Comments on: Update: Gretchen Mol and Kip Williams welcome son Ptolemy John http://celebritybabies.people.com/2007/10/23/gretchen-mol-an/ Tue, 14 Feb 2012 14:16:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ Moms & Babies - People.comhttp://img2.timeinc.net/people/static/i/v4home/peoplelogo.pnghttp://celebritybabies.people.com20485 By: Candygirl http://celebritybabies.people.com/2007/10/23/gretchen-mol-an/#comment-227579 Fri, 02 Nov 2007 03:15:11 +0000 http://peoplecbb.wordpress.com/2007/10/24/gretchen-mol-an#comment-227579

WOW.. what a very interesting name. What ever happen to naming our children the old fashion names? Like Matthew,Mark, Luke, or William? Kids today already have the unnessary pressure of society with out adding the confusion of a name no one isn’t going to know how to pronounce. If I had to live with a name like that, I would be more than ready to have any nickname that is avaiable. Just called me PJ or John for short.

]]> By: gianna http://celebritybabies.people.com/2007/10/23/gretchen-mol-an/#comment-227580 Wed, 24 Oct 2007 18:33:10 +0000 http://peoplecbb.wordpress.com/2007/10/24/gretchen-mol-an#comment-227580

Not a cute name at all IMO. But congrats to them

]]> By: Renee http://celebritybabies.people.com/2007/10/23/gretchen-mol-an/#comment-227581 Wed, 24 Oct 2007 13:50:18 +0000 http://peoplecbb.wordpress.com/2007/10/24/gretchen-mol-an#comment-227581

I like the name.It’s strong. I find it funny people are complaining about this name when just a few months ago people were complaining about every boy baby being named Henry.

]]> By: Sanja http://celebritybabies.people.com/2007/10/23/gretchen-mol-an/#comment-227582 Wed, 24 Oct 2007 06:54:49 +0000 http://peoplecbb.wordpress.com/2007/10/24/gretchen-mol-an#comment-227582

I like the name. As for the pronounciation I guess it depends on the language. Does anyone know how Greeks say it? In Slavic languages the P is not silent.

]]> By: Althea http://celebritybabies.people.com/2007/10/23/gretchen-mol-an/#comment-227583 Wed, 24 Oct 2007 06:43:20 +0000 http://peoplecbb.wordpress.com/2007/10/24/gretchen-mol-an#comment-227583

In greek Ptolemy is actually Ptolemaios and we pronounce it Pto-le-mae-os.So Ptolemy should be pronounced Pto-le-my..Just like that, the P is NOT silent (at least in greek) but I guess in english it’s a different story.

Also the name is not quite used here.

And yes, throughout the course of history there has been an astronomer/mathematician, egyptian king and one of Alexander the Great’s generals, maybe I am forgetting a few other namesakes..

Anyway, beautiful name =]

]]> By: clair http://celebritybabies.people.com/2007/10/23/gretchen-mol-an/#comment-227584 Wed, 24 Oct 2007 05:54:25 +0000 http://peoplecbb.wordpress.com/2007/10/24/gretchen-mol-an#comment-227584

Oh i love ancient Greek names – i’ve always liked the name Hephaistion but i don’t think i’m brave enough to name a son it.

]]> By: jen http://celebritybabies.people.com/2007/10/23/gretchen-mol-an/#comment-227585 Wed, 24 Oct 2007 02:51:58 +0000 http://peoplecbb.wordpress.com/2007/10/24/gretchen-mol-an#comment-227585

Sarah,
I don’t know if my previous comment went through, but I’ll try again. The PEOPLE article says the baby was born Sept. 10, not Oct. 10, as you posted.

Sarah’s note: Yeah, I didn’t post that. Shannon updated the post with the wrong info. Angela corrected it this morning so hopefully it’s all good now. Thanks!

]]> By: Mandii http://celebritybabies.people.com/2007/10/23/gretchen-mol-an/#comment-227586 Wed, 24 Oct 2007 02:30:42 +0000 http://peoplecbb.wordpress.com/2007/10/24/gretchen-mol-an#comment-227586

I was so interested, I had to Google the name. This is what the web is saying:
Pronunciation: tah-lah-mee. Name of 15 kings of Egypt 323–30 b.c. Names always sound a little cooler to me when you know a little history.

]]> By: jen http://celebritybabies.people.com/2007/10/23/gretchen-mol-an/#comment-227587 Wed, 24 Oct 2007 02:28:03 +0000 http://peoplecbb.wordpress.com/2007/10/24/gretchen-mol-an#comment-227587

The People article says the baby was born Sept. 10, not Oct. 10, as you posted.

]]> By: Mandii http://celebritybabies.people.com/2007/10/23/gretchen-mol-an/#comment-227588 Wed, 24 Oct 2007 02:24:51 +0000 http://peoplecbb.wordpress.com/2007/10/24/gretchen-mol-an#comment-227588

hehe…sounds like a medical term to me. Anyone have any idea how to pronounce?

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