Celebrities often take stage names to replace the names they were born with. Joaquin Phoenix, for example, is really called Joaquin Bottom. You can easily understand why he wanted to change that! More often than not, though, they take on another name to avoid confusion with a similarly named person.
Choosing a name because you have to for professional reasons is one thing. Inflicting an unusual name on an innocent new-born baby is quite another. Despite that, many of the rich and famous come up with names for their offspring which really blow our minds. Where do they come from?
Who seemed to come up with a name for their baby after looking at a compass? Who decided that weights and measurements also made great names? Which celebrity has four different children in our list, all of whom have crazy and ridiculous names? Read on and find out for yourself!
