Punky Brewster Star Soleil Moon Frye Welcomes Jagger Joseph Blue Goldberg

Soleil Moon Frye and husband Jason Goldberg have a new addition to their family: a baby girl born March 17. Newborn Jagger Joseph Blue has one older sister, two-year-old Poet Sienna Rose.

Yes, Jagger Joseph Blue is a girl. Both these names in their entirety seem wordy at best, gender-bending at worst. However, when they are shortened to simply Jagger and Poet, the names are much more manageable and perhaps won't be so confusing. Not many people use their full names in their everyday life anyway.

These days it is much more unusual for a celebrity to choose a common name for their child. Let's face it: celebrities enjoy choosing unique baby names. The shock value alone gets their names in the news. Soleil Moon Frye is no trendsetter as this 'trend' has going on for decades.

Celebrity Baby Names from the 1960s and '70s: Moon Unit, Dweezil, Ahmet Emuukha Rodan, and Diva Muffin Zappa
Composer, musician, and film director Frank Zappa had very obscure baby names in mind when his children were born. Author and artist Moon Unit, born in 1967, has lived with her strange moniker for 41 years. Musical brothers Dweezil, whose real name is Ian Donald Calvin Euclid Zappa, and Ahmet, are 39 and 34 respectively. Actress Diva Muffin was born in 1979 and will be 29 later this year.

Frank Zappa was known for his unusual jazz music technique as well as his advocation for the freedom of speech. Zappa strove to abolish censorship. He proved his point with his children's names.

Celebrity Baby Names from the 1970s: River, Rain, Joaquin, Libby and Summer Phoenix
The nicknames the Phoenix children are commonly known by aren't all that unusual. But their legal names are. River's actual name was River Jude, Rain is Rainbow Joan of Arc, and Joaquin's first name is Leaf. Libby is short for Liberty Mariposa, and Summer is Summer Joy. River was the oldest child, born in 1970, and Summer is the youngest born in 1978.

The last name Phoenix brings forth images of rocky terrain baking in the hot sun. For this family, names taken from nature make sense.

Celebrity Baby Names from the 1980s: Fifi Trixibelle, Peaches Honeyblossom, and Little Pixie Geldof and Heavenly Hiraani Tiger Lily Hutchence
It is said that British television personality Paula Yates' inspiration for her four daughters names all came from the satirical magazine Private Eye. Fifi Trixibelle was born to Yates and then-husband and Irish singer Bob Geldof in 1983, Peaches Honeyblossom Michelle Charlotte Angel Vanessa was born in 1989, and Little Pixie came along in 1990. Heavenly Hiraani Tiger Lily Hutchence, nicknamed Tiger, was born in 1996 to Yates and INXS singer Michael Hutchence.

The problem with choosing ultra-girlie names is children don't always grow into them. When I imagine a woman with the name Fifi Trixibelle, I think of delicate little Tinkerbell from Peter Pan. In actuality, the photos I've seen of Fifi Trixibelle depicts a big-boned or plump young woman who doesn't know how to dress her curves. The name Peaches makes me think of a valley girl cheerleader. Peaches Honeyblossom's style is decidedly gothic.

Celebrity Baby Names from the 1980s and '90s: Rumer Glenn, Scout LaRue, and Tallulah Belle Willis
With their eldest child at 20 years of age, Demi Moore and Bruce Willis started dubbing their children with unusual names long before this current rash of wacky celebrity baby names hit the media. Rumer was born in 1988, Scout LaRue in 1991, and the youngest Willis, Tallulah Belle, was born in 1994.

In a previous article of mine, Things to Remember When Naming a Baby, I stress the importance that sibling names go together. All the families I detailed followed that advice except for this one. In the case of the Willis girls, the first two have markedly masculine names while the youngest has a very feminine name.

Good or bad, Frank Zappa broke the barriers to allow us all to come up with interesting monikers for our children. Although Soleil Moon Frye and Jason Goldberg didn't set the trend, they certainly have chosen to continue it. It is interesting they chose the color blue to incorporate into their daughter's name, since Jagger Joseph Blue was born on St. Patrick's Day.