Cate Blanchett has given birth to her third child, a bouncing baby boy.
Blanchett and her playwright husband Andrew Upton welcomed Ignatius Martin Upton into the world yesterday.
The boy weighed 3.6 kilograms
The couple, who are the joint artistic directors of the Sydney Theatre Company, already have two sons: six-year-old Dasheill and three-year-old Roman.
If you’re going to go for an unusual name, I think Cate is taking the right approach. While Ignatius, Dasheill and Roman are not common names, at least they actually sound like real names. Ignatius is a saint’s name, and I’m guessing will be shortened to Iggy by other kids on the playground.
Cate is currently the co-director of the Sydney Theatre company with husband Andrew Upton, which is work close to her home in Sydney.
Her first child was born naturally, after a ‘long labour’, and I think her second one was too. Cate’s not too posh to push! The reports do not mention whether this baby was born by cesarean or not.
Great name (used to be very common in Ireland), but it’s kind of gone out of fashion. It is quite a serious name for a new-born but I’m sure he’ll grow into it. Anyway, congrats to them.
Perhaps it’s a nod to author John Kennedy Toole’s Ignatius J Reilly, in Confederacy of Dunces – their first son was named after Maltese Falcon author, Dashiell Hammett.
Or perhaps they’re latent Jesuits or supporters of the Christian Brothers? 😉
It IS a good serious name though, (the christian name of two saints as it happens – Lloyola and Rice) which as Mollination says has fallen out of popularity for the newer “Brandon” and “Tyrone”s (god help us) and the resurgence of ancient mythological names.
Ignatius Martin Upton.
A better change to some the unoriginal and bizarre names that have no sense. Here’s hoping he grows up good, and not traumatised by gold-barred cots and 250 dollar booties he’ll grow out of in three months.
Congrats, Cate 🙂
Another breeder laying his claim because he knows he can’t keep a woman otherwise.
Am I the only one who hates the name? I love Cate and I’m all for unusual names but I think this one is awful! I do like the names of her other 2 boys though, especially Roman…
Yeah, it won’t be to everyone’s taste. Even with the revivial in old names, it is a bit of an unusual choice. The name Ignatius is kind of hard to associate with a tiny baby – it’s like an older person’s name or one, as Mairead said above, with overtly religious associations. I still like it though.
Congratulations Cate and Andrew! I think you’re right about the names thing Helen. I prefer Dashiell, for my part. 🙂 And I loved the line “not too posh to push” – genius.
Anyway, I hope they’ll have a good time and that the baby will be fine and healthy and sleep through quickly. 🙂
Ignatius not so much but Iggy is cute. Like Iggy pop. hehe
I know I’m about to open up a can of worms with this but I am slightly annoyed at the not too posh to push line. I’m wondering if we actually know for certain that any celebs have had an elective c-section that we feel so free to comment on a mother’s choice on how to birth her child.
C sections are not without their own problems including scarring, anasthesia (sp?) risks, and higher rate of complications than traditional birth.
Not only that, it’s the doctors who decide if they will perform the operation so maybe we should save our outrage for doctors who for convenience sake, downplay the higher risks of c sections vs natural birth and/or are too starstruck to say no to a celeb if indeed she is asking for a section without a valid medical concern.
Another breeder laying his claim because he knows he can’t keep a woman otherwise.
^^ Um, what the hell are you talking about?
Anyway, congrats to Cate & Andrew! I’m not a big fan of the name Roman, but I like the other two. I really like unique names. My fiance & I have named a hypothetical son Declan!
Oh & wasn’t the little boy in The Incedibles named Dash?
What’s wrong, sasha? Fancied your chances with Cate then?
they do the c-section because the woman does not want to “blow out” her vagina there is one celebutard that said this
then there are the other reasons Herpes passing on to the baby in the birth canal and Drs don’t want to be sued by a informed woman who thinks her labor is too long and shes in too much pain.
Bodhi, Declan is cute. Traditional Irish, isn’t it??
And you are right about Dash. Cate definately went the right way with her unique names but they everything she does is classy.
headache- Yup! We are such dorks, he is going to were his kilt at the wedding.
Cate really is one of the classiest ladies in the movie industry today. Love her!
Bodhi, I love the way names rise and fall in popularity. Declan is one that I would have said has definitely fallen (the Declans I know now go by Dec) but that’s this side of the pond so re-introducing it over there is probably a nice idea. Give it a new lease of life!
Bodhi, I’m pregnant now and we were going to name a boy Declan or Donal–I LOVE those names…but now we heard its a girl so we’re looking for good Irish girl names. Dash and Roman are lovely names though….Ignatius..hmmm. That’s a tricky one.
For little Irish girl names, I love love love Aoife. I’m almost certain it’s pronounced like Ava but with more of a F sound instead of V but I’m american so what do I know. LOL
I read a book recently where the girl’s name was Islaen. Not sure if it’s Irish but definately sounds Gaelic or Celtic inspired. Good Luck!
Headache, Aoife is beautiful and it does have an ‘f’ sound. It’s pronounced Ee fah (as in beef with an ‘ah’ at the end of it). Although now I’ve made it sound ugly! It comes from the Gaelic and means “beautiful, radiant”.
What I’m talking about Bodhi is the possibility he’s keeping Cate knocked up so he doesn’t lose her to another man. He’s staking his claim with every child he makes. Nothing gives an insecure male more power than making the wife crank out another unit every nine months. There’s no viable reason on earth to have more than 2 kids- regardless of wealth.
And there is no way Cate simply loves being a mother and wants another child?
I’ve got a news flash for you. Popping out a kid is not a guarantee a woman will stay with you.
Daisy, I also suspect celebs seem to opt for C sections to deliver before getting stretch marks. Many women only start getting stretch marks in the end or during week they’re post their due date. They ma also elect this method for controlling when they go to the hospital, avoiding surprises. Recovery seems much tougher this way, but these are ladies with “help”.
I just recently hear that, that women are opting to give birth week 37 or something like that because of the stretch marks aslo having a tummy tuck along with the closure of the C section cut. The only celebrity women who I can name off the bat as to Not having C-sections are cindy Crawford and Pamela Anderson Rikki Lake ( who filmed her birthing ) they had home births.
Would like to add observation that everyone I know who’s had a scheduled C-section with baby weight in the 30 lb. range has a nice taut tummy now. Not to mention pristine other parts.Those of us who went the natural route, not so much.(okay, I was more in the 50lb. range)
And yes many women schedule a C-section out of ease, convenience and vanity and are proud to admit it. Hell, if I were to have a fourth I’d seriously
consider one myself.
Nicole Richie gave birth naturally, which shocked the hell out of me.
Those are great names!
Whos to say that Cate doesn’t actually LOVE her husband? Maybe she has given birth to 3 of his sons because she loves her family? Geez
Headache: Those are lovely! Aoife or Islaen…I’ve never heard of them. Geronimo: thanks for the pronunciation!
lola lola – Irish girls names, gives pronounciation and meaning. Some lovely ones.
http://www.dochara.com/stuff/names-old-girls.php
geronimo: You are awesome! Thank you!!!
Dónal is a great boys name.
I’m not familiar with Islaen – mind you, I’m only part the way through Lady Gregory’s mythology go I’m sure she’ll turn out to be a pissed-off giant
Unless it’s a corruption of the name Aisling (Ash-ling) which is a type of dream.
With Irish pronounciations the key is that it’s often not pronounced like it’s spelling as Irish pronounciations of letters and groups of letters is different. BTW “gh” is ALWAYS silent, unless at the beginning of a word.
My favourite girl’s name is Saidbh (pronounced Sive, to rhyme with five). I think Valentine is a great traditional boy’s name – usually shortened to Val. Dara (oak) or MacDara (son of the oak) are nice too.
Of course there’s always vvvv 😉
My daughter’s middle name was originally to be Dara until about midway through I decided it did not fit the little hellion in my belly and went with a bastardized spelling of céilidh.
It turned out to be quite accurate. The child is extremely flighty, nothing at all like an Oak.
My grandfather’s name is Ignatius (well, an non-Anglo ethnic variation of it…). Ignatius means “fiery” and is a fantastic name! Iggy is a very cute nickname.
I am so happy to know that most people actually like the name Ignatius (from what I’ve been reading in many websites about Cate’s new addition). I have a 17 month old boy I named Ignatius after St Ignatius Loyola. I had my doubts thinking that it is a heavy name to bear for a kid these days. But I, like the poster above me, think it’s a fantastic name with a great meaning, so I went for it anyway. I’m glad to know that I’m not alone in this. 🙂
Well done Iggymom 😉 They don’t stay babies for long, and better to name them for the adult they become – I mean, Peaches Gore is a fine woman, but you know she had to work that bit harder to be taken seriously.
And headache, I shall let you off with the bastardised spelling of céilidh (or céilà in Ireland) because you know how to put in the accents or “fada”s 😉
Mairead, the wonders of cut and paste.
Besides, I had to pay homage to my black roots by jacking up the spelling of an Irish or French name.
(Calm down, people. It’s a damn joke.)
You…. you…. didn’t stick in an unnecessary apostrophe did you??!?!? 😮
Oh hell no!!! I’m only half black.
(yes, still a joke, take a breath)
Suffice to say, though it is not how one would think to spell it, you can’t look at it and think it says anything else.
I also made it her middle name to lessen the possible confusion, commentary and/or outrage.