Americans are increasingly turning to the world of popular links of london culture to name their children, a study has found. ffice ffice" />

Children have been named after big brands as diverse as beauty company L'Oreal, car firm Chevrolet and designer links of london jewellery clothes company Armani.

There are even two little boys, one in ffice:smarttags" />Michigan and one in Texas, called ESPN after the sports channel.

Psychology professor links of london bracelet Cleveland Evans discovered the trend after surveying US social security records for 2000.

Mr Evans, a professor at Bellevue University, Nebraska, has studied baby names in the US for 25 years.

He has found that car models are a popular source of inspiration; 22 girls are registered as having the name Infiniti while 55 boys answer to Chevy and five links of london girls to Celica.

Seven boys were found to have the name Del Monte - after the food company - and no less than 49 boys were called Canon, after the camera.

Designer firms and types of clothing were also well represented, with almost 300 girls recorded with the name links of london necklaces

Armani, six boys called Timberland and seven boys called Denim.

In some cases it seems something else was on some parents' minds - six boys were named after Courvoisier cognac.

It is a stark contrast to the most popular names in the US as found in social links of london earrings security records - Jacob and Emily were top for 2002.

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