Baby names authors Linda Rosenkrantz and Pamela Satran are popping up all over at the moment, promoting their new book The Baby Names Bible: The Ultimate Guide By America’s Baby Naming Experts (winner of the self-aggrandizing book title award, 2007).

Here’s an interview they did with the Chicago Sun-Times about celebrity baby names. It actually contains some interesting trivia about how particular baby names were chosen, including David and Victoria Beckham’s Brooklyn, Romeo, and Cruz; the now-split Reese Witherspoon and Ryan Phillippe’s Ava; Nicholas Cage’s now boring Kal-El story; Tom Cruise and Katie Holme’s Suri, especially the pointy-nosed bit, which looks like they got from my posts; and the ever-fascinating Penn Jillette-Moxie Crimefighter saga.

One thing I didn’t know — Gwen Stefani and Gavin Rossdale bought a hat with the name Kingston on it several years ago, while they were recording in Jamaica. They were planning that far ahead. That’s what I call being on top of your celebrity baby name planning.

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Posted on March 18th 2007 and posted to Tom Cruise, Katie Holmes, Spice Girls, Gwen Stefani, Nicolas Cage, CELEBRITY BABIES, Victoria Beckham, David Beckham, Reese Witherspoon, Penn Jillette | Comments(0)

The long, distinguished line of British nobility, dating all the way back to the days of William the Conquerer, must be rolling over in their various graves this Halloween. Recent news from London indicates that soccer star David Beckham may soon be named a knight of the realm — Sir David Beckham, to you. All of which is fine and dandy, except when you realize one thing — this knighthood would inevitably result in the creation of Lady Victoria Beckham!

I know, you are probably screaming right this minute, just like I was when the realization dawned on me. Posh Spice as Lady Victoria Beckham? I don’t think the world is ready for this. This is more of an affront to civilized society than anything that Paris Hilton and Lindsay Lohan have done. Far more. Victoria Beckham is completely and utterly lacking in any kind of class at all. She is totally devoid of taste, decorum, bearing — all of those qualities which are required in at least microscopic amounts for membership in Britain’s upper-crust realm. Even Charles and Camilla, in the depths of their tampon scandal, had a bit more class than Victoria Beckham. This cannot be allowed to go forward.

I hope that the British Prime Minister’s office, or whoever comes up with the list of nominees for a knighthood, comes to their senses and withdraws Beckham’s name. Once he is knighted, it cannot be undone. We’ll be stuck with Lady Victoria Beckham for ever. It will turn into a media event that will eclipse Brad and Angelina’s invasion of Namibia. Victoria Beckham will become, in a word, insufferable.

And don’t forget — if this Halloween nightmare comes to pass, Lady Beckham’s good friend Katie Holmes will experience a jealousy that knows no bounds. And God only knows what Tom Cruise will do to make it up to Katie. He’ll probably buy a small Central European country and install Katie as queen. Lady Victoria and Queen Katie. Is this what 2007 may have in store for us all?

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Posted on October 31st 2006 and posted to Tom Cruise, Katie Holmes, Spice Girls, Victoria Beckham, David Beckham, CELEBRITY BABY NAMES | Comments(1)