With Twilight: Breaking Dawn (Part I) set to premiere this week, we weren’t surprised to see these stories about Twilight-inspired baby names on Strollerderby and She Knows Parenting. We were, however, surprised by Twilight author Stephenie Meyer’s explanation for why she chose to name Edward and Bella’s baby “Renesmee.”

From Meyer’s website:

Well, I couldn’t call her Jennifer or Ashley. What do you name the most unique baby in the world? I looked through a lot of baby name websites. Eventually I realized that there was no human name that was going to work for me, so I surrendered to necessity and made up my own. I don’t approve of such shenanigans in real life, I don’t even believe in getting creative with spellings for real kids! But this was fantasy, and no human name fit, so I did the best I could. I named Renesmee so long ago—fall 2003—that the name now sounds really natural to me. It wasn’t until people started mentioning it that I remembered, “Oh, yeah, it is a weird name, isn’t it?”

Despite Meyer’s feelings on giving “real life” babies weird names, we’re fairly certain that there are at least a few babies-to-be who will share the name of this fictional child.

Would you consider naming your child after a fictional character, even if the name was a little bit quirky? If so, don’t miss this collection of Girl Names from Old Hollywood and these Modern Vampire Baby Names.