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Comedian and radio host Merrick Watts and wife Georgie Sulzberger welcomed daughter Kinga Rose. She joins older brother Wolfe (3). Kinga is a Polish pet form of the name Kunigunde. Saint Kinga is one of the patrons of Poland, and Georgie’s family background is Polish, so the name honours her heritage. They will be pronouncing her name KEEN-gah.Singer Guy Sebastian and wife Jules welcomed son Hudson James Sebastian. Guy has revealed that they chose the name Hudson after the Hudson River, as they love New York and its river is their favourite thing about it.Radio host Jason Morrison and wife Heidi Tiltins welcomed son Charles EdwardCharlie’ Morrison.Actors Jessica Marais and James Stewart welcomed daughter Scout Edie Stewart. Jessica confirms that Scout was named after the character from To Kill a Mockingbird, which is one of her favourite novels. Footballer Jarrad McVeigh and wife Clementine welcomed daughter Lolita-Luella McVeigh. She will be called Lolita, Luella is in honour of their late daughter. Footballer Brett Kirk and wife Hayley welcomed son Skout Kirk. He joins older brother Indhi [7] and sisters Memphys, Tallulah [twins, 4] and Sadie Kirk [2].
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I'm actually quite fond of Kinga, I met one at a Theatre festival and it was very pretty when she said it. I'm not sure it's the best name in English, but it's pretty.I'm not hugely fond of Charles but Charles Edward is a really handsome classic name. No one else can name babies apparently. Scout "for Scout in To Kill a Mockingbird" really annoys me, it was a nickname! It just seems like justification for using a cutesy trendy name. I've never once heard someone say they were using Jean or Jean Louise because they were big fans of To Kill a Mockingbird it's always Harper or Scout. /end rant
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The "name" Scout makes me want to throw up. It's stupid even for a dog. And Scout wasn't even the character's real name, just a nickname her father gave her, like he might call a boy Sonny or Sport. Now if somebody named a daughter Jean Louise and said it was after the character I'd think it was both attractive and showed they really had some perspective.Wolfe Watts sounds pretty silly. As does Lolita Luella. Lolita is trashy in its own right and Luella has a very Tobacco Road vibe to it. Together it's awful. I don't care if Luella is after her dead sister, it is ugly and even uglier with Lolita.Charles Edward is very nice.
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Kinga Rose - it's cute. I used to know a Kinga, but she was Hungarian.Wolfe - not awful, but not great either.Hudson James Sebastian - James Sebastian is nice, but Hudson, nah...Charles Edward ‘Charlie’ - it's fine, a bit boring, though.Scout Edie - ick. I love To Kill a Mockingbird, but I don't like the name Scout. And Edie sounds too masculine on a girl.Lolita-Luella - Lolita is horrible and I think it's kind of creepy to name a child after a deceased sibling...Skout, Indhi, Memphys, Tallulah and Sadie - awful sibset. I can accept Tallulah and Sadie, the other names are just horrible!

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Edie isn’t pronounced like Eddie, it's EE-dee. Yeah, I’m not into the whole honoring a deceased sibling thing, but in this case I think it's meaningful. Here's the whole story – http://waltzingmorethanmatilda.com//?s=Jarrad+McVeigh+&search=Go. I just wish they'd made it a middle name and not a hyphenated one.
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Jarrad McVeigh and Clem's story about losing Luella was quite big news here. It was heartbreaking :( I'm so happy for them that they delivered a healthy little girl but I really don't like the hyphenated first name and her deceased sister's name being in there. I think that little girl will have to grow up in the 'shadow' of Luella anyway with them being born so close together, and I can't see how having the same fn as her will help things.
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Kinga & Wolfe is such a richly evocative sibset! I love it.
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