Wednesday, January 14, 2009

Garner & Affleck Release Baby Name

What do you think of "Seraphina?" I'm not loving it, but will probably warm up to it.
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Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner have announced the name of their second daughter: Seraphina Rose Elizabeth Affleck.

The girl was born Jan. 6 in Los Angeles. Garner and Affleck, both 36, are also parents to daughter Violet, 3.

While no explanation was offered for the name, or if she was named for anyone, Baby Name Bible author Pamela Redmond Satran told Us Weekly magazine, "Seraphina is an elaborately feminine kind of name that's really come into style over the past few years, like [Affleck's friend Matt Damon's daughter] Isabella.

"Seraphim is one of the highest orders of angels," Satran adds, "It kind of follows from Angelina, which has gotten super popular because of Angelina Jolie, as a a spiritual, heavenly name.

"The 'ph' spelling of Seraphina is more Hebrew in origin. It means 'ardent,' which is passionate."

"Ben and Jen really put Violet on the map," Satran said. "They transformed it from what people saw as a dowdy, old lady name to a really cute, modern choice."


(Source: Showbiz Spy)

7 comments:

Anonymous said...

Oh I like it!

Allison said...

gag.

Anonymous said...

I'm lukewarm on it. I assume they'll just call her Sera most of the time.

rachael said...

I love it. I think it's classy and really pretty.

Anonymous said...

I really like it-so pretty!

Jackie said...

I like it.

Unknown said...

I love it and I'm kinda pissed off cuz that's the name I've picked if we have a baby girl. Now everyone's going to think I nicked it off Ben and Jen. Damn!