Okay, it’s not the craziest thing a celebrity has ever done. Come to think of it, Victoria Recano is technically not a celebrity at all. Rather, she’s famous by association, thanks to her job as correspondent for TV’s The Insider.
Perhaps, all her mingling with other star parents has affected her ability to think clearly.
Case in point: Why did Recano and her husband name their newborn daughter, Maximilienne Elizabeth Burwell, but refuse to call her such?
The couple recently sent out birth announcements for their now three-month-old daughter, which features their offspring’s legal name in itsy-bitsy, teeny-tiny letters, hidden behind much larger boldface ones that spell out the name they’re actually calling their little one: Emme.
That’s right folks; Recano and her husband named their kid Maximilienne Elizabeth, but you can call her Emme… or Al… or any thing else besides Maximilienne.
Huh?
I could see if the baby’s middle name was Emme and they thought it more fitting to use the abbreviated moniker to address their daughter, but how does one get Emme from Maximilienne Elizabeth?
I.Don’t.Get.It.
As far as I am concerned, Emme doesn’t even qualify as a nickname for Maximilienne.
Not that Recano cares.
Still, look at the letters in Maximilienne. Shortened versions of the name include Maxi (don’t call me “pad,” but kids on the playground can be so mean), Mili (Vanilli, okay I can see why they wouldn’t want to saddle their tyke with that one. “Girl, you know it’s true…”), and if you really wanted to stretch it, maybe, Lien, which is a very popular girl’s name in China.
Emme. It’s a very nice name. So, why didn’t they just name her that? Why torture the kid with having to learn how to spell Maximilienne when they plan to call her Emme?
What’s more, how do you explain to a kindergartener that her name is really Maximilienne on paper, when you’ve called her nothing but Emme since the day she was born?
Maximilienne is a perfectly beautiful name, but if you didn’t want to use it to address your child, then why waste it?
What if I named my daughter Mary and called her Penelope? Would I be hip like Recano?
Celebuspawns have enough to deal with growing up in the spotlight; why add to their identity crisis by calling them by a name that is not listed anywhere on their birth certificate?
Is it another example of Hollywood waste? Or, do you think Recano is trying to start a new trend?
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