Ah, the world of baby-naming. A cult-like place where parents worry whether their children's names will go together to create an appropriate "sibset," and ask whether bizarre nouns like Bottle or words full of unnecessary Y's (Mykynzy, I'm looking at you) will be ideal for their little bundle of joy. Obviously, naming a baby is a major decision. While you might like the name Cayden now, will you love it with when your son has to be Cayden S. all through school? Will Starlight still be as twee a name when your daughter is 50?

The tried-and-true method of flipping open a baby book and picking out a name that sounds good to you is one way to go about this thing. Another popular method is picking a name that has meaning - the name of a grandmother, for instance, or mom's maiden name. And then there's Kick to Pick, an iPhone app that'll let your fetus "pick" its own name with a random movement.

For a mere 99 cents, Junior can pick his or her own name by thrashing about inside your uterus while you hold the phone to your belly. Sure, it could be a sign from in utero that your little one really wants to be named Ethel, but more likely it's just as random as any other name-picking method. Still, picking a name can be tough - we're all for it if you want to let your baby do it himself and reap the consequences when he gets older.

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