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)

Grey’s Anatomy star Eric Dane, 38, and wife Rebecca Gayheart, 37, welcomed their first child on March 3 in Los Angeles. The couple held off naming their new daughter right away, with Dane saying they wanted to meet the baby first, to make sure the name they chose “stuck”.

Apparently, in the past week, their little girl has let them know what she’d like to be called — Billie Beatrice.

Actually, I really like the name they (sorry, Billie) chose. It has a nice ring to it, with an echo of Billie Holiday, and the double “B” –  B.B. Dane — sounds good as well.

Maybe another candidate for top celebrity names of the year!

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Posted on March 11th 2010 and posted to CELEBRITY BABY NAMES | Comments(1)

Platinum-selling R & B singer Keyshia Cole, 28, and fiancé Daniel Gibson, 24, welcomed their first child, a boy, on March 2. Gibson is a point guard for the Cleveland Cavaliers.

Their son’s name is Daniel Hiram. It’s the first time I’ve seen Daniel on the celebrity baby names list since Jennifer Hudson chose it as a middle name for son David last year.

The name Daniel has been a top 10 name for over a decade, and is as popular as ever right now.

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Posted on March 04th 2010 and posted to CELEBRITY BABY NAMES | Comments(19)