Baby Middle Name

Someone sent the Kitty Hell blog a document showing that an Australian woman has legally changed her middle name to Hello Kitty. Our first thought was that she will one day regret this like a soccer mom regrets her Winnie the Pooh ankle tattoo, but who are we to say? We at Babymiddlename.net have no beef with Hello Kitty, and as long as you’re not changing your name to something hateful, have at it! You can always change it back, but it’ll cost you.

Model Milla Jovovich and her fiance’s first child balances a common last name with short but intriguing first and middle names. The baby girl, who was born Nov. 3, is named Ever Gabo Anderson. While Gabo is the name for a series of reforms in turn-of-the-20th century Korea, as well as an island near Australia, it’s unlikely Jovovich, who is from the Ukraine, picked the name for those reasons. One baby name Web site tabbed Gabo as German, while another said it’s Hebrew for “God is my might.” Still another source credits Gabo to Star Wars Wookies. Update: Milla revealed on her official Web site that Gabo, pronounced “Gabeau,” is a combination of her parents’ first names: Galina and Bogie.

What do you do if your last name is Fields and you’re a big-time Chicago Cubs fan? Name your baby Wrigley, of course. His parents, who planned for years to name a son Wrigley, have already said they’ll understand if the child later decides to go by his middle name instead. Wrigley was born Sept. 12 in Indiana.