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The top 25 celebrity baby names of all time, from Apple to Zuma

By giving their offspring marquee names, celebrity parents sometimes make their babies' mark before the offspring can make their own. From Apple to Zuma, Crimefighter to Bandit, Sunny to Rain, today's baby names are unforgettable in ways that the basics – like "Susan" (daughter of Fred MacMurray), "John" (son of Spencer Tracy), "Stephen" (son of Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall) or "Mary" (daughter of John Wayne) – simply are not. For your inspiration, or amusement, here are our 25 favorites.

John Kehe
Whimsical and offbeat baby names abound in the celebrity world and this year, we bring you 25 of our favorites.

1. Audio Science

  • By Amelia Woodside Contributor

The first child of actress Shannyn Sossamon (born Shannon Marie Kahololani Sossamon) and book illustrator and author Dallas Clayton was born June 3, 2003. 

"We wanted a word, not a name, so my boyfriend read through the dictionary three or four times. We were going to call him Science, but thought it might get shortened to 'Sci,' as in Simon," Ms. Sossamon explained to Babble.

Audio Science also inspired his father to write and illustrate “An Awesome Book!" a children’s picture book all about "dreaming big.” The book’s sequel is titled “An Awesome Book of Thanks!”

Audio Science was joined by a little brother named Mortimer on March 12, 2012, according to a picture posted on the new mom’s Facebook page. No information has been released publicly about the father, but in terms of the infant, “Mortimer” is Latin for “lives by the sea," according to the BabyCenter Names Finder.

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