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Hmm. These are good names, in the sense that they aren't kre8iv names (which is what many celebrity children get burdened with) but traditional instead. But at the same time, they also feel kind of boring and insubstantial, because they are so common and traditional. I wish they would have spiced things up a bit by giving the children middle names that reflect Amal's heritage. For example, something like Alexander Faris for the boy and Ella Nur for the girl.

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I'm also a bit disappointed that they put a subtle reference to the children being twins in their names. Al- and El- just sound too much alike. I'm of the opinion that twins are completely separate individuals with their own identity and so their names should not resemble each other in any way whatsoever. But well, that's just me, I guess.

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All in all, it could have been much worse, so well done to them.

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Edit: Fun fact: Ella was the name of Dr. Greene's daughter with Dr. Corday on ER. Dr. Greene was the best friend of Dr. Ross, Clooney's character. I wonder if perhaps the name Ella has stuck with Clooney ever since his ER days? And coincidentally, Dr. Ross ended up having twins himself (with nurse Carol Hathaway), though they were both girls, who were named Tess and Kate.

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"How do you pick up the threads of an old life? How do you go on... when in your heart you begin to understand... there is no going back? There are some things that time cannot mend... some hurts that go too deep... that have taken hold." ~ Frodo Baggins

This message was edited 6/6/2017, 2:02 PM