Reece Witherspoon has her baby! Named him

[huey]

Tennessee James

WDYT?

I think I only like it because I love her

[cjeanette]

It fits her.

[rosiedozie]

Ugh. Do not like.

[drloretta]

Yuck. Esp because her other kids have relatively normal names.

What's the NN going to be? NM, they'll just call him TJ

[slug*bug]

Er...hmm. I don't hate it, buuuut...

I really pictured her as more of a classic name person. Not that her other kids had really typical names, but even 'Deacon' has a kind of classic feel to it.

[Deleted]

I don't hate it.

[huey]

Sept 27, 2012 10:48:29 GMT -5 slug*bug said:

Er...hmm. I don't hate it, buuuut...

I really pictured her as more of a classic name person. Not that her other kids had really typical names, but even 'Deacon' has a kind of classic feel to it.

I agree with you on all this. It surprised me that she went so off the wall considering.

But again, I don't hate it

[vanillacourage]

She had the most low-key celeb pregnancy ever.

[hamster]

My side-eye for names has a different standard for celebrities since they all tend to go so off the wall. Tennessee James is pretty normal for Hollywood.

[Awkward]

Remember back in the late 90s/early 00s when articles would pop up about "crazy celebrity baby names" and there would be, like, a dozen names, tops, on the list? Now I feel like they should start publishing articles on "normal celebrity baby names." They're sadly in the extreme minority these days.

[zombiemuse]

I think Tennessee has a classic feel to it. I really like the name and very happy for her.

Tennessee is on of the names on my list for imaginary babies. Along with Ryker and Fawkes. I know, know. Good thing I don't want kids. Just dogs.

[HoneySpider]

Sept 27, 2012 10:51:34 GMT -5 vanillacourage said:

She had the most low-key celeb pregnancy ever.

No kidding!

Eh, it's ok. Don't love it, but like others have said, better than a lot of the weird stuff out there.

[Kore]

I think Tenn could be a cute nickname. But I like Blue Ivy, so there's that.

[whitepicketfence]

Eh. It's not something I would name my kid but it does seem to fit her.

[jaylea]

Not a fan.

I have that sond "tennessee" stuck in my head now.

"Take me to another place, make me forget all my worries, let me understand this plan..."

[slug*bug]

Sept 27, 2012 11:02:04 GMT -5 Kore said:

I think Tenn could be a cute nickname. But I like Blue Ivy, so there's that.

See, I thought they should've gone with Ivy Blue, which I like. Not as much a fan of the color first. Clearly, I do not have the skilz to be celebrity baby-namer.

[dexteroni]

If this were any other celeb it would be relatively normal. I mean, there is Tennessee Williams*, so a precedent has been set. But I expected something better from Reese. Oh well, I still love her and her family is cute and well-behaved, so they're still light years ahead of most celebs.

*I know it's not his real name. But most people know it as a name, so at least it's not completely made up, or a food or a color.

[dexteroni]

Sept 27, 2012 11:05:16 GMT -5 slug*bug said:

I thought they should've gone with Ivy Blue

Agree.

[mbcdefg]

Blech.

WTF was wrong with just calling him James?

[dexteroni]

Sept 27, 2012 11:43:44 GMT -5 @vicmo said:

Next you'll tell me Romney's real first name isn't really Mittens.

(www.houstonianonline.com/news/2-of-americans-think-mitt-is-short-for-mittens-1.2758317)

It's actually Willard Mittens. And lol at that article.

[hbomdiggity]

It's pretty bad. Hopefully he goes by TJ.

[pumpkin]

Sept 27, 2012 11:08:22 GMT -5 dexteroni said:

If this were any other celeb it would be relatively normal. I mean, there is Tennessee Williams*, so a precedent has been set. But I expected something better from Reese. Oh well, I still love her and her family is cute and well-behaved, so they're still light years ahead of most celebs.

*I know it's not his real name. But most people know it as a name, so at least it's not completely made up, or a food or a color.

This is how I feel about it. NMS, but given the celebrity baby names we've seen, pretty normal

[aspentosh]

Not as "out there" as most celebrity names. It definitely suits her style, though.

[lurkergirl123]

I'm not crazy about it, but don't hate it either.

[justjen]

I think it's cute.

[DarcyLongfellow]

I think it's awful. And it doesn't go at all with Ava (normal, if a bit old fashioned) and Deacon (trendy because it's last name as a first name, but it was a family name, so very southern).

She's *from* Tennessee. Somehow that just makes it worse.

I agree that it's normal compared to Blue Ivy and Suri, but I always thought Reece was a little bit more normal than that!

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Tennessee Williams.

[Kore]

OMG. I always thought the Mittens thing was a mocking joke.

ETA oh holy fuck. lol. I didn't click the article.

[abeaverhausen]

Sept 27, 2012 11:18:44 GMT -5 @champagna said:

Sept 27, 2012 11:02:04 GMT -5 Kore said:

I think Tenn could be a cute nickname. But I like Blue Ivy, so there's that.

I like Apple. Shocking, I know. The only thing I like about GOOPy.

I like Apple too.

[bronxgirl]

I'm not a fan, but I have low standards for celebrity names. A woman at my synagogue named her daughter Alabama and when the rabbi announced it everyone was like :-|