It's a yes on babies for Katy Perry.

But it's a big fat no for babies named after football players for Russell Brand.

The "California Gurls" singer has already created a forbidden baby name list, and she's put her fiance on notice that it includes all players for his favorite West Ham football club.

I can't blame her.

Betsy Shaw has had some hard times in her life.

No. Really. She shared in a blog over at Momformation this week that her parents literally named her Hard.

The fact that they saved it for the middle name softened the blow a bit (pun very much intended), but imagine kids finding out that one on the playground.

The second baby should be easier to name than the first.

You've got the obligatory family name out of the way. You've recovered from any fights over the first name (at least your sex life has). And you've already got all the baby name books on file.

But naming number two has its own set of pitfalls. The name can't be too matchy matchy.

Don't want to torture your child?

DON'T pick any of these:

Want your baby girl to have an exotic spy name? Who doesn't? (Okay don't respond to that!) But when a second sexy Russian spy turned up also named Anna, it seems it's the hot name du jour.

Anna Fermanova and Anna Chapman -- quite tame. Where are the Pussy Galores? The Mata Haris? Spies, especially Russian ones, are supposed to be exotic! Anna doesn’t even sound mysterious. It rhymes with "banana," for heaven’s sake. So, I went on a hunt for other Russian female spies to see what kind of names turned up ... for inspiration. The first one I thought of was the most famous, Ethel Rosenberg. Helluva spy, but not much of a name (confession: I actually love the name Ethel, but in no way do I find it sexy). Of course, her spy ring also brought us Russell McNutt and (I kid you now) Semen Semenov, but I digress. 

It’s getting all kinds of indie-movie buzz: A new flick called Cyrus features John C. Reilly, Marisa Tomei, and hilarious man-child Jonah Hill in an odd love triangle. Boy meets girl, boy falls for girl, boy meets girl’s grown and over-enmeshed son, and hilarity ensues.
 
My friend Susan has a Cyrus, so I excitedly called to tell her about the movie. “Huh, I haven’t heard of it,” she said. Frustrating! She also didn’t know about the Cyrus in my favorite bad movie, The Warriors! Am I pop-culture obsessed, or is she just more sensible than I am? (Or do twins rot your brain twice as fast? There’s that possibility, too.)
 
Anyway, I’m totally into Cyrus, or “Sah-wee” as my daughter calls him. How do we like it as a baby name?

Baby George William Fitzgerald-O'Connor Even if you’re not a Yankee fan (*koff*METS*koff*), you’ve got to admit -- the passing of George Steinbrenner signals the end of an era. Besides, love ‘em or hate ‘em, he’s the one who turned the franchise around and got people excited about baseball again. Anyway, he’s all over the airwaves, which got me a-thinking:

How do we like the name George?

LeBron James is headed to Miami. Finally ... after too much speculation by everyone and anyone interested in basketball — the man has made a decision and has shared it with the rest of us. I can once again open up my Twitter feed without seeing dozens of worried hopeful posts about where LeBron will end up.
 
Look, people, I am trying to be a good wife, so I follow a bunch of sporty tweeters. And it took me weeks to figure out that when people mentioned LeBron, our Baby Name of the Day, they weren't talking about Lyndon B. Johnson. But man, even I know that everyone is talking about LeBron James, arguably the best basketball player since Jordan and all over the news this week — which culminated in a one-hour special on ESPN last night to announce his move to the Miami Heat.
 
Here’s what I wonder: How do we like the name LeBron?

Stephenie Meyer may have made some eyes roll with a certain name in Breaking Dawn, but the Twilight author stuck to the classics when she was picking character names.

You don't have to be a Taylor Lautner fan to admit that Jacob is a popular baby name, folks.

It has spent 11 years on top of the Social Security Administration's Baby Name list.

Eleven years!