Zuma Nesta Rock: Gwen Stefani's Baby Name Explained

By naming their newborn son Zuma Nesta Rock, Gwen Stefani and Gavin Rossdale "have proven decisively that they're masters in choosing names that are both highly unusual and carry a lot of personal meaning," baby name expert Pamela Redmond Satran, co-author of The Baby Name Bible, tells Usmagazine.com.

"They've continued their own place-naming tradition by naming their son after Zuma Beach in Malibu," Satran explains, citing a profile of Rossdale which said he had an epiphany that began his career.

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Comments

[ConcernedAboutRFuture]

I feel bad for children who have to carry on their parents' flakiness for the rest of their lives.

[wanked]

Didn't Grace Slick name her kid God?

[rini]

That's a bit much. I guess she's not really that worried about sacrilege.

I have no problem with that name. it wouldn't be my choice, but...

[cmcmahon]

The weird thing in this article is not the baby's name but the fact that Baby Name Expert is a job

[kellygrrrl]

well, for those of us in Malibu, "Zuma" is a great name. I like it.
Leave them alone.

[jetbanana]

Well, my kids are named Malibu Lipton and Burbank Starbucks, so I don't see anything strange with Zuma.

[dogwalker]

At least it's not X Zuma. Eeeeew

[NoSillyName]

lol.

[progressivelady]

I wish I cared, but these poor kids have to grow up with these crazy, name's, all these celeb's try to out do each other when it come's to name's.

[gps8001]

Well, frankly I doubt they will care very much considering they'll be sitting on a pretty penny. Either way, at least they have names that mean something.

[ScandalousCandice]

I guess it's a good think he didn't have this so called epiphany at Lake Titicaca. Or the F word town in Austria.

Celebrities and Musicians are stupid.

[martinchill]

yeah - good think, huh....

[drumz]

Then please don't bother watching any TV, movies or listen to any music, thanks!

[Kevbo68]

Zima? What?

Is there a chance this kid will be Obama's veep?

[hydrocap]

A great Neil Young album as well...

What's an album? There, I went ahead and got it out of the way...

[Economike]

Whatever

[DebofMD]

Exactly.

[filo]

If they wanted to name their son after a beach they should have called him Sandy.

[progressivelady]

lol

[janklowsux]

I never understand people commenting on what others name their children. When you have kids , feel free to name them Dave, Bill, Matt and AIden or Megan, Brittney, Olivia or Brittney. You like boring names, they like interesting names. Get over it.

[honeydiva]

yeah right...li­ke you would have a wonderful childhood if janklowsux was your real name....

[garlicpowder]

You're absolutly right. I bet you wouldn't even click on this article, let alone comment on it, or even read other comments. Jan, you must be better than all of us. All of us except Gwen and Gavin, who were special enough to name their new child Zuma Nesta Rock.

[honeydiva]

thank goodness he's going to be rich or else he would slap the taste out of them.

[Swerinjer]

Zuma!?!? That's the most blatant exploitive immoral product placement I've ever heard of.

[Aloisius]

Zuma is a product placement? For what?

Are you thinking of Zima?

[fcsakes]

Zuma is a computer game - it's fun for a while.

[preemptivelove]

nesta was bob marley's middle name.