Photogenic Hollywood couple Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds have trumped Gywneth Paltrow and Chris Martin in the strange baby-naming stakes.
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After months of speculation about what Reynolds and Lively's baby's moniker would be, with names including Violet, Excalibur Anaconda and Butternut Summersquash, Reynolds revealed to NBC's Today show on Friday it was James.
While James is a traditionally masculine name, it has been used for both boys and girls, although according to the Baby Center website, most people would not identify with James as a female name.
"I almost wonder if she was influenced by her own name. Blake is traditionally a boy name, right? Maybe she wanted some extra connection with her daughter. Or she thought it's not such a big deal since she's dealt with it her whole life," one user said on the website.
Other "male" girls' names include the popular Jamie, Andy, Max, Sam, Harper and Charlie according to the Baby Center.
Lesser known names include Bailey, Campbell, Winter, Logan, Eli and Lake.
The Baby Center has also announced its most popular unusual names for a baby in 2014. They include Agape, Heavenleigh, Tempest, Dodge, Matix, Ranger and Zeppelin.
As for the effects of being named unusually, the author of Parentology: Everything You Wanted to Know about the Science of Raising Children but Were Too Exhausted to Ask Dalton Conley told the BBC that that children with unusual names learnt impulse control because they may be teased or get used to people asking about their names.
"They actually benefit from that experience by learning to control their emotions or their impulses, which is of course a great skill for success," he said.
