Baby Names Blog

Actress Cate Blanchett and playwright husband Andrew Upton yesterday welcomed the arrival of Ignatius Martin, their third son, according to the Daily Telegraph.

Blanchett and Upton already have two sons, Dashiell, 6, and Roman, 3.

The acclaimed actress is set to star in the upcoming fourth film in the Indiana Jones franchise opening soon.

The name Ignatius, originally from the Roman family name ‘Egnatius’ and later modified to closer resemble ‘ignis’, meaning ‘fire’ in Latin, was borne by several saints, including Saint Ignatius of Loyola, founder of the Jesuits.

We send our best wishes to all five of the family!

England cricketer Andrew “Freddie” Flintoff and wife Rachael today announced the birth of their third child - a boy named Rocky.

Weighing in at 8lb 9oz, Rocky Flintoff can’t thank boxing legend Balboa for his name - the couple settled on the Rocky simply “because they liked it.” Still, I’m sure Freddie wouldn’t object to his son becoming a similarly heroic sportsman.

Freddie, aged 30, already has his the names of his wife and first two children, Holly and Corey, tattooed on his back - Rocky is set to join them shortly.

“Andrew is busy training and Rachael starts working on her new project, a fitness programme which advocates a sensible and simple approach to healthy eating and getting back into shape while juggling the many demands of family life.”

Congratulations to Freddie and Rachael on their new born Rocky! Let’s ask our readers - what do you think of the name? Is it too well associated with the movie?  And what about the Rock + Flint geological connection?

Christina Aguilera named her baby boy Max Liron, while Nicole Richie named her daughter Harlow Winter Kate.

Robert Rodriguez. A fairly normal sounding name, boasting alliteration of the double-R’d kind. Not much to see here. Or so I thought…

…Until today, however, when I discovered the famed director’s love of the letter R. See below:

Rocket,

Racer,

Rebel,

Rogue,

Rhiannon.

A random list of words from the same section of the dictionary? The cast of a superhero flick? Nope - Robert Rodriguez’s kids.  All I’ll say is that Rhiannon got off lightly!

A recent post over at TeamSugar features a great compilation of celebrity baby names, including some gems that I hadn’t come across before.

Pirate
Jonathan Davis, lead singer of Korn’s son

Tu Morrow
Rob Morrow’s daughter

Reign Beau
Ving Rhames’s daughter

Moxie CrimeFighter
Penn of Penn & Teller’s daughter

Jermajesty
Jermaine Jackson’s son

Satchel
Woody Allen & Mia Farrow’s son

Dweezil
Frank Zappa’s son

Milla Jovovich has updated her website with her reasoning for Ever Gabo, the name of her new baby.

“The name Ever is a Scottish boy’s name, Paul has Scottish blood in him (not to mention two tartans in his family!) so we wanted to give her a name that reflected her “celtic” roots, while her middle name Gabo -pronounced “Gabeau”- is a mixture of my parents names! The first two letters are after my mom’s first name, Galina and the last two letters are after my dad’s first name Bogie!”

Click the thumbnail below for a better view of little Ever!

Usher and his wife, Tameka Foster, welcomed their new born baby at 9.55pm on Monday evening.

The RnB superstar’s new arrival, a baby boy, has been named Usher Raymond V.

Raymond is the singer’s surname, who himself is the fourth Usher Raymond in the family. So for those who thought “V” might have been a crazy middle name, I’m sorry to disappoint.

Usher said in a statement released Wednesday November 28, “We are so happy and proud of our beautiful son. What a blessing!”

Elisabeth Rohm, former Law & Order actress, has told People about her bizarre baby name dream.

Rohm, due to give birth in April, has made a u-turn from her original name choice following a moment of late-night inspiration.

“In the dream I was picking her up from a friend’s house, and she wouldn’t respond to her name, Grace,” said the 34-year-old actress, who is engaged to entrepreneur Ron Wooster, 40.

“Finally I said, ‘Easton?’ and she turned around and said, ‘Yes Mommy?’ We were leaning towards [naming the baby] Grace but in the end decided to give her the name she asked for,” says Rohm.

For the compulsive gamblers amongst us, there’s no shortage of opportunities to have a flutter. Aside from the usual sports and casino games though, certain bookmakers offer odds on a great variety of future events.

At Bodog, a popular online betting site, there are a whole array of bets available relating to Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony’s unborn baby. Girl or boy? Born in May or April? Born in the first or second half of the month? These are just some of the questions that, if you answer correctly, could earn a decent return.

So what baby name choices are being touted as contenders by the gambling giant?

Boys

• Marco
• Antonio
• Felipe
• Enrique
• Ben
• Sean

Girls

• Maria
• Rosario
• Selena
• Guadalupe (Jennifer’s mum)
• Guillermina (Marc’s mum)
• Lynn

You can see that most of these names have a Latino feel - unsurprising considering the parents’ backgrounds.

If we take a look at the odds on offer, then we can say that according to Bodog, its likely that J.Lo will give birth to baby girl Maria next April. We’ll see!

In the mean time, our more adventurous readers can head over to Bodog’s celebrity betting page to prove their predictive powers.  The max bet is just $50, so high-rollers may want to stay at the poker table!

Elisabeth Hasselbeck gave birth to a baby boy Friday morning at an Arizona hospital. The 30-year-old and her husband Tim Hasselbeck already have a 2-year-old daughter, Grace. The TV host said she would announce her son’s name Monday morning on the show she co-host’s, ‘The View.’

Hasselbeck, 30, called into the show this morning and revealed she named the boy:

Taylor Thomas

The name uses alliteration to create a flowing pronunciation.

Taylor Thomas Hasselbeck weighed in at 7 lbs, 15 oz and Hasselbeck says Grace already loves her little brother.

“She loves him. She has him on her lap this morning,” Hasselbeck told the ladies of ‘The View.’