Most celebrities choose inventive baby names over traditional titles these days, creating a whole generation of wild and unusual appellations. People speculates that Gwen Stefani and Gavin Rossdale put ample thought into naming their newborn son Zuma Nesta Rock Rossdale.
Zuma is a popular beach in Malibu, where Gwen and Gavin often hang out with their oldest son, Kingston. The beach was also inspiration for Neil Young's album Zuma, so it holds some musical history. Nesta was Bob Marley's middle name as well, so it may be a tribute to the legend. And, of course, Gwen and Gavin are all about rock so Rock seems like a natural fit.
Did you pick your child's name from a literary character, friend, or pop culture reference or do you follow the a-name-is-just-a-name mindset?
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My son sleeps like that sometimes, mouth all wide open and my grandma likes to joke he's going to catch flies like that. lol 
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My oldest son is a junior, so obviously he's inspired by his dad's name. He has no middle name since my husbsand doesn't and we wanted him to be a true junior. My second son, we wanted an Italian name (my husband is Italian and our last name is quite obviously so), so I started searching right after having our first baby. I found his name on a website and did some research on it. It clicked for both of us from the very start. His middle name was one my husband threw in as a suggestion the moment I brought up the first name, and that also clicked.
My daughter is based on my father-in-law's choice if he'd ever had a daughter. We just tweaked it a little to make it ours, and changed it to the Irish version in honor of her mama.
It still works really well with our last name, and honors my father-in-law while we're at it. Her middle name is hyphenated to be named after her grandmotheres.