Actress Tiffani Thiessen, 36, star of USA Network’s White Collar, and actor/husband Brady Smith welcomed their first child, a daughter, on June 15 in Los Angeles. The baby is named Harper Renn.

In a deviation from normal celebrity birth moments these days, Thiessen actually forgot to update her Twitter account, where her last Tweet was on June 4. (She was encouraging the baby to pop out at that time).  Thiessen obviously didn’t see the memo that urged all celebrity moms to tweet right through the birth process, unless they are completely unconscious.

Anyway, Thiessen’s daughter is here at last, and the main point I want to make is that she and Smith have given her a very hot baby name. Harper is quickly increasing in popularity for girls, having risen from # 887 in popularity in the U. S. to # 174 in the last five years. Thiessen’s choice might help spur it along even higher. (Dave Grohl’s daughter was named Harper last year).

I’m guessing “Renn” is a family name. Maybe someone can enlighten us.

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Posted on June 15th 2010 and posted to CELEBRITY BABY NAMES | Comments(1)

Have they stopped having babies in Hollywood? So far, 2010 is proving to be one of the slowest years for new celebrity babies since we started keeping track more than four years ago.

Still, there is some hope that 2010 won’t be a total bust. Celebrities expecting babies include Kevin Costner (any day now); Céline Dion, who’s expecting twins in November; John Travolta and Kelly Preston; Alicia Keys; Jessica Capshaw; Matt Damon (again!);Amy Poehler; Jeff Gordon (boy coming in August); Danica McKellar (Wonder Years star, due in fall) and Chris Daughtry (twins in November).

Meanwhile, Sheryl Crow adopted a second son in early May. Levi James joins 3 year-old Wyatt at Crow’s home, according to her website.

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Posted on June 14th 2010 and posted to Amy Poehler,CELEBRITY BABY NAMES,CELEBRITY PREGNANCY,Celine Dion,John Travolta,Kevin Costner | Comments(0)

Supermodel Claudia Schiffer and husband Matthew Vaughn welcomed their third child — a daughter — back on May 14 in London, but held off on naming the new baby until this week.

Now Schiffer’s publicist has revealed that the baby’s name is Cosima Violet.

Cosima is an Italian name, derived from the Greek name “Cosmas,” which means “order” or “decency.”

Cosima joins siblings Caspar, 7, and Clementine, 5, at home.

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Posted on May 26th 2010 and posted to CELEBRITY BABY NAMES,Claudia Schiffer | Comments(0)

Volleyball superstar and Olympic gold medalist Kerri Walsh, and husband Casey Jennings, welcomed their second child, and second son, on Wednesday in California. In stark contrast to the traditional name that they gave to their first son, Joseph, Walsh and Jennings pulled out all the stops with no. 2, naming him Sundance! There’s a name you don’t hear very often.

I really shouldn’t swipe the photo of Walsh and her baby off her website, but what the heck… if it’s her own photo, I’m sure she won’t mind!

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Posted on May 21st 2010 and posted to CELEBRITY BABY NAMES | Comments(0)

Unique baby names seem to be the flavor of the month, if we can judge by all the media hype surrounding the latest “popular baby names list” for 2009.

Actress Amy Adams, star of Julie and Julia and Enchanted, and her fiancé, Darren Legallo, seem to be joining the rush for unique names, as they bestowed Aviana Olea on their daughter, and first child together, born on May 15 in Los Angeles.

I’ve checked a few sources and can’t come up with a definite meaning or origin for either name, though Aviana does seem to be a modern compound name combining Ava and Anna. Love to hear from anyone who knows the origin of  the names!

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Posted on May 18th 2010 and posted to Amy Adams,CELEBRITY BABY NAMES | Comments(2)

News is spreading quickly that Sandra Bullock adopted a baby boy back in January, and kept the whole thing under wraps until just last week. Bullock, and soon-to-be ex Jesse James (now that Bullock has filed for divorce) adopted a baby from New Orleans.

The baby — now four months old — is named Louis Bardo Bullock. She plans to raise him as a single mom. What I love is that she revealed the origin of his name Louis — and it’s a great story. When she first met the baby, she happened to hear Louis Armstrong’s classic “What a Wonderful World.” And voila! The name Louis was the perfect fit.

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Posted on May 03rd 2010 and posted to CELEBRITY BABY NAMES,Sandra Bullock | Comments(1)

Some months, celebrities seem to be giving birth like bunny rabbits, and other months, well, it just seems kinda quiet. April has been one of those months. Only three new celebrity baby names to report from the last few weeks.
Amanda Peet went into labor right before her scheduled Letterman appearance last week, and gave birth to daughter Molly June shortly thereafter.

This morning, rocker Mark McGrath, of the band Sugar Ray, and his fiance Carin Kingsland, welcomed twins: Lydon Edward and Hartley Grace. Interesting first names for both the twins. Lydon was the real surname of Sex Pistols icon Johnny Rotten. And Hartley is usually seen as a surname also. No doubt the backstory will surface one of these days.

And for those of you waiting with bated breath for the A-list celebrity babies (and their correspondingly unusual baby names) there are a few on the horizon.

Expectant celebs include Amy Adams, Tiffani Thiessen, Claudia Schiffer (on left), Luke Bryan, Amy Poehler (again, already!), Matt Damon, and, last, but far from least, the couple we can always count on for the coolest, most original celebrity baby names — Jools and Jamie Oliver! (Jamie: everyone in my house loves your show — keep up the great work trying to teach children good nutrition, and to stop eating so much crap).

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Posted on April 29th 2010 and posted to Amy Poehler,CELEBRITY BABY NAMES,Claudia Schiffer,Jamie Oliver,Matt Damon | Comments(0)

Thank you, Robin and Paula. Thank you. Finally, a celebrity baby has arrived after what seems like a month-long drought. Either there’s a whole raft of new celebrity babies just waiting to be born, or else 2010 is going to go down as the least productive (or reproductive) year for celebs in quite a long time. Is it a recession thing?

Anyway, a big thank you goes out to singer/songwriter Robin Thicke, and his wife, actress Paula Patton, for breaking the spell and producing a celebrity baby. Their son, whose name is Julian Fuego, was born in Los Angeles on April 6.

They could have named him anything. I’d have loved the name. Julian. That’s great. Fantastic name. Fuego. Perfect.  Spanish for fire. That’s cool. Or rather, hot. Super.

Just keep them coming, or I’m out of a blog.

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Posted on April 08th 2010 and posted to CELEBRITY BABY NAMES | Comments(4)

When I saw that four-time NASCAR champion Jeff Gordon and his wife, Belgian-born actress/model Ingrid Vandebosch, are expecting a boy in August, it reminded me of how they announced the arrival of their daughter Ella Sofia back in 2007. They put a birth announcement on Gordon’s website, and included Gordon’s upcoming racing schedule at the bottom.

This time around they released the news of their upcoming baby with no commercial interruptions at all.

Gordon fans loved the name Ella Sofia last time around, so I wanted to get out in front on this one. What do you think would be a good name for the new boy in the Gordon household? What would go well with Ella Sofia? We’ve got til August to come up with some ideas!

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Posted on March 17th 2010 and posted to CELEBRITY BABY NAMES,CELEBRITY PREGNANCY,Jeff Gordon | Comments(4)