Jill Hennessy stumped for baby names for second son

Actress Jill Hennessy, 38, is having a hard time coming up with a name for her second son with husband Paolo Mastropietro.

I honestly wish I had a good name picked out right now. His last name is Mastropietro and we’re racking our brains. If you have anything that rhymes with the last name, let me know.

Even though the pair are trying to come up with names, they won’t officially decide on one until they meet their bundle of joy.

What we’re going to do is we have a short list and we are going to wait for the delivery and hold up the list to the kid’s face and try to compare his face to something that works.

The couple’s second child is due to make his arrival in November and will join big brother, Marco, 4.

Source: People

Comments

Maestro Mastropierto would be a great name for them. Marco and Maestro.

- I was once 17, now I'm 15 years older on October 24th, 2007

I’m not sure how the last name is said exactly, but how about Alberto? Haha!

- Tracy on October 24th, 2007

I’ll vote for Diego or Mateo…
Marco & Mateo Mastropierto.
Marco & Diego Mastropierto.

- Sadie on October 24th, 2007

How about Polo? (just kidding…)
I thik Mylo or Romeo would go well with the last name. And Mylo kinda matches with Marco too.

- Julia A on October 24th, 2007

I had a student named Vinicio (va-nee-c-o)and his brother is Marco. The are sweet kids and the names go together.

- abby kate's mom on October 24th, 2007

Maestro means “teacher” in Itaian… it’s not a name.
Mateo is wrong: Matteo, like my little brother.

I’m stumped for girl names… I change idea every day!
If the baby I’m carring is a boy, I’ll name him Samuele, but I like also Francesco.

- Lita form Italy on October 24th, 2007

I think Romeo or Carlo make for a good names: They both sound kind of romantic.

- Shirley on October 24th, 2007

How about mateo, giovanni, sergio, francesco, something italian to match with the last name.

- gianna on October 24th, 2007

Im Italian so I think either Matteo, Massimo or Michele(Michael in english).

- Angela on October 24th, 2007

How about Milo??

- kelly on October 24th, 2007

Massimo, Matteo, Mario, Angelo, Carlo, Giancarlo, Pedro, Paolo, Giovanni, Mauro, Romeo, Ricardo, Francesco, Federico, Alfredo, Alberto, Alonso…

- vanessa on October 24th, 2007

Antonio or Luca.

- Anna on October 24th, 2007

How about mylo?

- brenda on October 24th, 2007

How about Luciano Mastropietro??
But Luciano in italian, not english.

- Luciana (Brazil) on October 24th, 2007

It needs to be simple. I like Matteo or Diego as well. Maestro? Um no! That would make for a horrible tounge twister.

- morgan on October 24th, 2007

I like some of the suggestions already!

Milo, Mason, Mario are good names if you want the double “M” again.

I also like Luciano, Gino, Hugo, Antonio etc.

- J.M. on October 24th, 2007

I like Matteo or Mossimo, but I think that Pabo would be a good name too. or Vinicio like the one chick said.

- katie on October 24th, 2007

Enzo, Aldo or Dante might work

- tracy on October 24th, 2007

Joe!

- Sasha on October 24th, 2007

I like Dominic with the last name. Or Paul (Paolo)

Girls names I like with Mastopietro are:

Lucia (Lucy), Elizabeth, Josephine (Josie) or Dominique.

- TracyG on October 24th, 2007

LOL Lita…since when does a word that’s not traditionally used as a name stop celebs from using it as one? Apple, Pilot, Coco are examples. Also there are plenty of names that are also derived from an occupation – such as Hunter, Mason, Taylor, etc – that used to be just surnames but now have become more popular as first names too. So I don’t think Maestro is out of the question for that reason…although I do agree with morgan about it being a tongue twister!

Also Mateo vs. Matteo, I don’t think you can say the spelling of Mateo is necessarily “wrong”. Different people spell it different ways, just like Katelyn / Caitlin or Madeline /Madalyn or Braden/Braeden/Brayden, etc. I don’t think there really is a right or a wrong when it comes to baby names, it’s all subjective to whatever the parents want.

- legemc on October 24th, 2007

Mateo is not Italian, Matteo is the correct Italian form. Marco is a pretty popular Italian name, so I’d say something Italian and as popular would be ok, like Luca, Matteo, Lorenzo, Filippo, Alessandro, Leonardo, Mattia, Fabio, Giovanni, Federico, Lapo, Riccardo…

- Sara on October 25th, 2007

Enzo, Carlo, or Flavio would be nice..

- Bella Mama on October 25th, 2007

My 3 Italian boys’ names are Nicholas Anthony, Dominick Vincent, and Carmine Joseph. I’m partial to all of those! Carlo is a wonderful name as well.

Whatever name they choose for him, he will be adorable. Congratulations to them.

- MamaGiacobbe on October 25th, 2007

I love Matteo! It fits nicely into the family. And it sounds really sweet…

- Em on October 25th, 2007

How about Giancarlo, Cosmo, Angelo, Antimo, Vito, Antonino?

- Lawgirl on October 26th, 2007

Luca Mastropietro sounds lovely. I am due tomorrow with my 2nd boy and our last name is also Italian ending in “O”. Our first son is named Rocco & we are now naming our 2nd son Luca when he arrives very soon!

- Anonymous on October 26th, 2007

Matteo
Giancarlo
Roberto

Why -o names?
How about

Vicente?
Gianni?
Luca?

- lena on October 26th, 2007

ooooh for a girl I like

Mattea
Elizabetta
Alessandra
Alessia
Guiliana
Giovanna
Emiliana

- lena on October 26th, 2007

@legemc
I’m sorry if I offended you or I seemed all-knowing.
I just expressed my opinion on italian names.
I’d like to delve on this topic, but my english is too poor and I don’t want to be misunderstood.

- Lita from Italy on October 30th, 2007

Vincenzo, Vincent/Enzo (short form)
Romeo
Allesio (Greek: Alexius, meaning: defender)
Angelo( meaning: angel, messanger)
Toni
Calogero (meaning: beautiful elder)
Gianluca Gianni=God is gracious; Luca=from Luciana)
Giulio (roman form of Julius)
Leone (lion)
Lorenzo
Nico (from Niccolo, meaning: victory of the people)

I just love Italian names

- Tess on November 8th, 2007

I personally like the name Langston, it is a name that I would love to name my son if I had one one day , but my husband refuses. It is a name that runs in my family and will soon come to end forever. Just a thought.

- Amanda Birkenhauer on November 11th, 2007