baby-name-critic

A Model Named Her Baby Alaska

Leah Finnegan · 07/02/15 01:40PM

Anne V., I suppose one of many Annes in the third-grade supermodel class, recently had an baby with her husband, a Yahoo! executive. She announced the name of the female babe on an Instagram post of the bottom of the infant’s foot: “Welcome to the world baby Alaska! Your little feet absolutely rocked my world, I’ve never been so in love! @acahan and I couldn’t be more proud. 6/25/2015.”

Two Empty Heads Give Birth to Little Head

Leah Finnegan · 04/13/15 10:30AM

Human selfie Justin Timberlake and his show poodle, Jessica Biel, have managed to add a new generation to the Timberlake dynasty despite only having sex once, for two minutes, while JT looked in a mirror: a baby boy named Silas Randall.

Redeem Israel, O God, Out of All His Duggar Troubles

Leah Finnegan · 04/07/15 02:45PM

Jill Duggar, person from Arkansas, and her husband, Derick Dillard, welcomed a baby boi today: Israel David. Jill wore a headband that said "Jill," Derick wore an Israeli Defense Forces T-shirt and the baby wore a onesie that said "Israel." To fit in with his family perhaps Derick should change his name to "Israeli Defense Forces" Dillard. Just a suggestion.

Jessica Paré Gives Birth to Musical Genre

Leah Finnegan · 03/23/15 12:00PM

Canadian entertainer Jessica Paré and her husband, Asexuals member John Kastner, welcomed their first child together last week. They have named him Blues Anthony.

Cate Blanchett Adds Downton Abbey Character to Her Brood

Leah Finnegan · 03/09/15 10:15AM

It was announced last week that serious drama couple Cate Blanchett and Andrew Upton adopted a new wee one to complement the three boys the couple already has. And the baby is a girl! How wonderful. The world benefits from more women.

Rider Strong Chooses to Name His Son Something More Stupid Than Rider

Leah Finnegan · 01/22/15 01:00PM

Rider Strong, who I hope has enough royalties from his Boy Meets World days to raise a child, has had a child. People Magazine writes that Strong and his wife, Alexandra Barretto, "successfully kept Barretto's pregnancy completely under wraps." Hmm. Wonder how they did that. The world is indeed a mystery sometimes. So much happens that we don't know about...

Vanessa Carlton Gives Birth to Irish Grandpa

Leah Finnegan · 01/15/15 09:30AM

Is it just the Baby Name Critic, or has there been a celebrity birth idyll? Since the arrival of Wallpaper Lively-Reynolds at the turn of the year, things at Gawker's Baby Name Headquarters have been quiet... too quiet. What could the celebrities be hiding? Or perhaps, from whom could they be hiding?