Man vs. Wild star Bear Grylls, 33, and his son Marmaduke, 19 months, play at the Hard RockCafe’s celebration for the Step It Up campaign on November 6th in NewYork City. Bear and wife Shara also have an older son, Jesse, 4.
Photo by Rob Loud for Getty Images.
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Traci on
What a beautiful child!! Such piercing eyes.
But Marmaduke?? I keep thinking of the giant dog in the Sunday funny pages. Still a cute name, but that giant dog keeps popping into my head. Is there another Marmaduke I’m missing??
Tatum on
in my opinion, if you are going to go for kooky names, then name all of the children that way. i think it is quite unfair to give a child a name like Marmaduke, because you know that the child will be picked on. To have siblings with a traditional name like jesse and then a name like Marmaduke, i think can give the child a complex.
Lola on
Marmaduke? I am sure there is a children’s story about a cat called Marmaduke, he was a ginger cat.
I really think that unique names are great, but personally I use them as middle names, you can call your child by their middle name at home, but they don’t get picked on at school.
Collette on
I agree, gorgeous child, unfortunate name.
melanie on
what a cutie! his eyes are very very mesmerizing!
Natasha on
Marmaduke is….interesting but Duke as a nickname is cute! 
He’s a cute kid regardless 
Nikki on
Hopefully they call him Duke
mamabear on
Bear is such an inspiration. He does tons of work for various charities not to mention all of his record breaking accomplishments. He’s a hero. In my opinion there is probably a meaning behind the name that none of us are privvy to. With names like Wolfgang and Pilot Inspecor out there…Marmaduke is rather cute.
Dani on
@mamabear:
I totally agree with you on the name Pilot Inspector being a little “unusual”.
But Wolfgang is a perfectly normal name in Germany/ Austria. Just think of Wolfgang A. Mozart. And it is still used today. I’ve got 3 “Wolfgangs” in the family, the youngest is 23. But in the English speaking world “Wilf” is probably more common.
I also think that there is a greater meaning behind the name Marmaduke. Would love to hear the whole story behind it.
emily on
mamabear, what do you think is so strange about the name Wolfgang? I think it’s very traditional and old-fashioned.
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