To add to the cacophony of ridiculously named celebrity babies there’s a new tyke called Peanut Kai. He’s the son of General Hospital star Ingo Rademacher and his fiance Ehiku, who each have names that can be considered exotic. Ingo was born in West Germany and grew up in Australia and the baby’s mother is half Hawaiian. Peanut’s middle name comes from the Hawaiian word for water, while “peanut” is just what they called the baby while he was in the womb. They were presumably checking out the ultrasound and since the baby looked like a peanut they figured it was a good idea to stick him with that label for life:

“We were calling him that when he was in mommy,” Rademacher told PEOPLE about the unusual name, which was first reported by Soap Opera Digest. “It kind of represented joy and happiness to us. It puts a smile on everyone’s face.”

That explains the Peanut part of the name. As for “Kai,” it’s Hawaiian for “water,” according to Rademacher. Baby Peanut is one quarter Hawaiian on his mother’s side. The couple plans to marry in Hawaii next year.

Rademacher, who plays Jax on the popular ABC soap, delivered the baby during a home birth in Malibu on July 11. “We were set on home birth right away,” he said. “A hospital was not a place we wanted to be.” A midwife was also present at the birth.

[From People]

I’m all for home births, but naming your kid “Peanut” is just too much. He can always go by “Kai” I guess, which is a pretty cool name for a boy. It just seems like you’re setting your son up for a lifetime of taunting, but there are worse names. Audio Science, Pilot Inspektor, Jermajesty, Kal-El, Heavenly Hiraani Tiger Lily, and Princess Tiaamii are just a few I pulled from this list of the 50 most crazy celebrity baby names. Apple seems like a perfectly acceptable child name when compared to “Peanut.” Why would you name your kid a word that also doubles as a put-down? It sounds cute when he’s little, but it’s not really an acceptable name for an adult. It’s like it’s not even worthy of being capitalized.

Ingo Rademacher is shown on 2/24/2005. Credit: Lee Roth / RothStock / PR Photos