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When Gwyneth Paltrow named her daughter Apple, Peaches Geldof wrote an article about what it was like living with an name like Peaches:
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'Fruity' Celeb Baby Names Irk Singer's Daughter
Thursday, May 27, 2004
At least one person in Britain isn't happy movie star Gwyneth Paltrow and her rock-star husband, Coldplay's Chris Martin, decided to name their newborn daughter "Apple."
Peaches Geldof, daughter of a rock star herself, lamented the practice of goofy celebrity-offspring names in the Daily Telegraph of London Wednesday.
"I am named, as you may have noticed, after a fruit," wrote the 14-year-old daughter of Boomtown Rats singer Bob "Live Aid" Geldof . "I'm not Jane or Sarah or Samantha: I am Peaches. This doesn't make sense to me at all."
Young Geldof said Apple Martin has a lot of teasing to look forward to thanks to her name, and she has plenty of first-hand experience.
"I've never announced my name to anyone without being asked to repeat it at least twice," she wrote. "I also get a lot of lascivious comments: 'Ooh, you're a juicy piece of fruit, aren't you, young lady?' 'I'd like to take a bite out of that peach ...' 'Look at those peaches.'"
While Geldof says life hasn't always been "peaches and cream" for her, she does see an upside to an untraditional moniker, according to the Daily Telegraph. "It's unusual, it's exotic, it's not boring. It also gives me [or so I like to think] an air of mystery."
And she lists some other unusual children-of-celebrity names that make her feel Peaches isn't the worst thing one could be branded, such as David Bowie's son Zowie and Prince Jackson, son of the Gloved One.
Her own sisters make the list: Fifi Trixibelle, Little Pixie and Heavenly Hiraani Tigerlily. And despite the teasing she's endured, Geldof writes that she plans to continue the tradition when she has kids.
"I'll probably end up calling it Grape."
FoxNews
'Fruity' Celeb Baby Names Irk Singer's Daughter
Thursday, May 27, 2004
At least one person in Britain isn't happy movie star Gwyneth Paltrow and her rock-star husband, Coldplay's Chris Martin, decided to name their newborn daughter "Apple."
Peaches Geldof, daughter of a rock star herself, lamented the practice of goofy celebrity-offspring names in the Daily Telegraph of London Wednesday.
"I am named, as you may have noticed, after a fruit," wrote the 14-year-old daughter of Boomtown Rats singer Bob "Live Aid" Geldof . "I'm not Jane or Sarah or Samantha: I am Peaches. This doesn't make sense to me at all."
Young Geldof said Apple Martin has a lot of teasing to look forward to thanks to her name, and she has plenty of first-hand experience.
"I've never announced my name to anyone without being asked to repeat it at least twice," she wrote. "I also get a lot of lascivious comments: 'Ooh, you're a juicy piece of fruit, aren't you, young lady?' 'I'd like to take a bite out of that peach ...' 'Look at those peaches.'"
While Geldof says life hasn't always been "peaches and cream" for her, she does see an upside to an untraditional moniker, according to the Daily Telegraph. "It's unusual, it's exotic, it's not boring. It also gives me [or so I like to think] an air of mystery."
And she lists some other unusual children-of-celebrity names that make her feel Peaches isn't the worst thing one could be branded, such as David Bowie's son Zowie and Prince Jackson, son of the Gloved One.
Her own sisters make the list: Fifi Trixibelle, Little Pixie and Heavenly Hiraani Tigerlily. And despite the teasing she's endured, Geldof writes that she plans to continue the tradition when she has kids.
"I'll probably end up calling it Grape."
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I read that, I think on www.badbabynames.blogspot.com.
Peaches is pretty funny because at least here in the US, it's a common name to give an orange cat! In fact, our cat Buddy's mother is named Peaches.
Peaches is pretty funny because at least here in the US, it's a common name to give an orange cat! In fact, our cat Buddy's mother is named Peaches.
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Agree.
Zander has a cat named Peaches...too bad he's male. :-D (They didn't know!)
Zander has a cat named Peaches...too bad he's male. :-D (They didn't know!)
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Who's Zander? I adore that name!
Kate Suzanne
Daughter of Ron & Sue,
Sister to Colton, Heather, & Anna.
Kate Suzanne
Daughter of Ron & Sue,
Sister to Colton, Heather, & Anna.
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as I said before...
It's a good thing cats don't usually acknowledge that a name has anything to do with them. Your friend's cat has thus saved himself a lot of gender issues and identity crises.
It's a good thing cats don't usually acknowledge that a name has anything to do with them. Your friend's cat has thus saved himself a lot of gender issues and identity crises.
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I'm not sure about that.
Peaches is quite sure he's a dog, and doesn't understand that he isn't.
Peaches is quite sure he's a dog, and doesn't understand that he isn't.
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