Following on the news of the baby born in the budget airline over the skies of Malaysia, you might want to know what is the name of the baby boy. Go on, give us a guess.

You are right! The mother named the child AirAsia! The full name in Chinese is Asia Liew Ya Hang. Not quite AirAsia in English but the Chinese name Ya Hang means Air Asia!

Below is a survey result for the most popular names for 2009 according to an UK Baby Names Guilde website.

Top 2009 Baby Names - Girls

1. Holly / Hollie / Hollee
2. Isabel / Isabella / Isobel
3. Ava
4. Alexa
5. Ashlee / Ashlie
6. Danille
7. Olivia / Olive
8. Ruby
9. Sophie / Sophia
10. Zoe / Zoey
11. Abbie
12. Amelie
13. Brooke
14. Chloe
15. Faith
16. Laura / Lauren
17. Matilda
18. Miley
19. Molly
20. Nicole
21. Poppy
22. Allie
23. Anita
24. Daisy
25. Emma
26. Freya
27. Hope
28. Imogen
29. Kaya
30. Kirsty
31. Lily
32. Madison / Maddison
33. Niamh
34. Scarlett

Top 2009 Baby Names - Boys

1. Lucas
2. Dylan
3. Liam
4. Riley
5. Alfie
6. Freddie
7. Oliver
8. Ben
9. Daniel
10. George
11. Jack / Jake
12. Max
13. Nicholas

Nothing earth shattering or unusual I would imagine. Why are there 34 girl's names compared to 13 for boys? Could it be that parents to be cannot agree on names for their little girl? You tell me.

USA Today list the top 20 for 2008

male/female

1. Jacob / Emma
2. Michael / Isabella
3. Ethan / Emily
4. Joshua / Madison
5. Daniel / Ava
6. Alexander / Olivia
7. Anthony / Sophia
8. William / Abigail
9. Christopher / Elizabeth
10. Matthew / Chloe
11. Jayden / Samantha
12. Andrew / Addison
13. Joseph / Natalie
14. David / Mia
15. Noah / Alexis
16. Aiden / Alyssa
17. James / Hannah
18. Ryan / Ashley
19. Logan / Ella
20. John / Sarah

Wayne Rooney named his baby boy Kai, a most unusual name but then he is a world class soccer player. It seems famous people like to saddle their offsrping with unusual names just to be different or is that because they think they are rich and famous, they can do what they like, especially in naming their children with unusual names.

"Celebrities are renowned for suffering from a serious lapse of judgement when choosing names for their children. Maybe a few screws fall loose during the birth. Whatever the reason, strange baby names are a stubborn part of celebrity culture. Ranging from items of fruit to tongue twisters, names that rhyme and those that simply baffle, names that belong in a Disney film and appear far removed from the real world, celebrities have got it covered." Guardian

Let me pick a few from the wiki list:

Musician Frank Zappa gave his children unusual names, including Moon Unit Zappa, Dweezil Zappa, Ahmet Emuukha Rodan Zappa, Diva Thin Muffin Pigeen Zappa. Apple Martin, daughter of Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin. Bluebell Madonna Halliwell, daughter of writer Sacha Gervasi and Spice Girl Geri Halliwell Heavenly Hiraani Tiger Lily Hutchence, daughter of Michael Hutchence and Paula Yates. Legally adopted by Bob Geldof in 2008. Known as Tiger Hutchence to family and friends. Moxie CrimeFighter Jillette. Daughter of magician Penn Jillette Little Pixie Geldof, daughter of musician and activist Bob Geldof and Paula Yates. Known as Pixie Geldof.

According to book 'Bad Bay Name' there are records in the USA the existence of children named Post Office, Infinity Hubbard, Garage Empty, Emma Royd and Nice Carr.

Let me pick some from a huge list in wikipedia  :

Captain Fantastic Faster Than Superman Spiderman Batman Wolverine The Hulk And The Flash Combined, is a British teenager from Glastonbury, Somerset

Hitler Rousseau, Youth advisor for the government of Colombia

Joker Arroyo, a Philippine Senator. The name derives from his father's fondness of playing cards. He has a brother named Jack, also for the playing card of the same name

Jellyfish McSaveloy

Number 16 Bus Shelter, registered name of a child in New Zealand

Anna Bertha Cecilia Diana Emily Fanny Gertrude Hypatia Inez Jane Kate Louise Maud Nora Ophelia Prudence Quince Rebecca Sarah Teresa Ulysis Venus Winifred Xenophon Yetty Zeno Pepper, a British woman who was named with a first name in the order of the alphabet. Her name brought interest to Robert Ripley, who published a profile of Pepper in an issue of Ripley's Believe It Or Not! in 1929. Due to the length of her name, she was nicknamed "Alphabet" for short.

Rhodawaktanannacaramellicadayshatunthunduishimotrincorvetticamelonporchettadawantachevrolettaredmondicaphillad
elpharazinnaphinneloppiarhoshandiatellyneshiaunneveshenk Koyaanisquatsiuth-Darshekkiakaroqodish Williams, after which, on October 5, 1984, her father, James Williams, filed an amendment, further expanding her first name to 1,019 letters and her middle name to 36 (but this new name was never published).

James Dr No From Russia with Love Goldfinger Thunderball You Only Live Twice On Her Majesty's Secret Service Diamonds Are Forever Live and Let Die The Man with the Golden Gun The Spy Who Loved Me Moonraker For Your Eyes Only Octopussy A View to a Kill The Living Daylights Licence to Kill Golden Eye Tomorrow Never Dies The World Is Not Enough Die Another Day Casino Royale Bond. David Fearn, 23, from Walsall, changed his name to the names of every James Bond movie at the time in order to celebrate the release of the latest Bond film

Imagine having names like that! We would all wonder what stigma that name will burden the child as he is growing up. How his peers in school and at the playground might tease him. Sure, Asia Liew will get free flights for life from the Airline to any destinations the airline flies to in the future but is that fair compensation for the trauma from being called AirAsia?

Some psychologists think that being saddled with such a name cursed you for life; they scoured schools and mental health clinics, and concluded that children with funny names achieved lower grades and suffered more emotional disturbance.

However much of the weirdness of names are because the parents themselves are weird and social misfits. Some of the poor social and educational standings for these children with weird names are attributable to their parents are poor and uneducated!

I am a believer that whatever we say or speak, we should bless and not curse. That is why giving your baby a good name is a blessing as each time you call him or her you are blessing him if the names given has meaning. For example Michael means 'who is like the Lord'. Every time someone calls me, they are reminding and blessing me that I am going to be like the Lord in character and that the Lord will enable be to achieve what is destined for me.

Find out the meaning of your name and get a blessing, daily as someone dear or close to you calls you by name. In the same way choose a meaningful name for your child. You will be blessing him for life. You are passing down to him the inheritance of a good name and good character.