Angie Harmon Plans to Pick a Unique Baby Name

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Third time’s a charm! Unfortunately, for Angie Harmon (pictured here last month), her third pregnancy has been anything but a breeze for the actress, who is expecting her third child with husband Jason Sehorn this winter. Following two "super easy" pregnancies with daughters Finley Faith, 5, and Avery Grace, 3, Angie has battled severe morning sickness and more recently, suffered through a torn disc.

With Angie bedridden, Jason was left to run the household and quickly learned the ropes of "taking care of the kids and getting them to school and doing the lunches and cooking dinner." Surprised by her husband’s stellar performance, Angie — who describes herself throughout the ordeal as "this wretched thing in the bedroom that can’t come downstairs" — is thankful for "the greatest husband on the planet."

As the end of her pregnancy approaches, the 36-year-old admits she "can’t wait" for the new arrival and shares that she and Jason are completely prepared! After finding out the sex — although not telling — Angie laughs that she has spent her time poring through books to ensure that her unique name has not already been taken. She explains,

"I look through the baby-name books to make sure the name I’m picking is not in there. I just don’t want everyone to have it!"

Source: OK!

Comments

I’m guessing she’s having another girl, or she wouldn’t be looking so hard for a name. You’d think they’d have a boys name ready.

- Kelly on December 13th, 2008

Of course it could mean they picked two super trendy names last time and now that everyone has those names, they want to try something different this time? but i’m still thinking another girl?

- brannon on December 13th, 2008

Personally, I like normal names better. Older, more classic names are the kind I lie. I have nothing against people with unique names, but I like normal ones better!

- Mary on December 13th, 2008

My guess is they are having another girl. Cannot wait to hear the name! A baby name that is not in ANY baby book…wonder what it is!

- Max'sMom on December 13th, 2008

I can completely relate to Angie in terms of baby names. I am expecting Baby #3 in February and my husband and I are in “negotiation” for our newest little one’s name. Our first child has a normal name and our second child has a unique name, so it hasn’t been easy to pick a name for this one. All I can say is that my child will have a great name, and I’m sure Angie’s new little one will have a great name too! Best of luck to her and Jason and the girls!

- Jennie on December 13th, 2008

I think it’s impossible to pick a name that no one has ever used at all. Unless you creat it yourself. I don’t know what is it with parents or what kind of satisfaction they get by somehow knowing their child is the only one in the planet with that name they chose for him/her.

- Bugs on December 13th, 2008

Do they regret their daughters’ names? Maybe that’s what she means? Finley and Avery have both been kind of trendy. But there are literally thousands of names to choose from. It’s very possible to pick a name that isn’t (or isn’t becoming) trendy but without needing to find a name that *no one* else has. I ought to know – I’ve only met a few people in my lifetime with my name, but it was my greatgrandmother’s name.

(To be silly for a moment, my friend said that “Finley Sehorn” sounds like a type of swordfish.)

- Riverlea on December 13th, 2008

Bugs – I don’t think it’s some sense of satisfaction or wanting your child to be the ONLY one. Angie’s quote said everyone and as someone with a VERY common name, I understand her sentiment. I hate that when I’m out in public, someone can say my name and a dozen people turn their heads to see if they’re being called. I don’t like it and I’ll be the first to admit it. While I do think my name fits me, I also wish my parents had gone with their other name choice because it is not popular. My mom wanted to name me Mallory but since Family Ties was on around that time, she expected Mallory to be a HUGELY popular name so they named me Caitlin instead. Unfortunately, her prediction was wrong and Caitlin (and all the variations of it) because the hugely popular name where as Mallory is much more low scale. I don’t know any Mallory’s at the moment. I don’t want my children to have the same experience I did, having to go by their first and last name in school (quite literally, that’s what people called me. My first name AND my last name ALL the time as if it were my whole first name) just so that they don’t get confused with another child. I HATED it. Absolutely hated it. Maybe others who have popular names don’t feel the same way I did, but I don’t want to chance it with my children so I’ll pick names for them that are unique and that not a lot of people have so that they don’t have to go through that.

- Cait on December 13th, 2008

Maybe she didn’t mean literally that the name would not appear in a baby book. I understand wanting your child to have a less common name. To look for names, I went to the Social Security page’s list of names and started at #100 and went down from there. I’d say a lot of those names were quite “normal” but just not common and therefore people might think of them as “unique.”

- MB on December 13th, 2008

Maybe she is following the trend of turning last names into unisex first names? Finley and Avery were both surnames before they caught on as first names, so maybe her name of choice hasn’t made it into the baby books as a first name yet.

- Allison on December 13th, 2008

It seems a lot of celebrities pick names that aren’t common, I mean how many bronx, sunday, honor, pilot inspector, apple, etc, do we see on a regular basis in say a 2nd grade classroom lol. There was an article recently about how celebrities usually always pick odd or strange names, but for the most part regular people pick normal names. Anyway I agree with everyone else, I think it’s another girl she is having.

- gianna on December 13th, 2008

she really knew how to throw the bait out there……now, i’m going to be hooked here waiting to hear that name!!!!
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- gigi on December 13th, 2008

MB, the names I used for both of my kids have been 150+ on the SS list since I had my first in 2004. The past 2 years, BOTH of their first names have made it up to the top 50!! If we do have another child, we have names already picked out, and they’re VERY OLD, still hip, yet never used. FYI, my husband was fixated on the middle name Mowgli for a LONG time. Seriously. hahahaha He knew it was “cool” before Pete & Ashlee. And no, our child does not/will not share it with little Bronx. It’s allll his.

For some reason, I still think she’s having a boy.

- Allie on December 13th, 2008

Allison,

You’re right, Finley and Avery are both surnames, but Finley actually has a long history as a first name as well. It is a very traditional Scots and Irish Gaelic male name (it was Macbeth’s father’s first name).

- Alix on December 13th, 2008

I think Finley and Avery are great names and Im sure that Angie Harmon and her husband Jason Seahorm have a great name picked out for their third child. Myself, Im hoping for a boy.

- Kelly on December 13th, 2008

Cait, i understand what you’re saying, but you make it sound like it’s a really tough experience. I think you and your kids can go through much tougher challenges in life other than having such and such name. And i say that with all respect.

I think a unique name doesn’t make the person unique. If you guys look at all the people who have made history over time, they have really ordinary names. What makes them unique is what they do and accomplish, not what their names are.

- Bugs on December 14th, 2008

Those names are in baby name books..They’re usually in the boy’s section. :/

- Becks on December 14th, 2008

I don’t know, I think it might be a boy.

I mean, she has said that the 3rd pregnancy is totally different to her first two, and she’s keeping quite “mum” on the sex, and is having trouble picking names…

Maybe they thought it was a girl, and they had extra names picked, but it’s actually a boy so they have to get a whole new list.

- Mia on December 14th, 2008

Becks- If you’re referring to the names Finley and Avery, they are actually both unisex, especially Avery. Finley was traditionally a masculine name, but now it has become unisex.

- CelebBabyLover on December 14th, 2008

CelebBabyLover – “Finley” only became “unisex” (which i don’t think actually exists…) in the past 2 or 3 years. for hundreds of years finley has been a “male only” scottish name (which is why i chose it for my son 6 years ago – no girls were called finley back then). once a name becomes “unisex” that pretty much means it’s a girl name. and for those who say names don’t have genders, we impose gender on them, i’d like to see one of you name your SON ava or olivia. then we’ll talk

- amandamay on December 14th, 2008

It’s a boy!!!

- babyboopie on December 14th, 2008

Ugh…I’ve had herniated discs and they are VERY painful.

I hope Angie and Jason have a healthy baby. (With them for parents, we know the baby will be beautiful.) If it’s a boy, that’s great. But if they have a third daughter, I think that’s great too.

- SAR on December 14th, 2008

Cait, how old are you? I only ask b/c I’m 24 and I was always the only Kaitlyn/Caitlin in my class! In fact, people always read my name wrong and say Kathryn or Kathleen. Just curious, b/c I love my name and I really don’t hear it THAT much!

- kaitlyn on December 14th, 2008

Another strange name from Hollywood.

I think it’s another girl.

- nosoupforyou on December 14th, 2008

On the unique names subject, when I was at primary school, I had a friend called Caryan (pronounced Ca-ry-an, not Car-yan lol) as her parents were named Carrie and Ryan. They thought it was cute (which it kinda is), but everyone started to think it was crayon spelt wrong lol.

- phoebe on December 14th, 2008

With a pregnancy sooooo different from her first two girls’ pregnancies, this has gotta be a little boy! My 2 pregnancies with my girls were so similar and my son’s pregnancy TOTALLY different and much more difficult! I hope they gets their baby boy!

- caroline on December 14th, 2008

My mother’s pregnancy with me was much harder than that with my sister, even though she had better medical care — my sister was born in an underequipped military hospital in Germany because my father was stationed there at the time; I was born in a top-notch hospital in the U.S. after my father had been discharged from the Air Force. My birth nearly killed both my mother and me. However, I am most assuredly not a boy, so I don’t think Angie having difficulty this time around means it’s a boy.

Like I said earlier, if it is a boy, that’s great. But so is another girl.

- SAR on December 15th, 2008

Sounds like there will be another poor child going thru life with a stupid name. What’s with people now days? I wish the very best of luck to Songilla Mahidible.

- Toni on December 15th, 2008

I think she is having a boy. I have two daughters and a son. My son’s pregnancy was very different. With my daughters I was sick literally the whole time – with my son, I only got sick one time, very early on. I hope the name isn’t too ridiculous – like Ashlee and Pete’s little boy.

- pam on December 15th, 2008

Kaitlyn – I’m 22 and in high school I was one of 5 in my class! Until this year of college, I’ve never been the only Cait/Caitlin/Caitie in a class! I’ve always had another.

Bugs – It is tough. I don’t like it. Yes, there are tougher things in life and I’m not saying that it’s OMG THE WORST THING EVER, but it’s hard to be unique and stand out in a classroom, especially during your formative years, when you have to go by your first name and your last name. It set me apart from the other kids who only got called by their first names and it made me feel bad. In fact, it contributed to my self esteem problem. I wouldn’t do that to my kids. It might not be like that for everyone, but it was like that for me and I wouldn’t wish it on anyone.

- Cait on December 15th, 2008

On the Katelyn thing, I teach at a K-6 school with only 3 small classes a grade and each grade has at least one Katelyn/Kaitlyn/Caitlin. A couple of the grades have multiples.

On the “it’s a boy because the pregnancy is different” subject, what a bunch of ignorant, wives’ tales mumbo-jumbo. Sex of the child has NO impact on the way a baby is carried or on the side effects of the pregnancy. BTW, both of my pregnancies were very difficult, with me losing double-digit pounds both times because of throwing up numerous times each day all nine months as well as other complications. Both were a week over due; both had to be induced. Following the reasoning of several posters on here, they should be the same sex. They are not!

- Michelle on December 16th, 2008

Hmm, I’m more excited about if she gets another girl or if she’ll get a boy, and I want to know the name, more than I care for Christmas to get here. I don’t think I’ve ever been so anxious, not even during Christmas mornings past…lmao.

- FC on December 16th, 2008