Reece Witherspoon calls her baby boy Tenessee James

[margerykemp]

Born today.

Not keen myself.

Tennessee

Not great at all. One of my naming rules - never name child after an American state.

I like it. I know it wasn't Tennessee Williams' real name but still, if he's named in memory of him then I think that's lovely.

Not a fan of "state" names. But congrats to her and her DH.

Are there any other English counties apart from Devon that are used as names?

I'm trying to picture a baby boy called Wiltshire or Sunderland.

I've met someone called 'Kent'.
And the NI county 'Tyrone' is a name.

Rutland. I'm going to have a DS called Rutland.

I don't mind the name Tenessee but with the surname it's Tenessee Toth. I find it a bit of a tongue twister. But obviously that's nothing compared to a lovely healthy baby.

I really like it. Congrats to them both. It wouldnt work here but it fits in with their lifestyle. Im trying to remember what her other two are called.

Badtime Let's hope the parents of Kent didn't have an NI accent

It will be shortened to tenna I expect

Ava and Deacon are lovely names. Tennessee just isn't.

oh i like it, in a southern accent it'll be tinnissee. tinn's not so different from tim. and it served tennessee williams fairly well.

Jack daniels

Meh its okay, not that extreme!

I thought she was originally from Tennessee?

Tennessee Williams was really called Thomas/Tom. He adopted Tennessee as a professional name when he was 28. It seems a bit of a tongue twister of a name, especially with Toth as a surname.

I know a Kent, and I think Cleveland is used as a name in the States

oh WELL THEN, what i said must be wrong, it did do him harm then.

I like it, and so does my DD Tower Hamlets.

I think it's fine. Bit different and not really in keeping with her other DC's names, but not that "out there".

Tennessee Witherspoon would be ok, but Tennessee Toth is a bit tongue twister. Not really my style, but ok. Not as nice as Ava and Deacon.

Ava and Deacon are much better names.

I dont mind some state/county names eg Dakota, Kent, Leicester, Lincoln, Somerset, Carolina, Columbia, Arizona, etc but I dont think Tennessee works.

I know a Devon, Kent (fairly popular in Denmark) used to work with a Cornwall (really yes) and I could see someone using Durham too (never met one yet)

An old school friend of mine has a boy called Somerset..

I think Deacon is a horrible name myself personally.

calamity I know a woman with a DS called Somerset. Wonder if it's the same one as you?