December 28, 2006
Celebrity Baby Name of the Day — “Kal-El”
“Kal-El”
Who had an ego so big that he had to have the only boy on the planet named Kal-El? (Superman’s Kryponite birth name). You got it, Nicolas Cage.
Cage has been quoted as saying about his son’s name: “I’ll bet you within five or 10 years, there will be a lot more Kal-Els. It just happens that my son is the only one right now.”
Er… I don’t think so, Mr. Cage. After all, there aren’t too many Moon Units, Moxie Crimefighters, or Pilot Inspektors running around. Dumb names are dumb names. To name your kid after a comic book hero is just plain silly, and most people are smarter than that.
The most significant part of Cage’s quote is the last bit: “my son is the only one right now.” It’s the same urge that makes many celebrities come up with really unusual names — they do it for themselves. It’s an ego thing.
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