I wish celebrities would name their kids something normal

[therealjohng]

SYDNEY, Australia - Cate Blanchett has given birth to her third son.


Blanchett, 38, delivered Ignatius Martin Upton in Sydney on Sunday, said Tim McKeough, media relations manager at the Sydney Theatre Company, where Blanchett and her playwright husband are co-artistic directors.

"All are well and very happy," McKeough said Monday.

The baby weighed 7 pounds, 9 ounces, he said.

Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd offered his congratulations in a statement Monday, and said Blanchett would still co-chair an arts panel at a national summit Saturday.

The Australia 2020 summit will gather 1,000 leading Australians to propose ideas for the future direction of the country, with panels including health, climate change, economy and the arts.

Blanchett and husband Andrew Upton have two other sons: Dashiell, 6, and Roman, 3.

The Academy Award-winning actress next appears with Harrison Ford in the movie "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull," due in theaters in May.

[Tweek]

Ignatius? Eh, still doesn't top Pilot Inspektor

[EVILxxx]

They're not kids, they're accessories.

[The Heart Collector]

Umm, there's a few famous religious figures called Ignatius. And it's a pretty legitimate name, if disused. Ignatius P. Reilly.... But feel free to make blanket statements about the worth that other human beings place on their children to compensate for how much your parents hate you.

[therealjohng]

Hahahahahahahahaha, ok

[EVILxxx]

Oh that's just The Heart Collector. He's provocative.

[Donnie_Darko]

Ignatius Martin Upton = Instant Stuck Up Jerkoff.

(nose in the air) Oh... hiiiiiii... I'm Ignaaatius Martin Upton, could you ever so kindly remove the homeless... they're disrupting my view of life.

[DarthWade]

I've always wondered what was going on in Frank Zappa's head (besides drugs) that made him call one of his kids Moon Unit.

Didn't Nicolas Cage call his kid Kal El or something???

Celebrities live in a different magical world from the rest of us slimey underlings, so who are we to question the "gods"??? :rolleyes:

[RustyRazor]

As an activist in this baby name thing, I have to give my opinion.

It's not that bad.

Ignatious gives us Iggy, which I think is a pretty cool name.
Thankfully, she didn't go with naming her son:

An object: Bulletin Board Martin, Dustpan Martin, EPT Test Martin
An event: The Battle of Hastings Martin, Groundhog Day Martin, Laundry Day Martin

Or something ethereal: Frog Queef, Starburst, Crab Nebula Seperatist Martin

She could've done a LOT worse.
That Upton is a toughie though.
It smacks of pinkies in the air, double breasted sport coats, and Grey Poupon.
But even so, she is friggin' paid so the kid will no doubt be raised in an uppercrusty atmosphere.

Bluebell Madonna.
Ginger Spice gave that name to her daughter.

Maybe she should've waited til coming down off of the epidural to come up with that one, hunh?

[Scarfather]

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"I dust a bit.. in addition, I am at the moment writing a lengthy indictment against our century. When my brain begins to reel from my literary labors, I make an occasional cheese dip."

Anybody?

[JJFlamingo]

If I was born knowing that I'd never have to do an honest day's work in my life, I'd let my parents name me anything they want...:D

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Vote Lindsey

[darknite125]

I know to the celebrities these kids are just objects that belong to them, nut these poor kids have to live with these names. At least they can afford the legal fees to change the name, unless they get cut off for wanting to change what their parents named them.

[NuclearMisfit]

If I was born knowing that I'd never have to do an honest day's work in my life, I'd let my parents name me anything they want...:D

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Vote Lindsey

So if your rich and your parents named you Harry Ballzack youd go for it?

[JJFlamingo]

If I was looking to inherit 100 mil they could name me Asswipe Kleenex...:D

[NuclearMisfit]

If I was looking to inherit 100 mil they could name me Asswipe Kleenex...:D

I guess you can buy a name change after you inherit that money. I see your point.