Baby name experts on the Brad-Jolie twins

Whew, finally we get the expert opinion!

When babies are born to celebrities, the burning question — after establishing that everyone's healthy, of course — is inevitably, "So what's the name?" Blame it on Suri, Apple, Moses, Shiloh, Pilot Inspektor and Sunday Rose. Famous people just can't seem to help but hang interesting monikers on their kids.

Don't blame those names on the kids, the parents are at fault. Interesting monikers? Maybe in the Minnesotan sense of 'that's interesting'. Read that list again. How long until we get 'Prius' and 'Camry'? (Speaking of which, I saw a car called 'Armada' this weekend. That violates all singular/plural rules as we know them. And would be a terrible name for a child.)

The Associated Press asked a few baby-name experts — people who make their living consulting regular folks on christening their offspring — to break down celeb baby names as they happen and assign them a letter grade.

This is a job? Really? What college do you go to for that? Is it the one that creates pet psychics, too? From further down:

"So with Knox Leon, we see they're picking the boys' names with an 'X' at the end. ... In an associative sense, I wouldn't give it a good grade; makes you think of 'hard knocks,' or knocking someone on the side of the head. We also have Fort Knox. That is something I would steer clear of — you want to think ahead of what kids will face in school."

I love the concern for how the boy will do in school. Well, they were born to a celebrity couple so they probably already have appointments for therapy. And can you imagine the taunting? 'Dude, your mom and dad keep getting naked on screen. Your mom has some weird relationship with her brother and your dad dumped Jennifer Aniston. Oh, and your name is funny.'

"Knox is an interesting name. It seems to be a family name on Brad Pitt's side; he also is a big collector of the Scottish artist Archibald Knox. The 'X' at the end seems to run in the family!"

Yes, the names end in X. They all rhyme. And none of the experts get to the real problem. When the nanny calls for them, each name will sound alike! Even the practical ones missed that.

"I think Vivienne Marcheline is a very feminine, very beautiful name. Members on our site are responding very well to it. ... I think it'll bring popularity to French names. ... It's a very long name. And when she says it, she's going to have to spell it for people."

Yeah, she'll probably have to spell it and good eye on noticing that it's a long name. Still...these are celeb kids. Treating them like they'll have everyday upbringing misses the point.
I'm certainly not one to knock unusual names and I won't in this case. The boy's name is strong and the girl's name is pretty. What more can you ask for?