It seems like a day can’t pass without a celebrity couple giving their newborn a weird name. The latest culprits: Christina Aguilera and fiancé Matthew Rutler.
“The Voice” judge, 33, gave birth to her second child, a daughter, on Saturday night. The baby’s name? Summer Rain Rutler.
Considering that her first child, a boy, has the moniker Max, it’s hard to know just what Aguilera was thinking, but here are six possible inspirations for the unique name:
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1. "Summer Rain"
http://youtu.be/Rm3vJYhegF4 Aguilera’s daughter shares her name with a Carl Thomas song from 2000. It appeared on his album, “Emotional,” as well as the soundtrack for “Shaft,” which came out that same year.
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2. Royal Reign
Lil' Kim Patrick McMullan Summer Rain isn’t even the most outlandish celebrity baby name of the summer. In June, rapper Lil Kim gave birth to her first child, using the homonym of rain to name her baby girl Royal Reign.
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3. "November Rain"
http://youtu.be/8SbUC-UaAxE From Guns N’ Roses’ third studio album, “Use Your Illusion I,” the power ballad is one of the Los Angeles rockers’ most well-known songs and spawned one of the ’90s’ most epic music videos.
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4. "Purple Rain"
http://youtu.be/SKVDdm-bpKY The 1984 movie starring Prince has become a cult classic over the last three decades, and features a soundtrack that includes some of the artist’s most fondly remembered songs, including “Let’s Go Crazy” and “When Doves Cry.”
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5. "Singin' in the Rain"
http://youtu.be/36QiuRc_3I8 Starring Gene Kelly, Donald O’Connor and Debbie Reynolds, this 1952 film is one of the most beloved musicals (and movies) of Hollywood’s Golden Age.
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6. Summer and Rain Phoenix
Summer and Rain Phoenix Rabbani and Solimene Photography/Getty Images/Adam Nemser/startraksphoto.com Strange names aren’t anything new. Just look at the names given to the siblings of Joaquin and River Phoenix, including sisters Summer, 35, and Rain, 41.