# Gwyneth gives birth to Apple

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gwyneth-gives-birth-to-apple/245270>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [May 15, 2004, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gwyneth-gives-birth-to-apple/245270 "2004-05-15T13:35:35Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![rjung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rjung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjung)\
**Post date:** [May 17, 2004, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gwyneth-gives-birth-to-apple/245270/41 "2004-05-17T02:18:37Z")

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When did Ms. Paltrow become a Mac user?

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**Author:** ![furthur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecccb3/32.png) [@furthur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furthur)\
**Post date:** [May 17, 2004, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gwyneth-gives-birth-to-apple/245270/42 "2004-05-17T03:09:56Z")

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I’m hoping the second child is named Banana.

That way, s/he can be second, Banana.

Ooh… that was bad. 😉

Mrs. Furthur

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**Author:** ![moi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c2a13f/32.png) [@moi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/moi)\
**Post date:** [May 17, 2004, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gwyneth-gives-birth-to-apple/245270/43 "2004-05-17T04:21:10Z")

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I kinda like the name. Also, if the kid doesn’t she has two other perfectly normal names to fall back on.

> [@tracer](#):
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> **emekthian** : Why not just name him after that weird-ass symbol that the artist-formerly-known-as-Prince uses for his name, while you’re at it?

**Used** for his name. A few years ago, he return to using Prince as his name:

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> On Dec. 31, 1999, my publishing contract with Warner-Chappell expired, thus emancipating the name I was given before birth – Prince – from all long-term restrictive documents.

[link](http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/pop/prinww.shtml)

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**Author:** ![Askance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/askance/32/8281_2.png) [@Askance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askance)\
**Post date:** [May 17, 2004, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gwyneth-gives-birth-to-apple/245270/44 "2004-05-17T04:50:39Z")

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Nurse: your child’s sex?

GP: female

Nurse: your child’s name?

GP: (not paying attention) What?

Nurse: … your child’s appelation …

GP: I like that, but I’ll shorten it. Thanks!

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**Author:** ![Askia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/96bed5/32.png) [@Askia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askia)\
**Post date:** [May 17, 2004, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gwyneth-gives-birth-to-apple/245270/45 "2004-05-17T05:01:10Z")

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“Charlie Brown, meet Five!”

“Good grief!”

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**Author:** ![Walloon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/fbc32d/32.png) [@Walloon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walloon)\
**Post date:** [May 17, 2004, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gwyneth-gives-birth-to-apple/245270/46 "2004-05-17T05:46:13Z")

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For the curious, there are 18 persons with the first name of Apple in the Social Security Death Index. They were born 1875-1946. The 1930 U.S. census recorded 29 persons with the first name of Apple.

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