Politics | 01/09/2009 10:15 am

Will Lisa Bonet's Untraditional Baby Name Inspire Ana Ortiz?

By The Staff at wowOwow.com

Ana Ortiz reportedly expecting/Wikipedia

There must be something in Hollywood’s sparkling water! In case you haven’t noticed, there are some new mother-related trends springing up from the celebrated land. First, it seems more and more actresses are waiting until "later" in life to procreate. And then there are all those bizarre baby names.

For an example of our first observation, look no further than 37-year-old Ana Ortiz, who plays "Ugly Betty’s" older sister on the hit ABC series and is reportedly pregnant. Ortiz counts as the second cast mate to wait until later before jumping into motherhood. Fellow cast mate, the leggy actress Rebecca Romjin, at 36, gave birth to twin girls last week with her actor husband Jerry O’Connell. Romjin celebrated Ortiz’s announcement this week, telling Monsters and Critics, "I’m so happy for Ana. She is going to be such an amazing and fun mom. And if she has a boy, he’s already got two dates for the prom. And if she has a girl, she’s about to get a ton of hand-me-downs!"

Romijn and Connelly named their twins Dolly Rebecca Rose and Charlie Tamara Tulip, which, by Hollywood standards, are pretty tame. But other baby names, as you know, are simply wild. Actress Lisa Bonet, 41, of "The Cosby Show" fame, just welcomed her third child – Nakoa-Wolf Manakauapo Namakaeha Momoa. According to a fansite for the "Life on Mars" actress, the baby’s name is Hawaiian. The translation, reported in the Daily News, means: Nakoa (warrior) Mana (strength/spirit) Kaua (rain) po (dark) Nakoa (warrior) Mana(strength/spirit) Kaua(rain) po(dark).

Other untraditional baby names:
Apple (Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin)
Coco Riley (Courtney Cox-Arquette and David Arquette)
Suri (Katie Holmes and Tom Cruise)
Sunday Rose (Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban)
Track, Bristol, Willow, Piper, Trig (Sarah and Todd Palin)

Ortiz is due in July and is married to musician Noah Lebenzon. For goodness sake, let’s offer them some traditional baby names.

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I never thought about the backlash a name might get in the real world…guess I shouldn’t name my imaginary future boy Xerxes then…old Persian name. I don’t like many popular female names. The etomology of names, however, is always fascinating. No offense to any Kathleens, but I once read it came from a word meaning torture. Hmm…

By Blue Lizard on 01/10/2009 5:05 pm

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What do you call a little girl who talks and talks and talks and just won’t shut up? Loquacia………

By georgia fatwood on 01/11/2009 4:19 am

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So their nicknames are going to be “Alice” and “Herb”…..? Their classmates will figger it out……….sooner than later……..

By georgia fatwood on 01/11/2009 5:55 am

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When it came to names for my three sons, I wasn’t overly creative. Gregory, Justin, Jeffrey. Common enough. Our youngest Jeffrey, however had been given some grief over his name in grade one. His teacher was adament that he was spelling his name wrong, that it should be “Jeffery”. Then one day he signed his paper with Jeffrey Vernon. She actually accused him of lying about his middle name, and when he refused to admit that he was lying, she called me all in a huff. When I explained to her that he was not lying, and that she owed him an apology, she tried to defend her actions. Jeffrey, had less than 30% survival chances when he was born, we had originally decided on the name Rhyerson Mitchell, but changed it to Jeffrey Vernon, after his father and grandfather.

By Catherine Kaiman on 01/12/2009 10:11 am