And This One Time, At Band Camp, I Decided to Give My Children Really Stupid Names
via Red Carpet Confidential Alyson Hannigan Reveals Why She Prefers Unusual Names | OK! Magazine.
It’s a girl for How I Met Your Mother star Alyson Hannigan and hubby Alexis Denisof, who announced today that they welcomed their second daughter, Keeva Jane, last month.
The little one joins big sister Satyana, 3.
Why does she prefer unique names?
“It’s funny because during the pregnancy with Sati, all of the names we put on the list were very traditional and old fashioned, and then we went so far away from that,” Alyson, 38, tells me during a Pull-Ups Potty Dance event in L.A.
“But I like names that you can take nicknames out of. It’s a little difficult because my husband’s last name is Russian, so it’s hard to find something good with a last name that’s Russian, but longer names work better with his last name. We went with a unique name. I like that if she doesn’t want to have a unique name when she’s older, she can be Ana or Tina or some little nicknames you can take away.”
First rule of child naming:
NEVER give your child a name you wouldn’t be willing to carry through middle school.
Two women apply for a job. Equally qualified, similar personalities.
One named Satyana, or Keeva, or Shaniqua, or any of the other bizarro “unique” names some of these media slave young mommies think are “cool”.
The other named Mary.
Guess which one I hire?
Have a nice day.
But, if you were a government agency you’d probably prefer the pseudo-African sounding one even if her CV was barely readable.
I’m in the real world, not government.
I like the way you divide real world / government
At least it’s not La-a (“Ladasha”) thought that story may be apocryphal.
Satyana sounds vaguely Russian-ish to me. Not sure about Keeva. Also not sure what kind of cute nickname you can make out of it. Kee-kee? Keev? Keevie? Eva? K? Lefty?
Well, I wouldn’t be too hard on Allison. Her celebrity kid names are pretty tame compared to some of the others I’ve read about.
Keeva already IS a nickname, for Akiva. Very common in Israel and the Orthodox Jewish community.
Problem is, it’s a masculine name…
Puh-lease. I’m married to a Russian, too. There’s PLENTY of names that work with a Russian last name. There’s even cute Russian nicknames that sound exotic to the American ear.
She’s just a Hollyweird twit.