Jake Owen Reveals Daughter’s Name

Awwwww congrats to the happy couple on their soon to be arrival and what a sweet name Pearl!

Seriously, what is up with the name Pearl?!

It’s not that I dislike it, it’s just weird that every celeb is choosing it now!

I love the name Pearl..That is my Mothers name..

He got the tattoo because his Gma’s name was Pearl and she passed away, Katia. Also a lot of people announce the baby’s name before its born. So what’s weird about that?

It was his grandmothers name. He was very close to her and has her name tattooed on his wrist. I think it’s the perfect name.

Hey, it beats the current trend of naming of naming your child after objects.

Naming a child is up to the parents, and not for the rest of us judge. What really bothers me is the use of the word “finally.” The baby is not born, not a year old and finally getting a name. Nice of them to want to share, but no parent should have to justify their choice.

They stated the full name will be Olive Pearl but they will be calling her Pearl.

I like the name Pearl, but her name is Olive Pearl and they’re calling her Pearl. If they wanted to call her Pearl, why not just name her Pearl? What is going to happen when she wants to be called by her given name, Olive?

Love the name. Glad they’re going with Olive Pearl and not Pearl Olive Owen, those initials would be P.O.O. and that’s awful for a little girl.

It’s so funny to read these comments! Clearly some jumped without reading properly. Uh Kate, her given name (which is what is on your birth cert.) is Olive Pearl…she can go by either or both. I love it! At least it’s not some made up name or the name of some car, town, animal etc.

Kim- The article was updated after it was posted. The original article only stated Pearl, not Olive.

Kate- Maybe it has to do with the flow of the whole name. I know a couple of people who’s intended first names ended up as a middle name because it sounded/flowed better that way. They’ve always gone by that middle name, no problems. Assuming she does want to go by Olive when she’s older, I don’t think her parents will mind otherwise they wouldn’t have chose it.

Sorry, but Olive Pearl?? Sounds like slang for little green baby turds…

I think it’s hilarious when people accuse other people of not reading and they’re the ones who have it wrong. @Katia the tatoo was for his Godmother, not the baby. If I got a tattoo of my babies name before it was born and then the baby died, wouldn’t I still want the tattoo maybe even more so??? It’s still their baby…@Shea both a Pearl and an Olive are objects😉

Bree- Exactly! And Kate, why exactly do you think it’s a bad idea to decide to call her by her middle name rather than first name before they meet her? Because they might change their minds and decide that “Olive” fits better once she’s born?

I fail to see what the problem would be if that happened! Anyway, I love the name!

whatever- “Shea both a Pearl and an Olive are objects” Good one!

That being said, I’d like to share another theory as to why they made the name they’ll be calling their daughter her middle name. It sounds like they’re Southern, and it’s very common in the South, from what I’ve heard, to call children by their middle names.

So is this a trend? Blue Ivy, Olive Pearl… Green Lantern..? :p

It’s also a name Denise, and has been for a long time.

meghan- The point is (at least as far as I’m concerned. Obviously I can’t speak for Denise or anyone else!) that saying people shouldn’t name their kids after objects is a pretty silly argument to make…considering the fact that there are several names that have been seen as perfectly acceptable for both people and objects for centuries!

Same goes for “flower” and “color” names. Really, I don’t get why people find any of the three categories of names to be some “new”, “weird”, or “celebrity” thing!

Why do people have such strong opinions on what they name THEIR baby ? Who cares ?