Update: Helena Bonham Carter and Tim Burton's daughter's name

Update: Sarah’s note: I apologize, this should not have been posted. Indiana Rose has not been confirmed by either of the stars reps, and is a rumor that has been circulating for weeks, which her representative denied to me back in December. If they officially release their daughter’s name, we will be sure to post it.

Click below for the original post.

Originally posted 6 am: Actress Helena Bonham Carter, 41, and director Tim Burton, have apparently named their daughter Indiana Rose Burton, according to the German television site VIP. The coupled welcomed their daughter on December 15th and since then have spoke about their efforts in trying to find a name — they thought they were having a boy.

Source: VIP.de

Thanks to CBB reader Coco.

Comments

Well I can’t help but feel a tiny bit let down… I was eagerly waiting for this announcement and I was expecting something totally different after Indiana Rose was written off as a rumor a few weeks back. But still, it is a lovely name.

- Liz on January 31st, 2008

I love that name! They are a great couple, huge talent!

- phobiamom on January 31st, 2008

Pretty name, though I’m surprised they went with something that popular. Why does it seem as though every baby born in the last ten years has Rose as a middle name?

- Lara on January 31st, 2008

Isn’t that what they were rumored to have her named her when she was born?

- brannon on January 31st, 2008

I personally don’t believe this to be true. “Indiana Rose” was the name that a lot of sources said was her name weeks ago and that was before Helena said they hadn’t named her yet.

- Anna on January 31st, 2008

I don’t know. Somehow i see them taking a more traditional name. They named their son Billy and wanted to name their second child if it was another boy, Jack, Milo and they had some other more common names. So i am wondering if they would really go for the somewhat more unusual name Indiana. Not that i don’t like it. It’s really nice. Oh well, time will tell before they announce it themselves!

- kim on January 31st, 2008

I like Rose, and I’d like to use it as a middle name when I have kids (it was my grandmother’s name), but I’m not keen on the Indiana. I’d have expected something maybe a little kookier, or even something classic, less popular, from those two. Wasn’t Billy Ray named after both their fathers? I wonder if there’s any significance to Indiana’s name.

- Rachel-Jane on January 31st, 2008

i love her shoes in this pic

- lovely on January 31st, 2008

I’m with Anna, it sounds like they’re just recycling that older rumor about her name. Given what Helena’s choices were for boys, I think they’d go with something a little more traditional. It is a pretty name though

Sarah’s note: I totally agree, and am in the process of updating the post. This should never have gone live on the site. I think perhaps Shannon wasn’t aware of the earlier rumor and denial.

- amers230 on January 31st, 2008

Am I correct in assuming that the new trend is to name girls after US states?

- Stef on January 31st, 2008

Indiana? We named the dog Indiana.

- Mags on January 31st, 2008

i’m in love with that name! it has a really nice ring to it. congrats to them

- aidan on January 31st, 2008

No offense to people from Indiana, but it seems so mundane and unglamorous a locale to be honored with a name! What about Duluth? Or Cincinnati? Or Newark?

But then I feel the same way about Alabama Luella Barker’s name.

- Nicole R. on January 31st, 2008

I remember reading somewhere that they went with Primrose. I’ll get back to you with the source

- Nina on January 31st, 2008

Rachel-Jane: Yes Billy Ray was named after Tim & Helena fathers (Bill & Ray respectively)
Maybe they will do the same with their daughter – Elena Jean Burton has a lovely ring to it.

- blue_butterfly on January 31st, 2008

Seems weird that that would be the name given the rumor prior to when she supposedly had a name, but according to StarPulse supposedly Helena’s rep told WENN that such a name was “probably likely” though I wouldn’t know where to find the original quote!

- Jessica on January 31st, 2008

Speaking of Indiana and mysteries, have we ever figured out Casey Affleck’s second sons name???

Sarah’s note: No, they want it kept private.

- Ivey on January 31st, 2008

I think they’ll have named her something simple, like they did with Billy. Like Molly or Lucy, if not their mothers’ names.

- Chana on January 31st, 2008

I’m confused…aren’t birth records public, at least in the US? Anyone can request an informational copy of a birth certificate.

- Tannit on January 31st, 2008

for some odd reason i like Primrose for them seems to fit

- brannon on January 31st, 2008

If it’s true, I think it’s very cute. Can’t wait to see a picture.

- PSB on January 31st, 2008

Surely not??? But if so, then I like it!

- Sage on January 31st, 2008

I’m totally confused by now!

Still my bet is on Ella or Eliza Jean (after their mothers). Because: why would they name their son after their fathers but the daughter not after the mothers?? I like Primrose too. But I think that rumor started because Tim Burton and Helena have been photographed walking through the neighbourhood Primrose Hill a lot!

Sage fits with them too. Or Florence/ Flora.

- Laura on February 1st, 2008

Eliza Jean is cute and I like it with Billy Ray

- brannon on February 1st, 2008

i like the name very diffrent like indiana jones lol well like it but i think they should name her emily but thats just my thought.

- emily on June 28th, 2008

http://www.timburtoncollective.com/labels/billy%20ray.html is reporting that her name is Emily Kim Burton.

- Ame on August 3rd, 2008