Like every emo kid that came before him, Pete Wentz thinks his son's name, Bronx Mowgli, is above everyone else's comprehension:

'I feel weird — people have all these ideas of what it means now,' Wentz says of his offspring's name during a phone call today to E! News' Ryan Seacrest. 'I think it's kind of cool to leave the narrative the way it is. People are stoked or pissed or whatever … I don't think anybody knows the real story of why or how.'

'We came up with the idea Bronx, we'd been throwing it back and forth a while ago,' he says. As for the origin of the middle name? 'The Jungle Book is something me and Ashlee bonded over. It's really cool.'

Trust us, Pete, you're not nearly as ground-breaking or cool as you'd like to think you are.

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GILLIAN ANDERSON GIVES SONS 'ODD' NAMES "'X-Files' star Gillian Anderson has evidently drawn inspiration from 'The Odd Couple' when it comes to naming her sons. The 40-year-old actress has given birth to a boy named Felix, People magazine reported on Monday, almost two years after she delivered her first son, Oscar. 'The Odd Couple,' a Broadway play written by Neil Simon in 1965, revolved around a neurotic newswriter named Felix and a slovenly sportswriter named Oscar who are forced to live together. A 1968 feature film starred Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau in the respective roles."

Matthew McConaughey became a father last night as girlfriend Camila Alves gave birth to a 7 lb., 4 oz. baby boy. At this moment, the couple has not provided a name for the child, which disappointed us a bit until we realized our readers could do a much better job than Mateo. So you tell us: What should he name Baby McConaughey?

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It's time for the most important news of the day: The biggest diva in Hollywood, Sean Combs, has "officially" (meaning he made an announcement via MySpace) changed his name back to Puff Daddy. No more Diddy or P. Diddy or Puffy or Diddles.

'They call me Puff Daddy… he's back,' the mogul raps on the remix of O'Neal McKnight's single 'Check Your Coat.' (McKnight is Combs' former stylist.)

'Yeah you heard me right – I said Puff Daddy,' he continues. 'I'm about to back on that Puff Daddy sh*t.'

Combs also posted on his MySpace page: 'This is your boy Puff Daddy!!! Yes Puff Daddy.'

Seriously, we can't keep up.

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WHAT'S IN A NAME? SOCIAL CLASS! Take offense, Kates of the world. The British monarchy believes your bastardized moniker to be kinda trashy: "Kate Middleton has asked people to call her Catherine from now on. It is thought that Catherine is a better name for a member of the royal family rather than just plain Kate. The news of Kate's name change has added to the speculation that Prince William is planning to propose soon."

What's in a name? Unfortunately, when 45 percent of adults in America say celebrity endorsements have an influence on their feelings, a whole lot of sycophancy. Using the Social Security Administration's baby name database, we've found even more evidence to support a theory we've had for a while now: many people are malleable to a fault and willing to make major life decisions based on what's popular.

For instance, in 1991, just one year after Mariah Carey released her debut, self-titled album, Mariah was the 69th most popular girl's name in the US, an appreciable jump from its position in 1989: 563. In 2005, Angelina was the 43rd most popular girl's name; it had been 304th in 1995. Kiefer debuted at 854 in the 1990 rankings of the top 1,000 boy names; two years prior, actor Kiefer Sutherland had starred as a heroic cowboy in Young Guns. Beyonce made its first and only appearance at the 700 spot in 2001.

Of course, as you well know, pop culture won't always positively shift the public opinion. In 2007, about a year after the release of the now-canonical gay film Brokeback Mountain, the name Heath dropped from 778 to 905. In 1989, Lisa was the 55th most popular girl's name in America. That year The Simpsons debuted, and Lisa has lost popularity ever since. In 2007 it was ranked 573rd.

Not at all in the top 1,000 names in the last 100 years: Barf, Cord and Apple.