Romantic Baby Names for Valentines Babies!

Yes, these names are some of the most famous lovers throughout history, bringing to mind each of their epic, and sometimes tragic, stories.  Although we love the idea of baby Guinevere and baby Lancelot out there runnin' around, here are our top picks for loverly names that are still pretty relevant and unique.

Cleo and Anthony

Cleo (short for Cleopatra in this case) might not be the easiest name to pull off, but it is a strong name, meaning fame and glory! And just think of all the cool black eyeliner tricks she will pull off someday. Anthony is still a very classic boy's name which in Latin means "highly praiseworthy"...no wonder these two got together. 

Honorable mention "Anthony": Tony and Maria from West Side Story (Ouch, my heartstrings!) 

Juliet and Romeo 

Romeo isn't exactly the first name we would think of for a little boy...unless he's breaking hearts left and right in pre-school. But the name Juliet has stood the test of time and is still considered a beautiful and romantic name for a little girl. (We don't know if your version of Romeo and Juliet is the Baz version, but we stand pretty firmly with Leo...you're welcome.) 

Scarlett and Rhett 

We LOVE the name Rhett for a little man.  It's like he was already born with a mustache on a white horse. And the popularity of the name Scarlett has never really faded. Not that you give a damn, but we hope it never does! 

Tristan and Isolde 

Tristan and Isolde are the subject of at least one opera and many, many paintings.  The name Isolde isn't exactly commonplace, but who wants to be another Ashley or Melissa? And the name Tristan originated meaning "Noise of Arms", which really describes the sounds of a 3am feeding of any little man...

Elizabeth Bennett and Fitzwilliam Darcy

The never-ending love this generation has for Jane Austin will ensure that the popularity of the names Elizabeth and Bennett are not going anywhere. Fitzwilliam may seem a little odd, but the name Darcy for a little man already has our hearts! 


Honorable modern love story mention: Brad and Angelina 

And we can't leave out our pick for last year's most SURPRISING couple: Blake & Gwen! Who would've ever thought these two would find love in such a hopeless place? (Just kidding, NBC, we love the Voice!) We're waiting to see how it works out in 2016 between these two music superstars! Blake is a great name for little guys, and we love Gwen/Gwendolyn for your future pop queen.

Check out more fun ways to celebrate your love on our Valentines Pinterest board,and have a heart-filled very very Happy Valentines Day!




*this post originally published 2/2015-updated 1/2016

Top 10 Pop Art Baby Names

1. Andy (diminutive of Andrew):

MEANING: Greek, "strong and manly"

Famous Pop Art Andy =  Andy Warhol 

 2. Roy

MEANING: French, "red-haired"

Famous Pop Art Roy =  Roy Lichtenstein

Roy Lichtenstein

 3. Jasper

MEANING: Persian, "bringer of treasure"

Famous Pop Art Jasper  = Jasper Johns

Jasper Johns

 4. Keith

MEANING: Scottish, "wood"

Famous Pop Art Keith  = Keith Haring

 5. Peter

MEANING: Greek, "rock"

Famous Pop Art Peter  = Peter Max

6. Marta (variant of Martha)

MEANING: "lady"

Famous Pop Art Marta  =  Marta Minujin

Marta Minujin

7. Kiki

MEANING: French, nickname (for Catherine, Kristina, Kirsten etc)

Famous Pop Art Kiki  = Kiki Kogelnik

Kiki Koegelnik

8. Evelyne (variant of Evelyn)

MEANING: French, "wished for child"

Famous Pop Art Evelyne  =  Evelyne Axell

9. Aya

MEANING: Hebrew, "bird", also Japanese for "color

Famous Pop Art Aya  =  Aya Takano

Aya Takano

  

10. Idelle (variant of Ida)

MEANING: German, "industrious one"

Famous Pop Art Idelle  =  Idelle Weber

   

We've always loved the bright colors, modern feel and playfulness of the pop art movement, which began in the 1960s, a truly cool, crazy time on planet Earth!

One of our most POP-ular designs was inspired by the look of pop art, and we're psyched to now be able to offer it on all kinds of cool tees and gifts! 

Do you have a favorite pop artist or artsy baby name? Let us know, and check out all our
 personalized pop art baby and kids gifts here!

artist links via wikipedia.com, baby name info via nameberry.com

Best Irish Baby Names for Your Lil' Leprechaun

Irish baby names run the gamut from classic to quirky...Diarmuid, anyone? We love it! Plus, what's better than listening to a native Irish speaker? We're feelin' lots of love for the Irish, so here are our top 10 picks for the most sham-ROCKIN' Irish names! 

Brian

MEANING: From brigh: “high, noble, strong.” This name is particularly common in Ireland, it's famous because of Brian Boru, a High King of Ireland who defeated a whole bunch of Viking invaders back in the day. Check out these modern Brians and Bryans who SERIOUSLY rock!

Famous rockin' Brians:

• Bryan Adams (Canadian)
• Brian Wilson (Beach Boys)
• Brian Jones (guitarist of Rolling Stones)
• Brian May (guitarist of Queen)
• Brian Eno (Roxy Music)
• Bryan Ferry (Roxy Music... double Brians!)
• Brian Littrell (Backstreet Boys, y'all) 

  

Roxy Music (double the Brian, double the fun)

Darcy

MEANING: In Irish, "dorcha" means “dark, dark-haired” or “descendant of the dark one.” Works as both a boy's name, a girl's name, and a surname!

Famous Rockin' Darcys:

• D'Arcy Wretzky (bassist, Smashing Pumpkins)
• Mr. Darcy (Pride & Prejudice)

 Conan

MEANING: “Little warrior.”

Famous Rockin' Conans:

• Conan O'Brien... although we certainly would never refer to him as "little," he makes this list because he has great dance moves, and can definitely play guitar.
  
• Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (Sherlock Holmes author)

Liam

MEANING: Liam is the the Irish form of William, originally a German name meaning "desire"  + " helmet."  This has been one of the top 10 baby names for the last few years and we don't think it's going anywhere!

Famous Rockin' Liams:

• Liam Gallagher (Oasis)
  
• Liam Payne (One Direction)
• Liam Howlett (bassist of The Prodigy)
• Liam Lynch (quirky songwriter)
• Liam Wilson (Dillinger Escape Plan)

 

Liam Gallagher

Teagan

MEANING: Teagan is the Irish form of the Welsh name Tegwin, which means “beautiful.”

Famous Rockin' Teagans:

• Tegan Quin (Tegan + Sara)

Clooney

MEANING: From the Irish word "cluain," which means  “a green plain or pasture” or may mean “an intriguing rogue"

Famous Rockin' Clooneys:

Well... obviously we're thinking about George, who as far as we know doesn't play music, but he seems pretty cool anyway, and spot on with the "intriguing rogue" part! 

Fiona

MEANING: fionn meaning “fair, white, beautiful” it is the feminine form of Fionn. Of Scottish origin it is quite a popular name in Ireland.

Famous Rockin' Fionas:

• Fiona Apple 
• Fiona (evil record exec in Josie & The Pussycats)

Desmond

MEANING: “One from Desmond,” Desmond being an area of South Munster, one of the four provinces of Ireland. Popular diminutives are Des and Dessie.

Famous Rockin' Desmonds:

• Desmond Jones (character in the Beatles' song "Ob La Di, Ob La Da"
  
• Desmond Dekker, duh! (reggae royalty)
 

Sinead

PRONOUCE: “shin + aid”

ENGLISH: Jane, Janet, Janette

MEANING: Irish form of Jane, which means “God is gracious.” Probably wasn't thinking about that when she ripped up the photo of the Pope on Saturday Night Live!

Famous Rockin' Sineads:

• Sinead O'Connor (this is the only Sinead we know of... you know any?!)

Sean

MEANING: Sean is the Irish form of John, which means “God’s gracious gift.” Well, we're just lucky to be able to share in the musical gifts of these super talented Seans and Shawns!

Famous Rockin' Seans:

• Sean Combs (Puff Daddy, P. Diddy)
• Sean Kingston
• Sean Paul
• Sean Lennon
• Shawn Crahan (drummer, Slipknot)
• Shawn Colvin (she's a lady! Remember that song 'Sunny Came Home?!)

Does your little one have a cool Irish baby name? Share with us in the comments! For more Erin Go Bragh awesomeness, check out our collection of cool personalized St. Patrick's Day Gifts for the whole family. 

name meanings via babynamesofireland.com 

Top 10 Baby Names of 2014

The top 10 baby names of 2014 list is here! The official report is in, and these are the top 10 baby girl names and the top 10 baby boy names. This year saw some re-appearances of 2013's most popular names, and a few newbies cracked the top 10. 

New arrivals for baby girls (bumping out Madison, Abigail & Elizabeth from the 2013 list) include:

#7 - Zoe

- meaning: Life

- alternate spellings: Zoie, Zoey, Zooey
#8 - Lily
meaning: Lily Flower
alternate spellings: Lilly, Lili
#10 - Madelyn
- meaning: woman of Magdala
- alternate spellings: Madilyn, Madeline, Madeleine, Madelene, Madalyn, Madelynn, Madalynn, Madilynn, Madaline

New on the 2014 baby name list for boys, these five names edged out 2013's Jayden, Daniel, Michael, Alexander and William:

#1 - Jackson
- meaning: Son of Jack
- alternate spellings: Jaxsen, Jaxson, Jaxon
#2 - Aiden: 
- meaning: Little Fire
- alternate spellings: Aaden, Ayden, Aidan, Aayden
#4 - Lucas:
- meaning: from Lucania
- alternate spellings: Lukas
#8 - Caden: 
- meaning: Fighter
- alternate spellings: Cayden, Caiden, Kaden, Cadyn, Caeden, Caidyn, Cadin
#10 - Logan:
- meaning: from the hollow
- alternate spellings: none that we've come across!

As for celebs, we can always count on them to come up with some suuuuper unique baby names. This year, the best new baby names we saw from Hollywood were:

• Saint Lazslo (Pete Wentz's son)
• London Rose (Carson Daly's daughter)
• Amoura Luna (Eric Benet's daughter)
• Booker Jombe (Thandie Newton's son)
• Esmerelda Amada (Eva Mendes & Ryan Gosling's daughter)
• Bodhi Ransom (Megan Fox & Brian Austen Green's son)
• Lyric Sonny Roads (Soleil Moon Frye's son)
• Apollo Bowie Flynn (Gwen Stefani & Gavin Rossdale's son... click here for more on Apollo!)
• Royal Reign (Lil Kim's daughter)
• Summer Rain (Christina Aguilera's daughter)

Click here to check out our favorite baby names of 2013 and stay tuned for our Psychobaby list of the coolest, craziest, and most unique names of 2014! Tell us what you named your newest P'Baby or what you're planning on calling your little lady or new dude, we seriously love seeing all the fun names our customers choose!

Head over to the Psychobaby custom shop to personalize a great baby gift, no matter if you're shopping for a John, a Paul, a George or a Royal Reign! 

Celeb Baby Style: Gwen Stefani & Apollo

Pictured above: My First Tattoo Red Gift Set ($44) | Rockabye Baby No Doubt Lullaby CD  ($17) | Mute Button Pacifier ($7) | Tiny Tunes Big Brother Tee ($26) | Rad Color Wheel Brother Tee ($28)

Gwen Stefani and husband Gavin Rossdale have done it again - after first son Kingston, and second baby Zuma Nesta, they named the newest member of their rock and roll dynasty Apollo Bowie Flynn! We love Gwen's crazy cool baby names, and we admit, we're a little obsessed with her! How can you not be? She's been a style inspiration for over 20 years, from the early days of No Doubt, all the way through her solo career... and now her career as one of the hottest mamas on the planet!

via oystermag.com

via celebritybabyscoop.com

So where'd they come up with this name, anyway? We have to give them props for creativity, there are barely any other celebs named Apollo. Of course, the American Olympian Apolo Anton Ohno, and Apollonia, the female star of Purple Rain (you know, that crazy 80s movie starring Prince!) Maybe Gwen named him after Apollo Creed from Rocky?
 

 
We're guessing they went with the classical meaning of the name. Apollo is known as the god of light and the sun, truth, poetry, and of course, music! We can't wait to see if any of their boys follow in Gwen and Gavin's musical (or style) footsteps. 

Can't get enough of celeb families?  Find tons of pics of rock & roll parents on our Pinterest board - here's one last one of Gwen with her oldest son Kingston!

 

What's your favorite celeb baby name? Gwyneth Paltrow's Apple? Katie Holmes' daughter Suri? Nicolas Cage's son Kal-el? Kim & Kanye's North West? Let us know which one you think is coolest... and which one is craziest!

celeb images via wikimedia.org, starpulse.com, timeinc.net/

2013's Most Popular Baby Names + Fun Facts

In celebration of the newest additions to our collection of personalized baby and kids tees, (population, AWESOME!) here are the most popular baby names in America. Looking at this info broken down by color, we have to send a special shout out to Idaho, Florida and Vermont for straying off the beaten path, and not going with Emma or Sophia! Don't get us wrong, we love both of those names, along with all 10 of the most popular boys names... but we ARE Psychobaby, after all! Gotta love a baby named Bowie or a girl named Dylan (as long as it's not a boy named Sue!)

Here's a little playlist paying tribute to some of these cool names, listen to it while you take our....

  POP QUIZ !!! POP QUIZ !!! POP QUIZ !!!
Don't worry if you forgot your #2 pencil - just see if you can match up these facts! (Answers at bottom of post.)

1. CALIFORNIA	A. State with Most Twins Born
2. 3,857,799	B. Population of U.S.A. in 1800
3. UTAH	C. State with Biggest Baby Ever Born
4. 4,052,9575	D. State with Highest Birth Rate in US
5. MASSACHUSETTS	E. # of 8 Year Olds in America
6. 5,308,483	F. Population of L.A.

So what's all this Americana fuss about anyway? Our new Hey Hey U.S.A. tees and one-pieces! Offered with all 50 U.S. States, these tops can be personalized any which way you want 'em, so whether you're a Buckeye Boy or a Pennsylvania Princess, a Wisco Kiddo or a Mini Michigander, you can represent your home state in true star-studded, Psychobaby style!

P.S. Here are the Pop Quiz Answers!!!  1. C, 2. F, 3. D, 4. E., 5. A, 6. 2

The Coolest (& Craziest) Baby Names of 2013

Personalized baby and kids gifts are the way to go when you know kiddos with names as awesome as these! Remember what a bummer it was being a kid and scanning the rack of miniature personalized license plates, looking for your name? They were always sold out, or else your parents had decided to call you something like River, and you were totally out of luck. Your Psychobaby will never have to experience that kind of disappointment - no matter how crazy (cool!) their name is, we have you covered. Our custom shop carries everything from personalized baby tees to personalized water bottles - all available with YOUR kiddo's name!

A few of our other fave cool/crazy names in 2013 came straight from Hollywood! We love the name Axl and had to put it in our top 20 - (like little Axl Jack, Fergie & Josh Duhamel's little dude!)

We can't forget little North "Nori" West, Kim Kardashian and Kanye's baby - just look at those cheeks. 

via kimkardashianfan.net

And how adorable is Jimmy Fallon's little girl, Winnie Rose? 

via Instagram

Do you have a favorite celeb baby name from 2013? What'd you decide to call your little one? We love to hear all the awesome things you guys come up with, leave us a comment with your coolest, craziest name! No matter what your little one is called, we are here to make you something cool, crazy, and as completely unique as your Psychobaby. Shop all our personalized baby and kids clothes now!