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So, Tina Fey named her new baby girl Penelope.
I am of two minds about this news.
1. I love that name! Great minds think alike!
2. *&%$@#$%^! Now everyone and their sister will name their daughters Penelope. I purposefully chose names for my children that were uncommon. Names that I loved and we're not on the top 100 list of baby names the FIVE years prior to their birth. I am one of 1,000,000,000,000 Jessica's and while the name itself is fine, I hated being one of the 2 or 3 Jessica's in my class. I was always Jessica B. It sucked. The upside was no one every misspelled or mispronounced my name, but it wasn't until adulthood that I can to appreciate this small upside.
Penelope is a wonderful name. It's beautiful, it has a great literary history, it's historical. It was also #946 on the list of 1,000 in 2001, #359 in 2008 (when Poe was born), and #200 last year. &$#!#$^%#@.
At least, if she's one of a dozen Penelope's at her school, she'll probably be the only Penny Lane.
3/22/15 at 3:58pm, 8.11 lbs, 22 inches
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11 months ago
She really gave this daughter QUITE the Greek name, her middle name is Athena. Isn't her older daughter Alice? (....I say as if I don't know for 100% face because I want to marry Tina Fey and have ten thousand of her babies.)
ReplyDeletePenelope is a lovely name, and I really love the nickname Poe, if I hadn't mentioned. I picture her wearing lots of funky outfits and speaking her mind very articulately...although I pictured that anyway.