Feeling Blue?

Ever since Beyoncé announced her pregnancy at the MTV Video Music Awards, speculation has been ripe over what name she will choose for her baby. The star gave birth on Saturday 9th January in Roosevelt hospital by C section and announced the baby’s name as Blue Ivy Carter. This mix of traditional and modern is a nice touch by the parents and there’s no doubt that we’ll be seeing many more babies being named ‘Blue’ throughout the year. That’s not to say that it’s entirely original already, however, as Edge from U2 also has a daughter named Blue Angel and Geri Haliwell’s Bluebell was born far before Blue Ivy was a twinkle in Beyoncé’s eye.

If you say it enough times, ‘Blue’ does start to get a nice ring to it. It has connotations of the bluebell flowers or a rich, midnight blue colour. But what do you think of the star’s choice? Surely it’s better than ‘Apple’ or ‘Egypt’? As Beyoncé’s friends’ children, those are possible future play-date pals of baby Blue, so perhaps she will fit right in after all.
I actually rather like the name Blue, and think it is a sober choice for Beyoncé and Jay-Z considering some celebrity baby names. Take Pete Wentz and Ashlee Simpson’s child for example, Bronx Mowgli Wentz. Perhaps it’s the over-use of the last letters of the alphabet, or just the awkward way it sounds, but we have a feeling Master Wentz may opt to go by his initials or just ‘Bronx’ when he’s older.

So will there be lots of Blues out there from now on? Or is this just the start of a craze of babies named after colours? I like Green myself but it doesn’t seem to have the same ring to it. Maybe it’s because I’m not a celebrity. For now, I’ll wait until someone else does it first and copy them later. Perhaps model Molly Sims will be the next one to name her baby something unusual? The multi talented actress confirmed her pregnancy on January 10th and is said to be thrilled.

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