http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/eo/20051004/en_celeb_eo/17493
That poor child . . .
Tell me about it. Sending a child into outer space inside a crystal rocket all by himself… what does that do to a kid?
At least them can call him Kal, I guess. Shame that a woman that pretty has to be dumb enough to go along with a name like that.
As a Geek, I approve. After all, it’s not another damned Tyler or Jason or Zachary…
That’s just…super.
Super?! Man, it’s awesome!
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Meh. It’s no “Askia” but it’ll serve.
I don’t know. When I think “geeky,” I think of a pair of Buffy fans who might name their daughter Willow. “Kal-el” is kinda beyond the pale. Also, why not Zod?
I can see the little tyke standing on top of the jungle gym declaring “kneel before Zod!” And then getting pummeled.
Yeah, but it’s more creative than the inevitable “What’s that? Up in the sky?” jokes. And what is little Kal-el going to be for Halloween?
Bizzaro? Brainiac? Lex Luthor? Doomsday?
The list goes on and on.
As much as we hate Britney (well, I don’t hate her, but most on the board do),we can at least thank her for having the sense to name her child a normal name.
Hey, it’s the only hope her kid has.
Baby Jesus cries for all the Hollywood babies. Their little asses are gunna get kicked some day.
That would be true only if the Hollywood offspring end up going to the same schools as non-Hollywood offspring. Since they likely won’t, they’ll be in the same classes as other oddly-named children of celebrities so it won’t be such an obvious target for ridicule. If anything, the kids with ordinary names like Bill, Patricia, or John are going to feel like the odd ones out.
Maybe they’ll take turns kicking each others’ asses.
Either that or they’re gonna be BUSY!
Let’s be honest. Kal-El can be shortened to “Kal”, which is a perfectly normal-sounding substitute the kid can resort to.
Apple, Pilot Inspektor, and Jermajesty aren’t so lucky.
Screw you guys. If I have a girl I’m naming her Kama Tui. If I have a boy I’m naming him Kilowag. Maybe Tomar Re…
Kalil is a boy’s name in Hebrew & Arabic. Kalel is a pretty unobjectionable variant. It could mean “Swiftness of God” in Hebrew.
As for the eonline link re Jason Lee’s kid, some people are apparently a bit too uncultured.
??!!! Obviously, they never heard of Scott & Zelda Fitzgerald.
Really… Zelda, Tallulah, Ahmet, & for that matter Jett & Rumer (despite the homophones), are quite respectable names.
And as for Scout & Apple, well, at least they’re short, clear, & easy to spell. That’s a virtue, I suppose.
Fiona Apple’s middle name is Apple. (She was born Fiona Apple Maggart.)
Comic book artist Jon Bogdanove named his son Benjamin Kal-El Bogdanove. He was later hired to draw Superman, so maybe it helped. The boy’s in college now, & goes by his middle name.
http://alltheseworlds.hatbag.net/pivot/entry.php?id=2546#comm
http://evvyawards.org/24/submissions/nominees/
http://1ee68aa6-7425-48fd-8ae6-216a6d5218fc.profile.learningportals.emerson.edu/
& yeah, kids named Tomar & Katma would be cool.
There’s nothing wrong with the name Apple.
It’s a perfectly sweet name.
I cannot understand why people seem to dislike it so much.
David Duchovey is cute, smart (PhD) and talented. However, his young son’s name is Kidd Miller. They apparently call him Miller. That’s just great.