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Who names their son Zuma, anyway? celebrities are so weird

YOU would think celebrity parents would understand the pressure their kids are under.
So why did singer Gwen Stefani and husband Gavin Rossdale (above) this week follow the celebrity trend and give their child the weird name of Zuma Nesta Rock Rossdale? It is not as if the boy needs an unusual name to stand out in the crowd.

It is not as if Zuma comes from something deep and meaningful. From what I have read, it is the name of a Neil Young rock album he took from Malibu’s Zuma Beach.
What it is not is a suitable name for a child.
His parents don’t have to wear it and they don’t have to defend it in a school yard, like little Zuma will have to do from day one.
Celebrity parents need a reality check.
They should give their children names they can carry with pride into adulthood. Names that give them confidence, not make them hang their heads in shame.

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