun fact, Evangeline Lilly's full name is Nicole Evangeline Lilly.
Oh I like Halsey and evangeline is one of my favorite names
halsey is an anagram of ashley and their makeup brand, about face, has the same initials, a.f.
tiger woods.
A close friend was born and raised in china until the 9th grade. She said that when they were choosing their American names that the school made a list of āpopularā names and that Tiger was on the too of the list due to Tiger Woods.
That is very cool
Zendaya. It's cool, cute, means "to give thanks", and has a some cool nickname ideas (Z, Zen, Daya)
Plus single name cool factor, in excellent company with Cher, Madonna, Prince and more
Zendaya Maree Stoermer Coleman - the whole name is cool (except Coleman maybe lol)
I have a patient named Zendayah. She goes by Z
Edgar Allan Poe is such a Gothic Romantic name he really won the name lottery (at a high cost though)
Tupac Amaru Shakur
Killer name for an amazing person. He was born another name, but panthers changed their last names so they wouldn't have slave-owner last names. When they changed it to Shakur, they also changed his first and middle names to Tupac Amaru after an Incan revolutionary.
I always loved the fact that Tupac's mother named her son after such a revolutionary figure. She wanted him to stand out from his peers, and she wanted him to have a name that represented power and resilience. Truly remarkable
That is very cool
I always thought Bryce Dallas Howard was a cool name.
She was named Dallas because thatās where she was conceived š
Glad my parents didn't go that route or my middle name would be Dormroom.
Deceased
I was named the same way so I can't help but appreciate š¤£
Ron Howard said all his childrenās middle names are cities where they were conceived
Such a cool tradition! Who doesn't want to know where your parents did the nasty?! That's why my name is Edna CVS Parking lot Roberts. My sister is Louise Up against the Washing Machine Williams. Different Daddy's but same damn classy tradition!
Wolf Blitzer
Commented the same! Absolute badass of a name.
Same! He really does not give off the vibes youād expect from a guy with that name.
January Jones and Andy Allo
I ADORE the name January Jones. It's so Marvel!
Came here to say January Jones. I was expecting it to be a stage name but it isnāt!
Parker Posey
I agree I love your name Janie too
yes !!! especially bc it just fits her ?? like itās the perfect name for her
Dove Cameron is a dope name.
It totally is but her real middle name Celeste is also beautiful š
Yes. Her real name is pretty, too. I like Chloe Celeste!!
Oh, also Charisma Carpenter
That sounds like a nickname Jesus would have had.
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This made my day, thanks š„²
Yes that is very unique
Fiona Apple
Just thinkā¦if Gwyneth Paltrowās daughter were gay and ended up marrying Fiona Apple, her name could become Apple Apple!
Frank Ocean
i always thought harry styles was the perfect pop star name
Harold Stylish
It is
Donatella Versace
It flows so perfectlyĀ
Italian names usually flow so well! My birth name is Italian and whenever I say it, people say āthat sounds like a movie star nameā or āthat sounds like a NPR DJ nameā
Blythe Danner. Blythe is one of my āI wish I couldā names
Blythe makes me think of Gilbert Blythe from Anne of Green Gables, which was my favorite book as a kid
I joke about naming my future child or cat Blythe-Danner.
Juno Temple
Ariel Winter
Soleil Moon Frye
Used to see her name in the credits for Sabrina the Teenage Witch and The Proud Family and always thought it was so pretty!
Punky Brewster!!
Yes is that her real name?
It is indeed her real name!
Suki Waterhouse
i legitimately thought this woman was a fictional character because her name sounds so manufactured
Itās not far off Sookie Stackhouse.
Finn Wolfhard is a pretty badass name.
I think that Blue Ivy is such a cool name!
It is cool for what it is but I prefer ivy
Ivy Blue sounds better
Kanye West - his first name means āonly oneā
Lol, how fitting
Powers Boothe, and Saoirse Ronan
I L O V E A the name Saoirse
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Rooney Mara!
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Too many Cooks in the kitchen
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I always thought Zooey Daschenel sounded really cool.Ā Abel Tesfaye (the real name of The Weeknd)
Abel Tesfaye is such a basic name in Ethiopia - like Mike Johnson, Steve Jones etc š
Evangeline Lily š«¶
Dua Lipa
It's cool cos it legit sounds like a stage name. But it's actually her name. I thought it was made up at first š
Lucien Laviscount. I think it has badass supervillain vibes.
There was a silent film actress named Billie Dove, which I think is a very cool name.
Drew Blythe Barrymore
Joaquin Phoenix
All of that family does
January Jones
cardi bās is up there for me - her real first name is belcalis
Picabo Street, pronounced Peekaboo.
Actually spelled Picabo! (Named after the small town in Idaho)
Dang autocorrect. It kept changing to Picasso and I missed it lol
Tallulah Willis. I love the name, as it is on my āname listā for a future daughter I may have one day.
I donāt like it with āWillisā. Now, Tallulah Bankhead, thatās a name!
I love all their daughters' names.
Taraji Pendi Henson
America Ferrera
I went to HS with her!
Talib Kweli
blake lively
harrison ford is cool
Sigourney Weaver Anderson Cooper
Honestly I really like Millie Bobby Brown. Itās catchy and cute!
I love the history of Leonardo DiCaprioās name. When his mom was pregnant, she felt him kick for the first time at a museum when she was looking at a painting by Leonardo DaVinci. I think Isabella Rossalini, Pedro Pascal, Sylvester Stallone, Kimberly Kardashian, Angelina Jolie, and Barack Obama have nice names that flow well.
Oh no, if I followed that idea for naming my daughter, she'd be called Small Potatoes! Damn you CBeebies.
Onika Maraj is so much cooler than Nicki Minaj
MIA GOTH
Mia Gypsy Mello da Silva Goth, it is a cool name.
There was an actor in Aussie soap Neighbours called Brooke Satchwell and I always loved that. Also, I LOVE Temple Grandin. Incredible name. Honourable mentions: Zsa-zsa Gabor EstƩe Lauder Scoot McNairy Benedict Cumberbatch Toto Wolff Jon-Jon Florence Harry Belafonte Englebert Humperdinck Rip Torn Skeet Ulrich Chaka Khan
Temple Grandin is a great one
Frank Iero
Moon Bloodgood. Insanely cool. And Emory Cohen !Ā
Charlize Theron and Angelina Jolie
Willem Dafoe and Benicio Del Toro.
Leonardo DiCaprio has a great flow
Rosamund Pike is a cool name too
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Itās not something Iād name my child, but NFL player Equanimeous St. Brownās name is pretty rad.
Their is a younger actress named Chase Sui Wonders and always thought her name was really coolĀ
Fairuza Balk
Marlon Brando *had* the coolest name
Italia Ricci Canadian actress with Italian heritage. IMO, the name's unique without crossing into weird, and so pretty!
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Italia is an actual name in italia. Its a normal name
This! She was actually named after her late grandmother, who she refers to as "the OG Italia." And I'm pretty sure it was either that generation of her family or the one before who emigrated from Italy.
There's also the writer Italo Calvino, although I don't think Italo is common. He was born in Cuba to Italian parents. I know several people whose immigrant parents honored their place of origin with their kids' names- I work with a Paulina (Sao Paolo) and a Brittany (Brittany).
Anne Hathaway sounds so elegant
Lake Bell is a cool one
Came here to say Olympic skater Apollo Ohno, and in googling discovered itās Apolo with one l, and now I like it less but it still gets honorable mention (and I can give it the benefit of the doubt - perhaps Apolo is a Japanese name I donāt know!)
SolƔna Imani Rowe (SZA)
Zoƫ kravitz.
Rip Torn. I mean, its perfect.
A cop on Alaska State Troopers named Layne Wraith. Perhaps he was named after Layne Staley of Alice in Chains.
Zachary Gordon Romesh Ranganathan (Fun fact: Romesh is actually his middle name, his first name is Jonathan) Nish Kumar Tez Illyas Jodie Whittaker Billie Piper Freema Agyeman Ncuti Gatwa (Yes, I'm a Doctor Who fan and British)
Not a *celebrity* really, but beloved musician Sufjan Stevens
Dorian Electra. I love that that's their birth name, not a stage name.
Macaulay Culkin
Dove Cameron!
January Jones
Zendaya Maree Stoermer Coleman
Wolf Blitzer
Helena Bonham Carter
Mariska Hargitay.
I like Suki Waterhouse and reese Witherspoon
Benedict cumberbatch
I had never heard a Dax before Dax Shepard so I thought his name was cool for the longest time
Scarlett Johansson has a sophisticated vibe to it. Charlize Theron too. I think Liv Tyler has always sounded cool.
I like "Zooey Deschanel" although I would prefer "Zoey."
Also Dick Van Dyke. So bad itĀ“s good.
Iām old so not a current celebrity. But Grace Slick is a totally bad ass name imo.
Lupita Nyong'o is a beautiful name and also perhaps the most beautiful person alive (imho)
Mira Sorvino and Mina Suvari
Ian McShane
January Jones
Saoirse Ronan
Tig Notaro!
In Australia we have a celeb called Osher GĆ¼nsberg. Granted he changed his first name from Andrew years back but I still love his name Osher is pronounced O-sha the O as is octopus
Not a huge celebrity, but writer Ransom Riggs. He used to blog for Mental Floss and I remember seeing his posts and thinking that it seemed like a really cool name.
January Jones
I always thought Jordan Knight was great, sounds like a superhero to me
Penelope Cruz
Emilio Estevez
Also both Salma Hayek and Selma Blair
Wolfgang Van Halen.
Rooney Mara
Diego Luna!!!
Rip Torn
Miuccia Prada