After Elon Musk's presumably gender-neutral X Æ A-12 name for his baby, which I can relate to, I found plenty of other weird names which parents have given their children.
One of the things you have to consider is what the name could get abbreviated to. Musk's son could easily be referred as X or perhaps A-12 by his mates; I guess in California that wouldn't be considered odd.
Thanks to Caitlin Moran in yesterday's Times, I now know that someone called Jason Lee has a son called Pilot Inspektor, and Frank Zappa (of whom I had vaguely heard) has children called Moon and Dweezil.
Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin, who I believe have "uncoupled", have a child called Apple which, given the above, seems almost mainstream.
For those of you who thought Coco is a cat's name, Courtney Cox and David Arquette have a daughter of that name.
Do you think all of these strangely named kids go to the same school in Hollywood? I can't see them risking bullying from the Jimmies, Wendys and the like at the neighbourhood school.
I should be supremely grateful that my grandchildren have almost normal names (almost? you mean everyone who isn't Nigel is somewhat suspect?). But a part of me wishes Simon (born in Ipswich) was named The Tractor Boy and Dan (Manchester) was The Red Devil. Wow, I like that thought!
Elon, your little guy isn't alone in the world. And he could one day be the first man on Mars, who knows?