It's Like Playing Charades - Sparrow James Midnight Madden
Apparently Nicole Richie and Joel Madden are playing the "ow" game when it comes to their kids. I think this is a bad move if they are going for Duggar numbers but if they are going to confine it to a few children, then this could work for them. Nicole gave birth to a baby boy and they named him Sparrow who will be joining Harlow and their younger brothers and sisters Marrow Bow Wow Madden and Plow Mow Madden. I wasn't aware that Sparrow was actually a boy's name. Hell, I didn't even know it was a name you gave a child. Last I checked it was a really fast, little brown bird and last I checked I never saw one at midnight either.
You know if you take off the Sparrow and Midnight portion of the name, James Madden is a really good choice. What was the necessity of the two nouns? Just because you are a celebrity doesn't give you carte blanche to screw around with names. You and your publicist might think it is cute, but the kid still has to go to school. If you like the name so much, then change Nicole to something. Sparrow? Really?
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Well, I suppose it's better than Bronx Mowgli...
"Sparrow James". Isn't Jack a nickname of James? So, Sparrow Jack, then rearrange it to Jack Sparrow. Is she hoping that her son will be a pirate?
Today's schizophrenic reasoning brought to you by my hatred for celebrity baby names.
I just read what Michael K posted re: this poor kid's name ("Nicole Richie Gave Birth To A Pirate Hipster Bird"). Glad to know I'm not the only one who picked up on that.
It's still better than Pilot Inspektor.
Jack is a nickname for John.
Still, if he grew up when/where I did he would have gotten the snot beat out of him every day or become a kung-fu master.
Everything is better than pilot inspektor.
@Linnea
hahahaha
poor kid.
One of my daughter's teachers had a baby girl the day before yesterday and named her Sparrow. LOL
Past the first name I think it's really cool.
There is a fine line with the funky name your baby thing. I think they crossed it. Harlow made the cut - Sparrow did not.
On the beach this summer the child next to us was named Philadelphia. No nickname used - her mother kept yelling "Philiadelphia, Philadelphia", to which I wanted to respond, a la Marco Polo, "cream cheese, chream cheese".
Everyone knows that kid won't get beat up, especially here in L.A. I know non-celebs that have named their kids worse. Though I must admit Sparrow is pretty weird for a boy.
I actually kind of like it but I am weird like that. I doubt he will get too much grief at school because he will likely go where a bunch of other celeb kids go and they all have funky names...it is a right of passage I guess.
The worst I ever heard was at a phish show...a couple there had named their child Atreyu...like from the never ending story! Haha. If they were going to go that route I think Bastian or Koreander would have been a better choice...or what about Falkor?
I once had a boyfriend named Bastian. I couldnt stop calling out "Bastian! Bastian! Save us! Call my name, Bastian"! (and no, not in that way...)
I like old fasioned names like Dorgo Faulk and Swithbert.
Yes, those are real names.
Harlow isn't so bad until you think about it being one letter away from harlot. But Sparrow? I think that's just awful. I think the next one will be Sorrow.
i still vote Trinket for a girl.
When I was growing up in the early 1970s there was a kid named Sparrow living across the street from my mom's godmother in Deal (four houses down from the shore).
They could go for a bird theme next time and name the next one
Crow Poe Nooner Madden.
Pilot is as bad as Banjo.
I don't think anything really tops Fifi Trixibell Geldof - sounds like something you'd name a poodle. Didn't Zowie Bowie grow up and change his name?
Michael K nailed it ... lol.
that name could've been bearable if maybe they'd put james before the sparrow and midnight. then the kid could go on the rest of his life pretending he has no middle names and all will be forgotten.
At least they didn't go with Swallow.
whole_lotto _luv : Yep. First he changed it to Joey...now he goes by Duncan Bowie.
I am clearly in the minority when I say that I actually like Sparrow's name. I knew immediately it wasn't based on a tiny little birdie.
I just hope Nicole and Joel aren't surprised when Sparrow is stumbling around with a bottle of Jack.
they could've at least picked a cool bird. poor child.
lol @ "Marrow Bow Wow Madden and Plow Mow Madden"!
I would've thought the name more appropriate for a girl-child. Sparrows are small and delicate and those are more girly features - although obviously nothing wrong with small, delicate boys.
But each to their own, there are many hideously named children in the world - but we all have our own opinions. I'm naming my future children after Disney princesses - whether they be boys or girls. Then people can just tell them to 'toughen up, princess' and beat the snot out of them. They'll be fighters.
Zowie Bowie is credited as Duncan Jones in his movie 'Moon' (writer/director).
I am a Kindergarten teacher and I have identical twin girls in my class named Nutritious and Delicious..gee I hope their mom isn't reading this.... they are awful cute tho. I am long time reader, virgin writer!
holy crap...the mom will know it is me now!!!
omg! nutritious and delicious??? WTH. omgomgomg!!! =O
welcome Judy!
(i'm so calling everyone in my office those names all day tomorrow. all day long, i tell you.)
Jax, I was saving Trinket for my 1st grandchild!
I'm waiting for Trixisforkids.
As for an "ow" theme maybe the next girl can be Camelle Tow.
I wonder why they bothered sticking a real human name in the middle of the lineup.
Lol @ Mikey and Shakeys comments. Welcome Judy, can't believe someone would name their twins after a protein bar label. Love Trinket, also like Lollipop - as in "Keep Chewing Yer Bublegum Lollipop". And yes, someone said that to me once.
Yikes ... not even named for a pretty bird .. like Cedar Waxwing Madden .. or even Bohemian Waxwing Midnight Madden .. that at least has a heck of a good ring to it! Kinda a beatnik sounding name, that.
Celebrities and their idiotic kid names! Ugh! Poor kids! Oh to reach the age when you are old enough to change your name!
Holy crap Judy Allen Mumma - Nutritious and Delicious? Whoa.
They are horrible for giving a little boy that name, how many men do you know named Sparrow? I hope this is the end of their ability to bear live young, they don't deserve to have kids if they are going to do something like this to them.
Yes, he will be using James in school or he'll be getting some serious beat downs, even then the damage is done.
the jack sparrow connection was the first thing to spring into my mind too......
Oh, Nuts!
I have Sparrow on my (long) list of middle names for possible baby boy. It's weird though, once I say a name out loud- I don't like it as much.
Alice D Millionaire-
I know someone who legally changed their name to Atreyu. From Jermaine. LOL!
I just don't know what is wrong with giving your child a nice, normal, non-embarassing name. All these asinine "unique" names just humiliate the kids, and basically makes it so nobody will ever take them seriously. I know I would have a hard time taking someone named "Sparrow" seriously. I guess some people just shouldn't breed, because I think this shit is a form of child abuse.
I work in the child care room at a gym. Our regulars include a girl named Tree and a baby boy named Messiah.
I work in a hospital recently had a mother name her son:
King Kanabis (last name).
The generation after these kids will have names like John, David, Thomas, etc.
We can only hope.
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