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Jenna Elfman Opens Up About Story's Almost Names

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During a recent appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live! pregnant actress Jenna Elfman again expressed concern over her rapidly burgeoning bump. “I’m showing a lot since it’s my second kid,” she explained. “My body’s like, ‘I wanna be pregnant!’”

When host Jimmy Kimmel suggested that she should be encouraged to be carrying such a big baby, Jenna was quick to interject! “Healthy,” she corrected. “We want healthy!”

As for a name for baby-on-the-way, Jenna acknowledged that husband Bodhi Elfman‘s choice of ‘Story’ for the couple’s first child Story Elias, 2, was unconventional. What few people realize, however, is how much more unconventional it could have been! Jenna recalls,

“He was like, ‘Hey, what about Fleet?’ I was like, ‘It’s an enema!’”

When Jimmy asked whether she worries about Story someday saying at bedtime, “Mommy, read me a me,” Jenna laughed and conceded,

“I’ve been wondering when that’s going to confuse him a bit. When he has the grasp of language a little bit better we’ll sort that out.”

Jenna and Bodhi’s baby-on-the-way is due in March. Her new show Accidentally on Purpose airs Mondays at 8:30 p.m. on CBS.

Source: Jimmy Kimmel Live!

– Missy

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Haha, well I’m sure Gwyneth and Chris have the same problem with apples in Apple’s lunch box ;)

I’m excited to hear her next baby’s name

- Andrea_momof2 on

I agree, Andrea – I can’t wait to hear what they choose next. And really, Fleet? Not all that crazy.

- appellationmountain on

While ‘Story’ is an unconventional name for a child, its really not crazy. The word in an of itself is pretty simple and it flows well with the middle and last names. IMO, much prefer Story over some of the other wacky names out there….

- Madison on

I went to grade school with a little girl named Story…and that was in the mid 1970′s. I think it’s a cute name. More for a girl though, not a boy.

- Lily on

I haven’t ever heard for Story for a boy! But I like it. I love it on a girl too!

And Poet :)

- Jessi on

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