Baby names are being hugely influenced by popular culture, a mother-of-seven has said.
Celebrity baby names have always stirred headlines for their often off-the-wall nature.
From Gwyneth Paltrow's daughter Apple to Cheryl Cole's son Bear, it seems no parameters apply in the land of fame.
Singer Anne-Marie also recently named her daughter Seven.
Journalist Jen Hogan told Moncrieff she's expecting one name to crop up more often.
Baby names
"I've heard a few pop stars' [names] now and Bear - Bear is really common," she said.
"There's a few Whitneys and Britneys; I'm anticipating we'll see a lot more Taylors in the coming [years].
"Cultural pop stars and celebrities [are] kind of impacting it."
Victoria Beckham pictured with her son BrooklynWith regard to baby names, Ms Hogan said she thinks being named after where children are conceived is not the way to go.
"A few years ago when Victoria Beckham had Harper that was really popular," she said.
"I would know a few little girls called Harper.
"I don't know many named after fruit and I think most of us prefer not to name our children after the place where they were conceived.
"Purely because we don't want to remind our offspring that their parents actually ever had sex".
'Named after a Jedi knight'
Ms Hogan said she's also been influenced by popular culture.
"I've one named after Spider Man - he's very disappointed that he's not actually [named] Spiderman.
"He's Tobey, like Tobey Maguire, it will be the bane of his life that he will have to spell his name forever.
"I was totally influenced by what was going on and who I admired".
Ms Hogan also has a child "named after a Jedi knight and someone else named after a Liverpool footballer".
"I called someone else after Jamie Carragher and somebody else after a 'Home and Away' character," she said.
"There's a ranking in terms of what's acceptable and I had decided on my daughter's name all along that I was going to call her Chloe.
"Chloe was this lovely name I loved from 'Home and Away'.
"Then when I was pregnant Sonia in 'EastEnders' had a baby and called her Chloe, and himself vetoed it because we weren't calling the baby after someone in 'EastEnders'.
"Then he witnessed childbirth and I could have called her Shera and not a thing would have been said.
"So I got my name in in the end," she added.
The most popular Irish baby names were revealed in 2023. Jack was the most popular boys' name recorded in Ireland; the number one girls' name was Grace.
