LONDON - Former Spice Girl Geri Halliwell has named her baby Bluebell Madonna.
The singer also known as Ginger Spice, 33, told Hello! magazine she'd been inspired by seeing the spring flowers during her pregnancy.
"But what really clinched it for me was my mother telling me that the bluebell is increasingly rare _ so it's precious flower, which seems just right for my daughter," Halliwell was quoted as saying.
Halliwell said she had chosen the middle name in honor of one of her heroines.
"As she came out of my tummy, Bluebell had both arms flung wide in the air as if announcing to the world, `Hi! I'm here!'" the magazine quoted Halliwell as saying.
"She was screaming her head off, as though she was shouting, `Hello, Wembley!' No one else has that name, apart from the Virgin Madonna and the singer, whom I love."
The baby was born May 14 at London's Portland Hospital weighing 5 lbs 12 ounces.
In the Hello! interview, Halliwell made no mention of the baby's father. He is reportedly Hollywood scriptwriter Sacha Gervasi, 40.
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Sometimes when I hear these names, I wonder if they are just looped way out when they pick them. Either that or the celebrities are trying to compete for the most eccentric name or something.
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Okay, all I can think of when I see that is Bluebell icecream. Mmmm... ice cream....
mmmmm...bluebell...they should sell it in more than 11 states!!!!!!!!!
OK honestly, I don't think the Bluebell part is so bad. I think when Miss Bluebell grows up, she can use Belle as a nickname and that would be cute and kinda normal.
Madonna just seems like such an...OBVIOUS...hero for Geri Halliwell though...
I actually don't think Bluebell is all that bad. I see it as a cute little kid's name, and a funky/punky adult name, and a neat little-old-lady name. But yeah, Madonna? Nah.
Ok, those two names just do not go together at all. It's a good thing these stars have a lot of money and connections because with names like they give their children Lord knows they already have obstacles to overcome.