# Baby Jolie-Pitt born **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 28, 2006, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baby-jolie-pitt-born/358531 "2006-05-28T02:52:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Yookeroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yookeroo/32/323_2.png) [@Yookeroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yookeroo)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2006, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baby-jolie-pitt-born/358531/41 "2006-05-29T22:48:04Z")
I approve of all these weird names. The world doesn’t need another John or Jennifer. Give me more Moxie Crimefighters and Tu Morrows. ---
**Author:** ![singular1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ba9def/32.png) [@singular1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/singular1)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2006, 11:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baby-jolie-pitt-born/358531/42 "2006-05-30T11:50:10Z")
Let’s not forget Paula Yates’ kids - Fifi Trixibelle, Peaches Honeyblossom, Pixie, and Heavenly Hiraani Tiger Lily. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2006, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baby-jolie-pitt-born/358531/43 "2006-05-30T15:37:35Z")
The Jillettes’ new son is named Zolten. ---
**Author:** ![Labtrash](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/labtrash/32/528_2.png) [@Labtrash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labtrash)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2006, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baby-jolie-pitt-born/358531/44 "2006-05-30T15:58:10Z")
I was actually hoping the baby would wait until June 6th, for the old 06/06/06 birthday. And for the record, NO baby is cuter than Labtrash Jr., born 02/02/06. Shiloh will look like a freakish mutant\* (In my eyes, anyway) when her bazillion dollar photo finally gets snapped. \*No offense intended to any freakish mutants out there. ---
**Author:** ![Rachael\_Rage](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/71c47a/32.png) [@Rachael\_Rage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachael_Rage)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2006, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baby-jolie-pitt-born/358531/45 "2006-05-30T16:05:21Z")
> [@Yookeroo](#): > > I approve of all these weird names. The world doesn’t need another John or Jennifer. Give me more Moxie Crimefighters and Tu Morrows. Hear, hear! Some friends of mine named their daughter Maxine Velvet, which is about as good of a name as you can get, IMO. ---
**Author:** ![irishgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8edcca/32.png) [@irishgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/irishgirl)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2006, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baby-jolie-pitt-born/358531/46 "2006-05-30T16:34:07Z")
At least Shiloh means something, and it goes well with Maddox and Zahara. I mean, it would be weird if the Jolie-Pitt kids were called Maddox, Zahara and Ann…at least they’re all a little unusual (but perfectly sensible) names. ---
**Author:** ![Xema](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/9de053/32.png) [@Xema](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xema)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2006, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baby-jolie-pitt-born/358531/47 "2006-05-30T20:43:18Z")
Am I alone in thinking that making a kid’s name match that of a bloody battle might not be inspired? ---
**Author:** ![vibrotronica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/a9a28c/32.png) [@vibrotronica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vibrotronica)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2006, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baby-jolie-pitt-born/358531/48 "2006-05-30T21:35:04Z")
More people died at the Battle of Shiloh than in the Revolutionary War, the War of 1812, and the Mexican War combined. ---
**Author:** ![Antigen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/848f3c/32.png) [@Antigen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antigen)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2006, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baby-jolie-pitt-born/358531/49 "2006-05-30T22:32:24Z")
> [@Yookeroo](#): > > The world doesn’t need another John or Jennifer. But… I can stay, since I’m already here, right? ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2006, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baby-jolie-pitt-born/358531/50 "2006-05-30T23:03:05Z")
> [@singular1](#): > > Let’s not forget Paula Yates’ kids - Fifi Trixibelle, Peaches Honeyblossom, Pixie, and Heavenly Hiraani Tiger Lily. I came in here to mention Fifi, Peach, Pixie and Heavenly Hiraani Tiger Lily. Richard Geer named his son after his father, Homer. Which I approve of. Ann Hecht named her son Homer, with the last name of Lafoon. Which I don’t approve of. the poor kid. Julia Roberts two are Hazel and Phinneaus, which I really like ( except it is Phineaus.) I can’t remember shit, but celebrity baby names stick with me. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2006, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baby-jolie-pitt-born/358531/51 "2006-05-30T23:13:52Z")
> [@gigi](#): > > The Jillettes’ new son is named Zolten. People are up in arms about Britney being pregnant again since her son’s only eight months old. Moxie is only 11 months older than baby Zolten! I like Moxie, but I think they ought to have gone with Zorak for the boy’s name 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Yookeroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yookeroo/32/323_2.png) [@Yookeroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yookeroo)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2006, 7:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baby-jolie-pitt-born/358531/52 "2006-05-31T07:25:46Z")
> [@Antigen](#): > > But… I can stay, since I’m already here, right? I should’ve said that the world already has the perfect amount of Johns and Jennifers, no need to add more. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2006, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baby-jolie-pitt-born/358531/53 "2006-05-31T15:58:45Z")
> [@Equipoise](#): > > … > I’m very happy for Pitt and Jolie. Not that I follow either closely, but from what I’ve picked up from osmosis, Pitt has been looking to be a family man for years, and seems like he would make a very fun, down-to-earth father. Jolie completely turned herself around from being creepy/witchy to being a responsible, caring human being right before she adopted her son. I think anyone who makes fun of these two doesn’t know enough about them. For celebrities, you can’t get much better in the human being, citizen of the earth, department. > > Just the fact that they had their child in Namibia shows some pretty hard-core scruples, bringing badly-needed attention to a country that Jolie fell in love with while filming **Beyond Borders** , when she could have stayed all chushy and pampered in Los Angeles. I love how Namibia refused to grant visas to foreign “journalists” unless approved by the couple. To hell with the paparazzi. And I just heard that Pitt/Jolie gave the country $300,000 to show their gratitude, which will (according to the article I read) be used for maternity wards and child health issues. It all sounds good on the page, and I’m still enough of an optimist to believe that it all might be true. > > There are so many Hollywood couples I can’t stand, that it’s nice to actually like this couple. Yes, maybe I don’t know much about her other than what she says in interviews. She said she would never break up a marriage because of what happened to her parents marriage, yet she did and got pregnant with the man before the divorce was even final. Prior to that relationship she broke up an engaged couple. Her charity work is all well and good but I can’t help but feel that part of the reason for it is to repair her karma. I also feel like the reason they chose Namibia wasn’t because of some special love of the place but the fact that they could keep the paparrazi out. Frankly, I am just a bit tired of all the celebrity baby hoo-haa. So they can procreate and name their babies weird things? Wow, they’re just like us! :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Equipoise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/equipoise/32/151_2.png) [@Equipoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Equipoise)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2006, 11:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baby-jolie-pitt-born/358531/54 "2006-06-01T11:48:09Z")
> [@Wile E](#): > > Yes, maybe I don’t know much about her other than what she says in interviews. She said she would never break up a marriage because of what happened to her parents marriage, yet she did and got pregnant with the man before the divorce was even final. Prior to that relationship she broke up an engaged couple. She did Laura Dern, who’s happily married and has a kid now, a huge favor. And Jennifer Aniston, who didn’t want kids while Pitt has been aching for kids for years, seems pretty happy with Vince Vaughn. > [@Wile E](#): > > Her charity work is all well and good but I can’t help but feel that part of the reason for it is to repair her karma. So? Does that negate what she does now? Should she have stayed weird and witchy and useless because it’s no use to change for the better? > [@Wile E](#): > > I also feel like the reason they chose Namibia wasn’t because of some special love of the place but the fact that they could keep the paparrazi out. From what I’ve read she fell in love with the country when she was filming a movie there. She could have chosen anywhere to have her baby. And what’s wrong with wanting to keep the scummy paparrazi out of their hair? Paparazzi are nearly as low as child molesters and deserve no consideration. Hooray for Namibia. > [@Wile E](#): > > Frankly, I am just a bit tired of all the celebrity baby hoo-haa. So they can procreate and name their babies weird things? Wow, they’re just like us! :rolleyes: I just think they’re a nice couple. I’d think the same if any couple I liked had a baby they truly wanted and could take care of. It’s certainly not Pitt and Jolie’s fault that OTHER people/magazines/entertainment news shows/OP starters are making a hoo-haa about their child. They tried staying away from publicity in Namibia and you don’t like that either. They can’t win. Sheesh. ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2006, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baby-jolie-pitt-born/358531/55 "2006-06-01T23:14:34Z")
> [@Equipoise](#): > > She did Laura Dern, who’s happily married and has a kid now, a huge favor. And > Jennifer Aniston, who didn’t want kids while Pitt has been aching for kids for years, seems pretty happy with Vince Vaughn. > > **According to Jennifer that was all a lie, she wanted kids.** > > So? Does that negate what she does now? Should she have stayed weird and witchy and useless because it’s no use to change for the better? > > **I don’t care if she changes or not. I don’t have to believe she’s done it all out of the goodness of her heart if I don’t want to. You can’t make me!** > > From what I’ve read she fell in love with the country when she was filming a movie there. She could have chosen anywhere to have her baby. And what’s wrong with wanting to keep the scummy paparrazi out of their hair? Paparazzi are nearly as low as child molesters and deserve no consideration. Hooray for Namibia. > I just think they’re a nice couple. I’d think the same if any couple I liked had a baby they truly wanted and could take care of. It’s certainly not Pitt and Jolie’s fault that OTHER people/magazines/entertainment news shows/OP starters are making a hoo-haa about their child. They tried staying away from publicity in Namibia and you don’t like that either. They can’t win. Sheesh. Bolded comments are mine. Really, I don’t care what they want people to think of their reasons for everything and I doubt very much that they care what I think. I am simply expressing my opinion of the couple just as you and others here have done. ---
**Author:** ![Amaranta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Amaranta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amaranta)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2006, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baby-jolie-pitt-born/358531/56 "2006-06-02T00:35:55Z")
I’m happy for them. It really pisses me off that Bennifer, the whole Jennifer Lopez/Ben Affleck monster that whored themselves out to the press, gave awkward kisses to each other every time photographers yelled to, shot music videos and movies together, and basically overexposed themselves were treated the same way in the tabloids as Brad and Angelina. These two made an honest effort to avoid the press and the spotlight. It’s not their fault people are sick of them, it’s the losers buying celebrity tabloids. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baby-jolie-pitt-born/358531.md?page=2)