Why Did Beyonce Name Her Baby Blue Ivy?
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Beyonce and Jay-Z can't please everyone!
In one of the most highly anticipated births in a long time, the superstar couple welcomed their very first child at NYC's Lenox Hill Hospital on Saturday -- naming their daughter Blue Ivy Carter.
In an Us Weekly poll posted Sunday afternoon, 78 percent of readers didn't like the new moniker.
How'd Beyonce, 30, and Jay-Z, 42 (whose real name is Shawn Carter), come up with the name, anyway?
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No official word from the famously private spouses of three years, but fans of hip-hop icon Jay-Z have long known that blue holds a special place in his heart. "My favorite hue is Jay-Z blue," he rapped in the song "Go Crazy" with Young Jeezy. (There were even unrealized plans to feature the unique shade on a line of SUVs.)
And, indeed, Jay-Z has released three beloved Blueprint albums in 2001, 2002 and 2009.
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That middle name "Ivy," meanwhile, reportedly references the Roman numeral ("IV") for 4 -- a significant digit for both Beyonce and Jay-Z: Beyonce's birthday is Sept. 4, Jay-Z's is Dec. 4, they were married on April 4, 2008, and the singer's latest album is entitled 4.
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62Blue sounds like a boy's name.
i like blue, but i wouldn't name my kid that name. sounds like a plant 2 me.
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sound like a dogs name...
I think that, she would of came up with a better name. i would NEVER name my kida that!
Regardless, I know its not my decision, but seriously, do you want your kid to go around walking with an embarrassing name like that?
Blue? That's a dumb name. Why do celebrities feel they have to punish their kids with such retarded names?
Bey, is not a common girl, she likes orginal.
It's none of anyone's business what they name their baby, read it and say, "oh" and move on. They have their own special reasons for the name they chose. I assure you they could care less what 78% of people think of their kid's name.
i like the name!
Well personally I think it's a very beautiful original name and I notice there are a lot of people on here making ugly comments about this new born child. This is their child and a gift to them from god and from beyonce to her husband. No one should take away from that they are like any other couple only thing is they got money. The media bothers them and that's why they have such a private life style because someone will always have something to say all the time. I know she is happy because there is nothing like carrying a child for 9 months and then seeing your joy for the first time. It is breath taking and it truly reminds you how amazing the lord is. For those of you that don't have children you can't even begin to understand what it is to be a parent till you become one so all them nasty comment are really your way of showing you are very envious and that's not a good thing.Please be happy for the couple they have been given a great love and let them enjoy it. Everyone is entitled to their own opinions and yes politics is a great way to us that opinion but, we are talking about a child and a family who just received the biggest present anyone could ever receive in there life. As my mother would say if you can't say anything nice ...then don't say nothing at all....Congrat's Jay-Z and Beyonce on your beautiful baby" Blue Ivy Carter"
that is just dunmb honestly JUST DUMB
My son had a girl in his class named Kash Monet. I am NOT making this up!
The most retarded thing here is that she would name her baby 4 because her album is named 4. This is her 4th solo album. THAT'S probably why it's called 4!!! I can see how the number would have significance due to their birth and wedding days, but because of her ALBUM? COME ONE, people!
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maybe she looked blue when she came out of the womb...lol
The baby is a wonderful thing and the name really is not that "out there." What's out there is that it was just a few month's ago and she revealed a barely there belly, and now the baby is here. There are so many conflicting stories, dates, folding stomachs, no weight gain (at all) it's just too much and doesn't seem normal.