What an anticlimax! After all the hype, after photographers were tossed in jail for venturing too close to the Jolie-Pitt birth camp, after the breathless anticipation — after all of that, Brad and Angelina couldn’t come up with anything juicier for a baby name than Shiloh Nouvel?

Shiloh is a well-known Hebrew name, variously described as meaning ’gift of God,’ ‘peaceful,’ ’the one to whom it belongs,’ or even ‘a prophetic name for the Messiah.’ All over the biblical map, really. But Shiloh also has a strong Civil War connection. As any war buff knows, Shiloh was the scene of one of the most grisly battles of the entire war. The 1862 battle left around 25,000 dead, with countless more wounded. Little Jolie-Pitt might grow up to wish she’d been named something a little more…well, peaceful.

But on to Nouvel. What’s up with that? Obviously, it’s French for ‘new.’ Sources report that Nouvel was chosen because one of Brad’s favorite architects is Jean Nouvel. Yikes. Naming your daughter after a favorite architect? No disrespect to M. Nouvel, but the birth of this child was the most-anticipated event since the turn of the millenium. We were all hoping for a baby name that wowed us, that really left us saying “Jolie and Brad — now there’s a celebrity couple who really know how to name their baby.” But sadly, no. We get a ‘peaceful’ little girl who is either ‘new’ (we knew that) or named after some French architect. It makes me miss Apple and Suri already.

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