15 Celebrities Whose Names Weren’t Chosen By Their Parents By Chance

When choosing a child’s name, parents often face dilemmas and doubts. Some study the list of popular names, while others decide to name the child after a loved one or a person who made a difference in human history.

we, from awesome.club, we studied the biographies of some celebrities and found the stories behind their names. and not bonuswe explain the meaning of the unusual names of two famous.

The actor’s name was chosen when his mother, Irmelin, while pregnant, was looking at a painting by Italian painter and scientist Leonardo da Vinci in the Uffizi Gallery in Florence. At that moment, she felt the baby’s first kick and decided that her son would be named Leonardo.

As a child, the actress was often teased for her unusual name. However, she received it in honor of the Hindu goddess of love, beauty and harmony, Parvati, Uma being one of her names. And it was no accident: her father, Robert Thurman, was a professor and expert in Eastern religions, particularly Buddhism.

The actress and singer was named in honor of the American singer, of Mexican descent, named Selena, popular in the 90s, who is on the list of the most influential Latin American singers of all time.

The actress’s name was chosen by her father, who saw Russian figure skater Kira Ivanova on television. When registering her daughter, her mother accidentally wrote “ei” instead of “i”, and so her name got the unusual spelling, Keira.

The actor became world famous for his role as Bucky in the Marvel movies. His mother, pianist Georgette Orlowski, named him after the German composer Johann Sebastian Bach.

The famous Hollywood actress is named after the temperamental Scarlett O’Hara, the main character in Margaret Mitchell’s novel Gone With the Wind.

The actor’s parents named their son after the character in the Beatles’ Hey Jude song. And also in honor of the protagonist of the novel by Thomas Hardy, Jude, the obscure, the bricklayer who lives in a small town in the south of England and dreams of going to university.

The actress was born in Olmsted, Minnesota. The neighboring town is called Winona, and her parents decided to give their daughter that unusual name. Her younger brother was named after the Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin.

Thora Birch, who viewers remember as a young girl who starred in films like Abracadabra and American Beauty, is named after the Norse god of thunder, strength and war, Thor.

Halle Berry is named after the department store Halle’s, which operated from 1891 to 1982 in the actress’ hometown of Cleveland, Ohio, and at the time of her birth was a local attraction.

The actor, known for his role in the Christmas comedy Home Alone, is named after the surname of British historian and politician Thomas Babington Macaulay. And his middle name is a tribute to the American trailblazer Kit Carson, known for being a guide in the American Wild West.

The actress is named after the wife of English playwright William Shakespeare. It is curious that she is the full namesake of the bard’s wife, who, before her marriage, had the surname Hathaway.

The famous American singer was named after one man, singer-songwriter James Taylor. In 2011, the two sang together at Madison Square Garden in New York.

The Game of Thrones star’s full name is Christopher Catesby Harington. The actor’s mother named him after the Elizabethan-era English poet and playwright Christopher Marlowe. It’s funny, that Kit didn’t know his full name until he was 11.

The famous Australian naturalist named his only daughter after his favorite crocodile, Bindi. And the middle name, the girl got it in honor of her pet dog, Sue.

The popular actress and singer’s name was chosen by her father and derives from the word Tendai, which means “thank you” in Shona dialect. According to the actress, her father liked the letter Z, so he modified the word that gave rise to her name.

The name of the actor, in whose veins runs the blood of different nationalities, in Hawaiian means “a cool breeze over the mountains”. This beautiful name, he received it in honor of his uncle, Henry Keanu Reeves.

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