Sarah Michelle Prinze, Thanks for the Normalcy
By Glinda
All right, I was trying not to talk about some of the crazy-ass names that celebrities have been coming up with lately, but Ellen Pompeo’s choice was the straw that broke Glinda’s back. And that saying is apt, because at this point, I sort of look like a reverse camel, with the big bump being on the tummy instead of on the back. I hope that makes sense. It makes sense to me, but lately, that isn’t saying a whole lot.
First, Nicole Richie and Joel Madden’s choice of name for their son made me do a mental double-take. Sparrow? Are they for serious? As in tiny, frail, ubiquitous brown bird? I read somewhere that some (most likely) self-proclaimed “naming expert” praised them for their originality and inventiveness, saying that since Captain Jack Sparrow’s name was, well, Sparrow, that suddenly Sparrow stands for manliness. Sorry to break it to everyone, but no, it does not. Hearing the word sparrow brings images of a beady-eyed, greedy little thing that likes to pick up other people’s discarded popcorn and whatnot off the ground.
And as for Ellen, her choice was somewhat literary, but confusing nonetheless. Is she not aware of the extremely famous and popular book Stellaluna? You know, the one about the bat? Granted, she is a lovely and wonderful bat, but still a bat nonetheless. Yes, that is exactly the mental picture I want everyone to have in mind when they say my name. It’s like naming your child “Ramona Quimby Pompeo” or “Harriet the Spy Pompeo.” It just doesn’t work.
At least we have Sarah Michelle Prinze, who chose the almost old-fashioned Charlotte Grace. Count at least one child of actor parents who will not have to face life with some crazy name their parents decided to saddle them with in the name of “art” or “creativity.”
September 24th, 2009 at 6:50 am
Actually, I kind of like Stella Luna. I love the book and I think it’s creative without being freakish. It would be different if they had named her Stellaluna as all one word (like the book title), but by breaking it up no one needs to call her by her full name. Still better than Bronx Mowgli or Moxie Crimefighter.
In fact, I like it so much I’m a little bitter, ’cause I think it would be a great name for a baby I may have one day.
September 24th, 2009 at 10:40 am
As Lunakitsch says, it could have been worse, they could have not broken it up. Stella is a perfectly nice name and I bet the little girl will soon become Stella L. Pompeo. Charlotte Grace is a very pretty name. Grace seems to be the middle name of choice these days. I recently was talking with a few other mothers of very young children, and all of them had given their little girls Grace as a middle name. Not me, however, I always have to be different. 😉 Although my daughter has two middle names, which apparently is also trendy.
September 25th, 2009 at 6:52 pm
Wait, did Buffy have her baby???