Cool celebrity baby names

Mabel Tracey Ullman
Straddles the line between camp and cool.

Maddox Angelina Jolie and Billy Bob Thornton
A surname-name with a twist thanks to the final 'x'.

Milo Ricky Lake
Jaunty.

Ocean, True and Sonnet Forest Whitaker
Retro charm - hippie days are here again.

Pilot Inspektor Jason Lee
This film star took the impending trend of word/profession names and doubled it, adding a spelling variant for good measure.

Racer, Rebel, Rocket Robert Rodriguez
This American film director is definitely of the school that believes in giving kids names they have to live up to - or live down.

Ripley Thandie Newton
A powerful, androgynous name.

Rocco Madonna
The power of Madonna: making this muscle-bound he-man name cool outside Sicily.

Satchel Spike Lee/Woody Allen
Revived from baseball history.

Seven Erykah Badu
On Seinfeld, George once decided that the ultimate cool baby name was a number, Seven. Singer and actress Badu apparently agreed.

Taj Steven Tyler
Short, catchy and exotically imaginative.

Tallulah Demi Moore and Bruce Willis
This pair launched the cool star baby name concept when they chose Scout and Rumer as well as the more user-friendly Tallulah.

Truman Rita Wilson and Tom Hanks
Seriously, almost presidentially, cool.

Willow Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith
A graceful nature name that also relates to Dad's name (as son Jaden's does to Mum's).

Zola Eddie Murphy
Seductive with a twist.

Information taken from Cool Names for Babies, published by Collins, price £4.99. Buy it now