What's in a Name? Fatboy Slim's Daughter, Nelly
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Nameberry.com editors Pam Satran and Linda Rosenkrantz -- who also wrote the book, Baby Name Bible -- are blogging for UsMagazine.com about why celebs choose the names they do, and what they mean.
Nelly May Lois, the name of the newborn daughter of Zoe Ball and DJ Fatboy Slim (real name: Norman Cook) fits right in with two of the hottest baby-naming trends right now: "nickname-names" and using two middle names.
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Both these trends got their start in England, where Nelly's parents live. Names that could be nicknames are among the most popular on the British charts, with Evie climbing fastest to reach the Top 10, and Ellie, Katie, Millie, Gracie, Libby, Maisie, and Lexi in the girls' Top 100.
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Using two middle names are a royal custom that have filtered down to the general public and are now crossing the Atlantic. Several American celebs have adopted the trend: Amy Poehler and Will Arnett's son is Archibald William Emerson, for instance, while Charlie Tamara Tulip and Dolly Rebecca Rose are Rebecca Romijn and Jerry O'Connell's twins' names. Nicole Richie's two kids are Harlow Winter Kate Madden and Sparrow James Midnight Madden.
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While Nelly can be short for a wide range of names, from Helen to Eleanor to Cornelia, it has stood on its own for more than a century. It was one of the most popular names in the U.S. at the end of the 1800s when spelled as Nellie, and then dropped over the decades until it fell off the Top 1000 in 1980.
Even in Britain, where nickname names are hottest, Nelly -- and Nellie and Nell and Nella -- are fairly obscure and were given to fewer than 100 girls born last year.
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6Nelly is a common nickname for Elinore as is Nell like the movie for which Jodie Foster was nominated for her 3rd best actress oscar after she'd won her first two for The Accused and Silence Of The Lambs before the age of 30 only two other actresses I can think of were nominated for that many or more oscars before they were 30 that be Kate Winslet & Elizabeth Taylor both with 4 nominations before age 30
Nelly, May and Lois are all quite old-fashioned names and it is entirely possible that she was named after family members... in which case that's lovely.
Like the subject line suggest "A lot of stinking letters" and kids that are going to hate them for life putting their names across the entire top of their school papers:-0 LOL So sad that people have a hard time with finding a true identity in something as plain and Jim:-0
I am all for original names, but I don't think these people should sit here and think 'whats the most wild random name we can give our newborn? Oh wait its gotta be crazier than so and so...' I just think they need to think of their child's future, it may just be me but if my name was Audio Science or something wild, my birthday gift to myself would be a legal name change!
I just think some parents are taking it a bit too far when naming their kids these silly names. Its like saying "wow, look how cool and hip we are" while pretending theyre really not trying to be. It looks forced. like they try too hard. getting ridiculous and i think the kids are the ones who are going to feel embarrassed, sad to say.
this article gave me a headache. it reads like it was written by two drug addicted toddlers.