It really doesn’t get any better than this: Alabama Gypsy Rose. That’s the name of the baby born Dec. 1 to actress Drea de Matteo and musician Shooter Jennings. This looks at first glance like a case of two middles names, but in this case “Gypsy Rose” is probably intended as a single middle name, a la “Anne Marie.” Congrats to the family.
Oh, this is a fun one. Country singer Brad Paisley’s new son, born nine months ago, is apparently going by his middle name, Huckleberry. Brad and his wife, Kimberly, call the boy “Huck” rather than his first name, William, according to People Magazine.
Congrats to Amelia Heinle and Thad Luckinbill, actors on the soap the Young and the Restless. Baby Thaddeus Rowe Luckinbill, born Nov. 2, will go by his middle name. Rowe, a break from the increasingly popular name Rowen (or, Rowan, for girls such as Brooke Shield’s child), is more common as a last name and seems to be of Gaelic origin. By some accounts, it means “red-haired.” Thaddeus Rowe was also the name of a 1970 L.A. Dodgers infielder.