Okay, I wasn't sure whether this should go in the lounge or opinions and I settled on here.
This is basically a list of explanations that celebrities gave on how they chose the name of their child that was born in 2008.
Harlow
Winter Kate, daughter of
Joel Madden and
Nichole Richie:
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Joel explained, "I really like
Jean Harlow the actress, and [
Nicole] likes
Shalom Harlow the model. Harlow's cool because it feels like a classic name.
Winter [is] so serene and quiet and that's how [our daughter] is."
Max Liron Bratman, son of
Christina Aguilera and
Jordan Bratman:
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While
Max was rumored to be their name of choice,
Liron is Hebrew for "my song" or "my joy" and honors
Jordan's Jewish background.
Maximilian David and Emme
Maribel Munez, twins of
Jennifer Lopez and
Marc Anthony:
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Though the choices for their twins' first names were never explained, the middles names of
Jennifer Lopez and
Marc Anthony's twins honor family members of the couple.
David celebrates
Jennifer's father, while
Maribel was the name of
Marc's sister, who passed away after battling a brain tumor.
Shaya Braven Charvet, son of
Brooke Burke and
David Charvet:
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Of their name choice,
Brooke said, "We played with so many different names, and both loved Shaya the most. It means 'God's gift' in Hebrew.
David came up with a middle name, Braven."
Honor Marie Warren, daughter of
Jessica Alba and
Cash Warren:
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Jessica shared, "One of my friends said, 'If I ever had a girl – but I'm not having any more kids – I would name her
Honor.' I said, 'That's a great name for a boy or a girl.'"
Jessica – whose middle name is
Marie, too – shared that she and
Cash wanted their daughter's name to be different than the norm.
Stella Doreen McDermott, daughter of
Tori Spelling and
Dean McDermott:
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"I used to be obsessed with the book Great Expectations," said
Tori. "
Estella was the main character. It wasn't fitting, though. And then one day,
Dean was like, 'What about
Stella?' I said, 'That's it!'"
Doreen was
Dean's late mother's name.
Maddie Briann Aldridge, daughter of
Jamie Lynn Spears and
Casey Aldridge:
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Jamie Lynn said, "
Maddie is a name that
Casey thought of, and I really liked it." Briann is in honor of
Casey's cousin and close friend,
Brian, who was killed in a car accident, as well as
Jamie Lynn's older brother
Bryan.
Sunday Rose Kidman-Urban, daughter of
Nicole Kidman and
Keith Urban:
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Nicole Kidman's father first suggested the name
Sunday in honor of Australian patron of the arts
Sunday Reed. She and husband
Keith Urban "loved" the name, but for more than that reason: "That's our favorite day,"
Nicole explained. "If you're lonely,
Sunday is a very lonely day, and if you're happy and you've got your family around you, then
Sunday is a beautiful day."
Levi Alves McConaughey, son of
Camilla Alves and
Matthew McConaughey:
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"Our son was born at 6:22 p.m., and this particular time represents my favorite verse in the book of
Matthew in The Bible: 'If thy eye be single, thy whole body will be full of light,'"
Matthew shared.
Levi is another name for
Matthew in the Bible, and Alves was chosen to honor
Camila's family.
Knox Leon and
Vivienne Marcheline Jolie-Pitt, twins of
Angelina Jolie and
Brad Pitt:
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While Marcheline is a tribute to
Angelina's late mother, "the name
Vivienne came to us early, as if she named herself," said
Brad. "She has always been Viv."
Knox is named after
Brad's grandfather, while Léon "is a classic French name."
Bronx Mowgli Wentz, son of
Pete Wentz and
Ashlee Simpson-Wentz:
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"We came up with the idea Bronx," said
Pete. "We'd been throwing it back and forth a while ago.
Rudyard Kipling is really cool and The Jungle Book is something me and
Ashlee bonded over."
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