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Celeb BA: Jessica Alba welcomes second child..
Jessica Alba and hubby Cash Warren have welcomed another daughter:Haven Garner Warren She joins big sister Honor Marie (3).WDYT? I am not a fan of the name. Am unsure where Garner comes from - it may be a family name. Any one know? Haven just sounds kind of masculine to me and when coupled with Garner its sounds even more masculine
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Haven is a decent name, but I don't care for the Garner part. The combo sounds too masculine. They could have at least given her a feminine middle name like they did her sister. Combo wise, I think they chose better the first time around.

This message was edited 8/15/2011, 6:20 PM

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The name does feel really masculine-- Haven does tend to lean more feminine, but it was sort of to this point where if a celebrity had given it to a son, I could have seen it swinging to males. And I prefer it for a boy anyway. Paired with Garner it seems very masculine, though I understand it's honoring. Really don't care for how the names are both 5-letter words starting with H. Could they match a little more, maybe? :P
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That's awful. "Celebrity," which has a mind. Honor Marie is still fine, but Haven is appalling.
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I think it is ok. Haven is sweet but I'm not crazy about Garner. Honor and Haven are really cute together, even if they are a bit themed by both having H names.
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Meh.I don't dislike it, and it's certainly not the worst celeb name, far from it!
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Not a fan of it either. I agree that it's a bit too masculine, even though I see Haven as strictly feminine!
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Definitely masculine, which is weird after something light and feminine like Honor Marie.
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Now Vigdis has something in common with Jessica Alba. :)Seriously, though, I like the name Haven. It's soft and pretty. I think it goes well with Honor, too.
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My name's gone trendy.I knew it was coming but it's official now. I suppose this is how the first set of Chloes & Emilys felt.
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It has that trendy -aven ending, so I suppose it was only a matter of time. Well, at least you were (probably) the only one with the name growing up.
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Garner is Cash's middle name...and since Marie is Jessica's middle name, they continued the honoring theme. The names are ok, but I'm not much on matchyness and these are not my favorite word names.
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Ah, okay, that makes sense thenAh, okay, that makes sense then
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kind of... if Haven were a boyWhat not use Garnet?
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But Garner is a surname, and I'd imagine it's a family name for Cash. Nothing wrong with family surnames for a girl's mn. It used to be quite common in at least the 1700s-1800s.
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Yeah, I don't see how that would only work for a boy. It's a middle name- pretty much anything is up for grabs, as far as I'm concerned.
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Cute!I kind of like it, though I would never use it personally. Haven sounds really cute with Honor. I like this sibset. :)
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I don't think it's very appealing to the eye, it looks rather harsh. I don't mind Haven, Garner I hate (unless it's honoring someone).
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Haven is way nicer than Honor. I approve. Honor Warren sounds terribly harsh IMO. Haven Warren doesn't flow very nicely and I never would have picked an -en name to go with a -en surname, but I guess it's not that big a deal. I don't think Haven sounds masculine at all. It's a feminine concept so I am not seeing how it could be masculine. Honor, on the other hand, does kinda. Reminds me of knights falling on their swords. And Honor sounds stuckup and chilly to me (and unfortunately too much like "on her"), but Haven sounds modest and kind.Garner has to be a surname from their family.

This message was edited 8/14/2011, 7:25 PM

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Yeah, I'm not getting the masculine thing, either. I knew a guy named Haven, but the few others I've met were female. It's a girls' name, as far as I'm concerned.
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No. Just No.ARGH!
I'm going to hear about this 24/7 now.Dangit.
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*hugs*Poor you! lol ... sorry for laughing but it's funny from here. I wish MY name was suddenly hip celeb style!
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It is pretty funny.I called my dad and told him he was thirty years before his time. It's especially funny because my husband uses Xander as a nickname, another 'hip' name. I told him we could be toddlers to a hipster.
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Not that bad (just a little masculine).I look at Haven as one of those few *true* unisex names, where it will as likely be used for a girl as it would for a boy (Morgan is also in this category). Personally, I don't mind Haven. Although Garner makes it much more masculine, even if it's a family name (which I assume it is). I wonder if Honor & Haven both starting with H is a coincidence, or intentional? Altogether, I actually think it's a nice sibset.Looking at a post with the title "BARF" below, I assumed the name would be much worse. But honestly, Haven Garner is *not* terrible.

This message was edited 8/14/2011, 7:23 PM

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Honor is so much prettier than Haven. And I'm thinking Garner must be a family name somehow, right? Other wise, yuck.
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BARF.I was just reading this. Haven Garner is very atrocious and ugly. Then again, I hate Jessica Alba, so I can't say I'm surprised.
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