Comments on: Ioan Gruffudd and Alice Evans Welcome Daughter Ella Betsi Janet

By: Enna

Enna — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 04:35:55 +0000

Probably someone has commented on this already (sorry – just skimmed them) but Betsi is a Welsh name and I was really pleased to see that added in. I suspect it may well have some personal significance to Ioan – I half expected a Megan or Bethan or something equally Welsh. I think they have picked lovely names altogether.

By: Brianna

Brianna — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 01:55:03 +0000

CONGRATS!!!!!! I love this couple. I love the name too!

By: christina

christina — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 00:39:29 +0000

according to a story on http://www.hellomagazine.com about the newborn baby, the full name is Ella Betsi Janet Gruffudd, with the second middle name being used in honor of Alice’s mom who passed away ten years ago to (I think) was some form of cancer.

By: mazzie

mazzie — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 15:26:22 +0000

40 hours… thats making me feel faint just sat here reading… poor thing…
but so worth it!

By: NettieB

NettieB — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 14:47:37 +0000

I don’t get this “normal” thing. Normal to WHOM?

By: ritter

ritter — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 13:01:46 +0000

I figured Betsi is after someone in Ioan’s life or family. Ella is at least nice and normal. a bit common, but better than some other recent ones.

By: Joanne

Joanne — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 12:46:54 +0000

Betsi is a Welsh name as is Ioan. Maybe the new Daddy wanted a Welsh name for his little girl.

By: Samantha

Samantha — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 12:45:10 +0000

Ella is a nice name. I, personally, prefer it as part of a longer name. My daughter’s middle name is Gabriella. Ella is a very pretty name, though.

By: Shannon

Shannon — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 12:43:58 +0000

Congrats to them! I love the name. Betsi is so cute, and I really like the way they spelled it!

By: Helen

Helen — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 12:24:10 +0000

Nice to hear that a celeb went through a very long labor. Can’t stand celebs that have c-sections that are too posh to push