June 10, 2008
Tori Spelling Goes Retro With Baby Name
Star Magazine seems to be the first one to report that Tori Spelling gave birth to a baby girl on June 9.
Spelling, 35, and husband Dean McDermott, 41, have gone totally retro with the baby name: Stella Doreen. How can you hear the name Stella without hearing Brando screaming “Stella!” in A Streetcar Named Desire?
The name Doreen is so retro it hasn’t been in the list of Top 1000 Most Popular Baby Names since 1979.
Seriously, I don’t think Doreen is going to make a comeback. On the other hand, Stella has been increasingly popular in the last decade, and it wouldn’t surprise me to see it get a boost from the Spelling spillover effect.
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“Stella Spelling” is a bit of a tongue twister, but I quite like “Doreen McDermott”. Anyway, up to the girl in the end (which is certainly a good thing).
I believe the baby’s last name is McDermott, so no Stella Spelling. Also, I heard Doreen is Dean’s mother’s name.
I think the name Stella is fantastic. I can see Stella going mainstream. It’s like the celebrity-endorsed Lola, but with more style and substance.
Doreen is the name of McDermott’s late mother. And Tori’s first child has the middle name Aaron — after HER late father. I think these are both wonderful tributes to absentee grandparents.