Celebrities That Make You Go Hmmm... You Named Your Kid What?by Michele Cheplic | More from this Blogger 23 May 2009 08:28 PM Okay, it's not the craziest thing a celebrity has ever done. In fact, Victoria Recano is not technically a celebrity at all. She's a celebrity by association thanks to her job as correspondent on TV's "The Insider." Perhaps, all her mingling with other star parents has affected her ability to think clearly. Who knows? What I am struggling to figure out is why Recano and her husband named their first born child Maximilienne Elizabeth Burwell, but refuse to call her such. The couple recently sent out birth announcements for their now 3-month-old daughter (apparently they were too busy to get them out sooner), which displayed their offspring's legal name in itsy-bitsy, teeny, tiny letters behind much larger bold-faced ones that spelled out the name they have decided to call their little one: Emme. That's right folks; Recano and her husband named their kid Maximilienne Elizabeth, but they've decided to call her Emme. Huh? I could see if the baby's middle name was Emme and they thought it more fitting to use it to address their daughter, but how does one get Emme from Maximilienne Elizabeth? I. Don't. Get. It. Emme doesn't even qualify as a nickname, as far as I am concerned. Not that Recano cares. Still, look at the letters in Maximilienne. Shortened versions of the name include Maxi (being that she is a girl, who will hit puberty one day, I can see why they didn't want to go with that), 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 once she starts school 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? Related Articles: Baby Names--How Many is Too Many? Cracking Down on Bizarre Baby Names Dad Dupes Mom and Names Kid After Republican Ticket Learn more about Michele Cheplic  Michele Cheplic was born and raised in Hilo, Hawaii, but now lives in Wisconsin. Michele graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Madison with a degree in Journalism. Relevantpopular culture tags User Comments  Libby Pelham |
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