I have tried but I can't find anything nice to say about the name chosen by Mumsnet favourite Charlie Brooker for his new arrival ...

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It is Covey.

C o v e y.

Oh dear.

Is it a made up name, or does it have a meaning I am unaware of?

dearie dearie me

co-vey or cuvvy?

I'm guessing co.vee, like coving.

Is it me or ...

He and Konnie must like the name - surely that's all that matters?

No idea if it has a hidden meaning; it sounds daft to me!

Stephen Richards Covey (born October 24, 1932 in Salt Lake City, Utah) is the author of the best-selling book, The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People.

Yes, bless their loveliness. Congrats on birth of gorgeous baby etc.

But ...

Covey?

Maybe the book changed their lives!

Oh God, I like it even less now!

Shoulda called him Habit

Charlie Brooker is so NOT funny btw

I didn't even know he had a kid. I clearly don't read enough gossipy things

Hmm Covey Brooker does sound like a firm of solicitors at law but they are a lovely couple who seem to have genuinely and unexpectedly fallen in love so I quite like them.

that is so rational, katie

Just reminds me of coving. I wish them all the best, they do seem like a nice couple.

Trying? really trying? no, you're right, it's a bit shit.

But as his real name is Charlton perhaps his view of what's normal is a bit skewed

apparently it's a middle english name, so not made up

i can't say i particularly like it or dislike it...

I didn't knowshe was pregnant. Am pleased for them - hope fatherhood doesn't make him mellow too much.

I think its nice. Though frankly I'm sure they don't give a toss what I or anyone else thinks. :)

I have never heard of Charlie Brooker - but Covey is a horrible name.

it's not what I would have expected from Charlie Brooker. But it could be worse I suppose. It was never going to be Joshua, was it?!

And I am pleased for them too, they seem a lovely couple.

That is BAD. I still can't get over the fact that he's married to Konnie Huq. She's so smiley-smiley and he's so grumpy-grumpy. Whatever can it be like at home?

reminds me of coving too, is that really what he called it? is there a link?

there's a covey island in nova scotia, maybe she has fond memories of a blue peter jaunt there

I don't know, I quite like it. It's not too strange. Is it perhaps a family surname?

I didn't know she was pregnant. I like it.