Name Nerd Articles
Lincoln Bell Shepard
I just want to point out how outdated the headline “Celebrities and their crazy baby names” is. Yes, okay, so one guy named his kid Fifi Trixibelle and nobody will ever forget Bronx Mowgli. But there are a hell of a lot of celebrity kids named Ava and Max and Charlotte, so I feel like we can calm down a bit. Full Story
Lula Rosylea Adams
Ian Gavan/ Getty
Maybe it’s the age thing, you know? Everyone’s squawking about Steve Martin, but Bryan Adams is 53. He’s famous and rich, and well into his sixth decade of life, and, well, maybe he just can’t see anything but the cute. Because this name of his newest daughter is about to rot my teeth out from the sugar sweetness. Full Story
Shakira’s baby Milan
So Shakira’s son was born yesterday (heh. Literally.) She and the father, Gerard Pique, have named him Milan Pique Mebarak (Shakira’s last name). First things first – Milan is a lovely name. I think I’ve heard of a girl with this name, but that’s fine with me – it sounds romantic and male in that soft way. Full Story
Lily Allen’s Mismatched Siblings?
James Whatling/ Splash
I mean, I have to hand it to Lily Allen – I do not hear from her, and most of my thoughts about her family these days focus on whether or not Alfie is bothered by the fact that nobody likes his character Theon Greyjoy. He seems like the type who would be whiny about that, doesn’t he? But Lily Allen is a relatively quiet personage these days, and in an article about the names of her children, it has to be noted that they really are rather low-key. Full Story
Danes-Dancy, Party Of Three
Cyrus Michael Christopher Dancy Weatherby George Dupree Took Great Care Of His Mother Though He Was Only Three This was the first thing I thought of when I heard the Danes-Dancy baby name. Do you remember that poem from “When We Were Very Young”? It’s always entertained me; the idea of a tiny boy bossing his mummy is amusing for some reason, immediately before it becomes pathological and strange. Full Story
Boring Baby Name Brady
When Lainey pointed out that Gisele’s daughter had been born and named and we should probably address it in an article, I thought I’d be well-served to do some research. I swear I wasn’t looking for this particular information, but Wikipedia tells me Gisele has five sisters: Raquel, Graziela, Gabriela, Rafaela, and Patricia. Full Story
Rocky James Prinze
Hey, have you made the acquaintance of Rocky James Prinze? Yeah. Rocky James. It’s happened, it’s official. I don’t assume his formal name is Rockcliffe or anything. So you’ve deduced that Rocky is the child of Sarah Michelle Gellar and Freddie Prinze Jr. The name itself is rubbing a lot of people the wrong way, but to me, anyway, Rocky is no more questionable than, say, Cash. Full Story
The girl’s name(s)
Wenn, FameFlynet
(Lainey: clearly Duana has found her people, because some of you are just as name nerdy/snobby as she is.) “Rosalind Arusha Arkadina Altalune Florence Thurman-Busson, better known to family and friends as Luna”. That’s from the publicist, whom I assume was cringing as she wrote this. Full Story
Unlikely Naming Skills: Fox and Green
So Megan Fox and Brian (Austin) Green’s son was born at the end of September and we’re just now hearing about it. Does it make you love them a little bit? It does, right? I have bad news – you might be about to love them more. If you’ve been getting in on this name snob thing Full Story