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BELLE CROWNED BEST CELEBRITY BABY NAME OF 2011

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BELLE CROWNED BEST CELEBRITY BABY NAME OF 2011

 

Belle, daughter of Bounty’s ‘Celebrity Mum of the Year 2010’ winner Holly Willoughby, has won her first crown at nine months old, as she is awarded the accolade of having the ‘best celebrity baby name of the year’.

 

The moniker topped the poll to find mum’s favourite celebrity baby name, beating off strong competition from other celeb tots, including Harper-Seven (Victoria Beckham), Madison (Mel B) and Delilah (Kimberley Stewart).

 

The name Belle, which means ‘beautiful’ in French, is also one of Disney’s best-loved characters from the story ‘Beauty and the Beast’ and mums love the name because it is ‘pretty, girly and elegant.’

 

Second favourite is Sophia, which was the 28th most popular baby name of 2010 and is the name given to the daughter of footballer Peter Crouch and model Abbey Clancy.  In third place is pop/rock singer Pink’s tot Willow Sage.

 

The Beckham’s Harper-Seven narrowly missed the top three, coming in fourth place.

 

For the boys, Flynn, son of ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’ star Orlando Bloom and Miranda Kerr, came top of the poll.  Already a super-cute baby, he is sure to follow in his father’s footsteps and ‘bloom’ into a handsome young man. Mums commented that the name is both ‘cute for a baby, as well as romantic and dashing for when he grows up.’

 

Former-Baby Spice Emma Bunton’s son Tate, is the second most popular boys’ celebrity baby name and completing the top three is Harry – son of model Danielle Lloyd.

 

In total, over 101,000 votes were cast on the online poll, which was compiled by parenting club Bounty and sponsored by www.HomeAway.co.uk, the UK’s largest holiday rentals website.

 

Lisa Penney, spokesmum for bounty.com said: “We all love to know what celebrities call their babies (even if we don’t like to admit it!) and our records show that what celebrity parents call their children can help to increase the popularity of the name.

 

“The top ranking names like Belle, Sophia, Madison and Flynn are the names which our mums can more easily identify with. The less popular, more unusual names such as Kahekili (Evangeline Lily) or Bear Blu (Alicia Silverstone) may not seem out of place in the celebrity kindergarten next to the likes of Suri, Apple, Zuma Nesta and Princess Tiaamii, but these names are certainly not the norm in the average school playground.”

 

Other celebrity named babies that proved popular this year include Hero (Myleene Class) and Lyra (Sophie Dahl).

 

Towards the bottom of the top 20 and demonstrating mum’s least favourite celebrity boys and girls names of 2011 are Mariah Carey’s Moroccan and Jessica Alba’s daughter Haven.

 

  1. Belle
  2. Sophia
  3. Willow
  4. Harper-Seven
  5. Madison
  6. Delilah
  7. Flynn
  8. Hero
  9. Lyra
  10. Tate
  11. Monroe
  12. Harry
  13. Polly
  14. Bear Blu
  15. Indio
  16. Kahekili
  17. Bingham
  18. Arthur
  19. Haven
  20. Moroccan

 

David and Samantha Cameron name daughter Florence Rose Endellion.

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Following the Camerons recent decision to name their new baby girl Florence Rose Endellion, after the Cornish village close to where they were holidaying, baby names popularity stats released from Bounty Parenting Club reveals that not one of its members have chosen the name Endellion in the past 10 years.

The Cameron’s choice to stand out from the crowd and choose a name most associated with a place for their new baby’s middle name, follows a growing trend for parents looking for more creative names, not previously heard of in Britain’s playgrounds.

Interestingly, the couple has also chosen the first name of Florence, another place name, which means ‘blossoming’ or ‘flourishing’ as well as the beautiful city in Italy. The most recent baby name popularity stats from Bounty.com place Florence as the 100th most popular name for girls in the UK and a name that has been steadily rising in favour year on year – with a current total of 2,207 girls named Florence born over the past 10 years.

Florence’s first middle name, Rose, comes in at 101st place in the national popularity charts. The name has German origins and as well as the flower of the same name it means ‘horse’ or ‘hroud’ which translates as ‘fame’.

And when she returns to her SW1 home at 10 Downing Street, Florence will be in good company with the Olivias, Sophies and Emilys, who currently top the polls as the most popular name choices for baby girls in South West London. Although Florence is a much more popular name in South West London where is ranks as the 40th most popular baby girls name versus the national average of 100th most popular.

Faye Mingo, spokesperson for Bounty.com said: “We predicted that the Cameron’s would choose quite an old fashioned pretty name, which Florence and Rose most certainly are. We love the Cameron’s choice of an unusual middle name to honour the place she was born. This is a good compromise for parents who don’t want to land their children with a very different first name – which they may love but their child may not appreciate as they grow older. Parents do need to think very carefully about everything that comes attached to an unusual moniker as it can definitely shape a child’s experiences from how they are treated at school and beyond.”

For more baby name inspiration check out www.bounty.com/baby-names where you can search sibling names and middle names for your chosen name, search popularity by region, see which names are rated ‘traditional’ or ‘exotic and lots more!

TOP 20 GIRLS NAMES IN SW LONDON

1. Olivia
2. Sophie
3. Emily
4. Isabella
5. Lily
6. Sophia
7. Emma
8. Ava
9. Amelia
10. Ella
11. Grace
12. Holly
13. Jessica
14. Poppy
15. Ruby
16. Mia
17. Lola
18. Freya
19. Zoe
20. Martha

TOP 20 GIRLS NAMES NATIONALLY

1. Olivia
2. Ruby
3. Lily
4. Sophie
5. Emily
6. Chloe
7. Grace
8. Jessica
9. Evie
10. Amelia
11. Ava
12. Mia
13. Ella
14. Lucy
15. Ellie
16. Holly
17. Amy
18. Charlotte
19. Daisy
20. Katie