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Parents name their six children after things we love - one was a joke but then it stuck'

With every generation there are names that fall out of the norm, just look at the many beautiful, interesting and downright bizarre to come out of California's celebrity cohort: Sparrow James Midnight - the child of Joel Madden and Nicole Ritchie - and Bear Blaze - Kate Winslet's son with Ned Rocknroll - to name a couple of many.

There are many reasons why parents might do this, and for one couple here in the UK, they wanted to give their children 'fun and unique' names, so they chose to name their children after things they love.

Pippa Tinsley, 32, and her husband Luke, 33, have six children and have all of them after something that they hold dear.

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All their children are aged between three and 15, with the youngest being called Rocky-Tyson in honour of the parents' mutual love of the sport of boxing: Rocky Balboa as the eponymous title character from the film series and Tyson Fury, the one-time unified heavyweight world champion.

Their six-year-old son also follows this trend, and is called Hatton after the British former professional boxer Ricky Hatton, reports the Mirror.

Their daughter Bambi was given her name after Pippa's favourite Disney film; she knew she wanted to give her child a Disney inspired name but admitted it actually started off as a joke at first: "I also knew I was going to have a Disney name for one of them and Bambi was on a list of ridiculous names, as a bit of a joke, but it just stuck."

Their eldest Joel Scofield, 15, was named after the lead singer of Good Charlotte, Joel Madden, and the main character Michael Schofield from the TV show Prison Break.

Their eldest daughter, Autumn-Kyla, 13, was picked in honour of her nanny Sara Houghton, 58, who loved the name.

And Sara-Lileigh, 11, was named after the same nan and is pronounced 'Sara-Lily' - the spelling was divised by Pippa, a full-time hairdressing and nursing student from Grantham in Lincolnshire, in order to make it 'more unique':

"There are so many common names out there, why not stand out a bit," she said.

"We're both obsessed with boxing, so we knew there were going to be boxing-inspired names in there.

"Joel recently did some boxing through school and Hatton has started at Amir Unsworth Boxing Academy where his dad used to take him training and he's now old enough to join.

"I love all our kids' name and I don't care what anyone thinks - they're fun and unique."

(L-R) - Joel, Bambi (front), Autumn-Kyla, Hatton (front), Sara-Liliegh holding Rocky-Tyson (SWNS)

Earlier this month, Love Island runner-up and influence Molly Mae and Tommy Fury named their child Bambi - which also influenced another new mum - to which Pippa said: "I've been tagged in so many Molly-Mae stories - it's doing my head in!

"It's funny, Bambi has always just been our daughter's name, it's never been this talked about. At first I liked Belle, but it was my father-in-law's dog's name - so that was off the table.

"Luke and I both realised we loved the name Bambi, and it definitely suits her. Some people still don't believe that's actually her name.

"To be honest she's such a feral child - we should have called her Mowgli." According to Pippa, the name Hatton was inspired by a dream she had, adding that she "grew-up watching Ricky Hatton" and was always a huge fan of the Mancunian athlete:

"He is such a big advocate for men's mental health - I just love him. I had a dream we'd called out son Hatton and Luke agreed that it was meant to be.

"I really wasn't sure about Rocky at first - it sounded like a dog's name. But Luke was desperate to name him that because it was his favourite film growing up.

"I had named all of the others, so it felt only fair - as long as I got Tyson in there too, so we compromised. I love Tyson Fury so it's a little nod to all the boxer we find inspirational."

Luke and Pippa Tinsley's kids who are all aged between 3 and 15 (SWNS)

Their two middle daughters - Autumn-Kyla, 13, and Sara-Lileigh, 11 - also have unique names that were inspired in different ways by their nanny.

Pippa said: "They're not quite as unusual, but both are still very special to us and have lots of meaning behind them. My mum Sara had a cancer scare, and I wanted to name one of my children after her.

"Mum also helped me come up with the spelling for Leliegh - it's so different and no one else spells it like that. Autumn was again, inspired by my mum, who wanted to call me Autumn but went with Pippa in the end.

"I was going Autumn Whitney, after Whitney Houston, but then the character Whitney joined Eastender – which put me off the name. I don’t like associating their names with anyone else.

"I love how different all of their names and none of them are really outrageous. They're all really special and have a story behind them."

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