Message: "Celebrity BA" - Behind the Name

Celebrity BA

by armyofbono

10/9/2014, 1:54 PM

Looks like Eva Mendes and Ryan Gosling daughter's name was announced today. If I'm remembering correctly, she was born in the middle of September. They named her Esmeralda Amada. Not really my style, but I still think it's really nice and not trying too hard like some other celeb kid's names. WDYT?

http://www.behindthename.com/pnl/139762

#BAs #celebrities

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- Betsabé (betsabe)

10/10/2014, 3:02 PM

It's absolutely blooming lovely.

I adore it.

I'm so pleased that they went with Hispanic names.

- Joiya

10/10/2014, 8:11 AM

I have long-liked Esmeralda, though I don't think I could pull if off on one of my children.

Amada keeps bringing up the word armada (fleet of ships) to my mind. And so, the name reads "Spanish name, armada" to me. Ha.

It's a lovely name, so I am probably just strange. But yeah... the Spanish Armada.

Can I just say though - their daughter's name means "beloved emerald", which is both adorable and awesome at the same time.

- LMS

10/9/2014, 8:25 PM

I like Esmeralda, but I don't feel I have the ethnic background to use it or the balls to use it despite not having the ethnic background. Its pretty and can be shortened to Esme.

- Rachel Shaina (Evil)

10/9/2014, 7:28 PM

Pretty. Not really my style, but it's pretty.

- Fictionlover94 (ThatMazerunnerfan) +15

10/9/2014, 3:17 PM

Very decent considering. At least they are legit names and not horrifically made up such as moxie crimfighter, pilot inspector or names used for the incorrect gender such as Wyatt Isabelle or us it Isabella?

Nevertheless, Esmeralda amada is exotic and beautiful

- Rachel Shaina (Evil) +5

10/9/2014, 7:25 PM

Moxie, Crimefighter, Pilot, and Inspector are all real words (well, Crimefighter is two words, but you understand I'm sure). Not "horrifically made up", just shockingly applied to a human being, gasp. Also, I think it's really amusing how appalled you are at Wyatt Isabelle. I've got bad news– Mila and Ashton were not the first people to use Wyatt on a girl. Just the first famous ones. Don't panic, but I just counted, and there were 131 girls named Wyatt born in the last 10 years.

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- armyofbono +4

10/9/2014, 7:46 PM

Ngl, I think Moxie is kind of cute.

- Billina

10/12/2014, 7:53 AM

I do, too.

- Joiya +2

10/10/2014, 8:06 AM

Me too actually. (and, up until now, secretly)

- armyofbono +1

10/10/2014, 8:15 AM

Don't know if I would use it as a full time, but it would make an awesome nickname. Now I really want to find a name where Moxie works as a nickname.

- Joiya

10/10/2014, 10:19 AM

Well Maxima or Maxine could be given the nn Moxie arguably.

Monica or Monika maybe a stretch.

Or, something long like Monserrat might be shortened.

Likely Moxie could just be used for any daring or precocious child methinks.

- armyofbono

10/9/2014, 6:52 PM

double posting

This message was edited 10/9/2014, 7:45 PM

- armyofbono +7

10/9/2014, 6:52 PM

The more I think about it, the more Wyatt Isabelle is likable. Obviously, it's not the greatest but as a whole, there are definitely worse. I don't understand people's contempt for masculine names on girls.

- Joiya +6

10/10/2014, 8:08 AM

I think I would rather boys' names on girls than girls' names on boys.

I mean, a boy named Sarah or Caitlin would just be too much.
But, a girl named Saul... eh, I could live with it.

- Betsabé (betsabe)

10/10/2014, 3:00 PM

And herein lies the whole hypocrisy of gender neutralizing names.

Boy names on girls - yay that's fine/great/whatever.

Girl names on boys - no you can't do that, it's wrong.

It should either work both ways or not at all.

- armyofbono +4

10/10/2014, 8:17 AM

Yeah, that's exactly how I feel. I know Ashley and Courntey, or whatever, were originally boy names but on boys, I cringe a little. Wyatt Isabelle is much more palatable than say Caitlin Phillip or something.

- Ismene (Madyson) +3

10/10/2014, 8:18 AM

I'd be much more inclined to name a son Caitlin than a daughter Saul

- Joiya +2

10/10/2014, 10:23 AM

interesting. I think I could get behind a Catlin... but Caitlin would confuse me.

In my defense, my tastes have changed a lot since DH went to war with me wanting to name a daughter Seth. I am caving slowly (but it will never happen).

- Ismene (Madyson) +1

10/10/2014, 10:38 AM

Catlin could be cool. I know a guy who goes by Cat.

I just have a really hard time rationalizing a difference between "boy names on girls" and "girl names on boys," other than that the former is a trend we're use to seeing. I'm no staunch advocate for keeping names forever gendered I just wish there weren't such a double standard, or at least wish it swang the other way. There seem to be SO many great girl names out there (what feels like more than boys), so the whole trend just doesn't seem logical to me.

....and I'm someone who loves Vaughn, Reed, and Joel on girls and Whitney, Mayim, and Somer on boys...

- Joiya

10/10/2014, 11:33 AM

It might just be that very soft and frilly names on boys just don't jive with our ingrained definitions. Not right, but we are past the age of priming our brains to think otherwise.

I guess I think about names like Evangeline and Anastasia and go... no, not on a boy. But I can't really think of a boy name that is soooo masculine I couldn't argue for a girl.

It also might stem from that fact that I love female variations of clasic guy names (Thomasina, Paulina, Claudette, Josepha, Johna, Stephanie, etc), so I already associate the sounds with girls.

Though, I am not actually in to the trend of boys' names on girls. Would never do it myself, and find some comical.

The world is full of double standards. I won't say they are right, but I can't pretend they didn't shape my preferences.

- Astrid (Astrid1992)

10/9/2014, 2:09 PM

I think it is a pretty name. The name, I think, is quite normal compared to other celebrity baby names.

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