# Her name is Reignbeau **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 17, 2004, 11:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/her-name-is-reignbeau/234830 "2004-03-17T11:14:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2004, 11:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/her-name-is-reignbeau/234830/1 "2004-03-17T11:14:50Z")
Ving Rhames named his daughter Reignbeau. I know, I know, people can name their kids whatever they like. And it’s not like this isn’t a well-worn topic. It’s just that sometimes I am truly amazed at how bound and determined parents are to be CUTESIER THAN HELL when naming their children. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21825_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2004, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/her-name-is-reignbeau/234830/2 "2004-03-17T12:52:38Z")
Well, let’s just see what you say when she becomes PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES!!! :eek: :D:D:D:D ---
**Author:** ![Chanteuse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9de053/32.png) [@Chanteuse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chanteuse)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2004, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/her-name-is-reignbeau/234830/3 "2004-03-17T13:34:58Z")
I could never help but feel as if it gave these parents a sense of superiority to constantly be correcting people as to the spelling of their child’s name. “See how trendy and clever I am, and what a stodgy old dope _you_ are!” I suppose I could be wrong about that, but it’s still the way I’ve always felt! ---
**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2004, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/her-name-is-reignbeau/234830/4 "2004-03-17T13:46:44Z")
It’s really sad that I had such a hard time figuring out how to pronounce “Reignbeau”. The pronounciations I was coming up with were basically insane. Finally I looked at it again and it hit me: rainbow :smack: ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2004, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/her-name-is-reignbeau/234830/5 "2004-03-17T14:19:26Z")
Don’t forget it to pair it with the last name – Reignbeau Rhames. Sounds like Scooby-Doo singing “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reigndeer” to me. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2004, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/her-name-is-reignbeau/234830/6 "2004-03-17T14:28:32Z")
Sounds like a clown or the host of a kid’s show or something. I suppose I’m thinking of Rainbow Randolph, who was Robin Williams’s character in _Death to Smoochy_. What an awful name - somehow, her father’s badass image makes it weirder. Sometimes when you hear a kid’s name, you just want to slap the parents upside the head, and this is a great example of one of those times. ---
**Author:** ![TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tellmei_mnotcrazy/32/3419_2.png) [@TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TellMeI_mNotCrazy)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2004, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/her-name-is-reignbeau/234830/7 "2004-03-17T15:17:52Z")
> [@FairyChatMom](#): > > Well, let’s just see what you say when she becomes PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES!!! > > :eek: > :D:D:D:D Would that make us a Reignbeau nation? ---
**Author:** ![BiblioCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BiblioCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BiblioCat)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2004, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/her-name-is-reignbeau/234830/8 "2004-03-17T19:35:13Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > Don’t forget it to pair it with the last name – Reignbeau Rhames. > > Sounds like Scooby-Doo singing “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reigndeer” to me. :::insert obligatory “I just spewed Coke/Iced Tea/Coffee all over my monitor” joke here::: 😃 Thanks. I’ll be thinking of Scooby-Doo the rest of the day! ---
**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2004, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/her-name-is-reignbeau/234830/9 "2004-03-17T20:19:52Z")
> [@FairyChatMom](#): > > Well, let’s just see what you say when she becomes PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES!!! Aw, everyone knows that **chicks** can’t be president. It says so in the Constipatution! ---
**Author:** ![Moo\_the\_Magic\_Cow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ebca7d/32.png) [@Moo\_the\_Magic\_Cow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moo_the_Magic_Cow)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2004, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/her-name-is-reignbeau/234830/10 "2004-03-18T00:31:13Z")
You have to realize that in Hollywood, people name their children like you would your pets. ---
**Author:** ![TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tellmei_mnotcrazy/32/3419_2.png) [@TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TellMeI_mNotCrazy)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2004, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/her-name-is-reignbeau/234830/11 "2004-03-18T01:12:49Z")
> [@Moo the Magic Cow](#): > > You have to realize that in Hollywood, people name their children like you would your pets. :eek: I would _never_ name my pet Reignbeau :eek: ---
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2004, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/her-name-is-reignbeau/234830/12 "2004-03-18T01:16:55Z")
What a horrible fucking name. Ten bucks says she’s in rehab by the time she’s 14.