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Parents reveal 'unique' names of six children inspired by film and sporting stars

While choosing a name for your baby can sometimes cause a little bit of friction, most couples typically have several possibilities lined up before the birth.

One couple, however, decided to go rogue and name their six children after characters, bands and sports stars that they both love. Pippa Tinsley, 32, and her husband Luke, 33, initially named their first child Joel Schofield.

While it may not seem like an unusual name, Joel is in relation to the lead singer of Good Charlotte, Joel Madden, and Schofield comes from the main character in the TV show Prison Break, Michael Schofield.

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As the Mirror reports, the name given to their eldest, 15, was originally a bit of a laugh, but the couple fell in love with the prospect of having more children named after those they grew up idolising.

Their daughter Bambi gets her name from Pippa's favourite Disney film and their son Rocky-Tyson is named after Luke's obsession with boxing.

The boxing theme did not stop there, however. Their six-year-old son is named Hatton - after boxing legend Ricky. 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' - an unusual spelling that Pippa and her mum 'made-up' to make it more unique.

Pippa and Luke turned to their favourite bands and movies for inspiration. (Mirror)

Pippa, a full-time student, who is studying hairdressing and nails, from Grantham, Lincolnshire, said: "There are so many common names out there, why not stand out a bit.

"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 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.

"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.

All six of Pippa and Luke's children have a 'unique' name. (Mirror)

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

Pippa had her eldest son Joel, 15, when she was 16-years-old and was a huge fan of the American rock band Good Charlotte. She was also a huge fan of the popular TV show Prison Break and all things Disney.

In relation to her daughter Bambi, 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."

Two of their boys - Hatton, six, and Rocky-Tyson, three - are a combination of names from real-life and fictional boxers. Pippa said the name Hatton came to her in a dream and although she wasn't keen on the name Rocky for their youngest son at first, she quickly came around to it.

She added: "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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