What's In a Name?

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Dear Sinners,

Unless you've been living under a rock these past few days then you've probably heard about the birth of Destiny's child. Music's number one couple have given birth to a beautiful baby girl named Blue Ivy Carter on Saturday. And there are numerous rumours surrounding the couple. From fake pregnancies to buying out the floor to  the hospital, it seems drama is engulfing Queen B and Jay-Z at a time that's supposed to be joyous and beautiful. So instead of focusing on the negative rumours I'm going to discuss something more interesting. 

    So everyone knows that Hollywood is famous for its "unique" baby names. Over the past few years, Apple, Moses, and Honor are just a few names that Hollywood's elite decided to bless their spawn with. Now I'm a fan of unique names (who wants to be ordinary?), but there is a fine line between unique and plain out weird. So when it came to Beyonce and Jay-Z's bundle of joy it figures they'd choose something out of the ordinary. Granted Blue Ivy is the perfect combination of "unique-but-still-normal". It's different enough to stand out but not totally weird that makes will ensure torture and humiliation on the playground. But it seems there was more thought put into the choice of the name. 

    Reports are saying that Blue Ivy's name stems from a deeper meaning. Supposedly "Blue" comes from Jay-Z's last three albums Blueprint, Blueprint 2: The Gift & the Curse, and Blueprint 3. Ivy is supposed to represent the roman numeral of four (IV) which is significant to the couple. Beyonce and Jay-Z were both born on the fourth of September and December respectively, they were married on April fourth and the couple has matching IV tattoos on their wedding finger. Also Beyonce named her latest album 4. 

    So this can all be rumours and say what you want about the name but it's pretty interesting how much thought they put into the it. I choose to believe this is true. Its so sweet to think that the name represents something more important and special for the couple. I wish my parents put that much thought into my name. So I want to hear your thoughts. Do you like the name? Does your name have special meaning?


In other Blue Ivy news, it seems the little baby is already making waves in the music industry. She is the youngest person to debut on the Billboard charts. The newborn is featured on Jay-Z's track Glory which he wrote specifically for her. Oh snap, only six days old and already making history. Can't wait to see what the future holds for this star in the making.