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Leonardo DiCaprio’s Name Was Decided When His Mother Was Looking At A da Vinci Painting

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Only a few people can say they were named in front of a great work of art. In a 2014 interview with NPR, di Caprio revealed how he got his name.

“My parents were looking at a da Vinci painting in Florence, and I started kicking furiously while my mother was pregnant. My father took that as a sign and said: “That’s our boy’s name.” Have you ever noticed this weird thing about Willow and Jaden Smith’s names? More on that later.