Helen Hunt out with Makena'lei

Actress Helen Hunt, 43, her longtime boyfriend, writer/producer Matthew Carnahan, 46, (Dirt) and their daughter Makena’lei Gordon, who turns 3 on May 13th, were spotted out shopping at Lucky Kid boutique on Montana Ave on Thursday. Makena’lei also has a big brother, Emmett, from Matthew’s prior relationship.

Both of Makena’lei’s names have special meaning – her middle name is after Helen’s father. Of her first name, Helen says,

I got some help from a friend who had a dream. It means ‘many flowers of heaven.’

Makena’lei wears Crocs kids Mary Janes in red ($31).

Photos by Splash News, splashnews.com, splashnewsonline.com

Comments

Wow – she’s 3 already? Where in the world did she get that beautiful hair?????

- Lynn on April 20th, 2007

The first thing I thought when I saw her was “woooaaahhh! Great hair!!!” Absolutely gorgeous!

- Liza on April 20th, 2007

awww!! gorgeous!

- Natalie on April 20th, 2007

It’s a miniature Marcia Cross! Lol

- Marissa on April 20th, 2007

She looks like she should be Julianne Moore’s daughter with that coloring! What a cutie!

- BB on April 20th, 2007

omg that hair! she’s gorgeous.

- melanie on April 20th, 2007

Wow, gorgeous kid. But neither of her parents has red hair? Weird.

Matthew’s hair has a strawberry tone to it. Just hard to see in these pics. Definitely not that bright red though!

- Nineveh on April 20th, 2007

Her hair and milky skin are simply stunning! I hope she appreciates these beautiful attributes when she’s older!

- Nat on April 20th, 2007

Awwe she is too precious, that hair is beyond gorgeous.

- Cassie on April 20th, 2007

Wow what a happy beautiful child!

- Sophie on April 20th, 2007

Nice picture of Helen Hunt with her daughter. Love the red hair. I like Helen Hunt in the movie as Good As It Gets.

- Lisa on April 20th, 2007

I love seeing pictures of Helen and her daughter! Thanks for posting these.

- Emily on April 20th, 2007

I have those shoes! What a beautiful little girly she is!

- Michelle on April 20th, 2007

where the heck did that baby get that red hair from?? She’s gorgeous nonetheless!!!

- Tracy on April 20th, 2007

I had never seen Helen’s daughter before.
Isn’t she cute!

- KarenC on April 20th, 2007

Shes gorgeous!

but remember, the parents don’t need to have red hair for your child to get red hair. It just has to run somewhere down the family line.

Maybe a grandparent or something.

She looks a lot like Helen in that first picture.

- Italy on April 20th, 2007

OH MY GOODNESS, WHATTA BEAUTY! We haven’t seen many pictures of her since 2005, i’d like to see more.

- Ana on April 20th, 2007

i LOVE helen hunt-why she does not get more work in hollywood i do not know. maybe she’s slowed down coz of her daughter? i knew she had 1, but i’d never seen her,she’s so big for almost 3 but a cutie.and yeah, both my parents had brown hair when younger, but my bro has reddish hair(darker when he was younger) and i’ve always been a rather dumb blonde LOL.mum’s hair was kinda auburn, so i guess that’s where it came from.thanx for posting!

- ang on April 20th, 2007

How pretty! What great red hair. She’s very beautiful, and totally looks like Julianne Moore with that hair!

- Aura on April 20th, 2007

She is a beauty!!!

I am partial to her hair because my son has the exact same colour hair as Makena’lei. My hubby and I were shocked as he has black hair and mine is dark brown!!! But red hair runs on both sides of our families way back and it is a recessive gene.

What a beautiful family they make.

- TracyG on April 20th, 2007

She’s absolutely adorable. I love her hair. I can’t believe she’s almost 3 already!

Is she wear Jibbitz in her Crocs? It looks like she has little flowers on them.

- Jessie on April 20th, 2007

wow…I can’t believe she is 3 already! and i agree with everyone else…she is a beautiful little girl!

- greenmtx on April 21st, 2007

I agree – this gal is precious. Yes, redheads can have 2 non-redhaired parents… And many redheads don’t have one themselves – since it has to be present on both sides. I’m a redhead myself – took 3 babies but I have one now too!

- Zbella on April 23rd, 2007

Wow! She’s very beautiful! She definantly has Helen’s eyes.

- Diana on April 26th, 2007

I’d guess that one of them isn’t a natural blonde since red is recessive but not recessive to blonde. And it acutally only has to be present on one side. But that is some gorgeous red hair!

- Terri on April 29th, 2007

Aloha,

Helen’s friend forgot to add “lani” to Makena’lei’s name. As it stands her name means “many wreaths”. Makena = many, pua = flower, lani = heavenly. Still, she IS a very beautiful girl and her hair is outstanding!

Makena is a very popular place on Maui for visitors. At Makena landing one can swim out a few feet and see turtles swimming by the rocks. It’s just beautiful like Makena’Lei.

Yolanda Crisostomo
Maui, HI

- Yolanda Crisostomo on May 1st, 2007

How beautiful! That little girl has some of the most gorgeous hair I’ve seen!

- Xak on May 3rd, 2007

Beautiful name, we named our daughter Makena’lei Lahaina, only found out Helen Hunt had a daughter Makena’lei after googling the name. It’s truly a beautiful & an original name.

- Ria on September 6th, 2008

Makena looks just like her mom

- dawn on April 21st, 2009