Jessa Duggar-Sewald, her husband Ben and their new baby cover this week’s issue of People Magazine. The cover story included exclusive photos and a lengthy interview about the birth drama, which involved a home birth and Jessa being rushed to the hospital after she lost a lot of blood delivering her baby boy. The People cover story does NOT include the baby’s name though. No, Jessa and Ben still hadn’t named their baby after five or six days, and then once the People cover was safely out, they announced the name on their social media. They named their baby boy…
Spurgeon Elliot Seewald
SPURGEON. Would it have been better if they just named the kid Sturgeon? Sure. Spurgeon looks and sounds like a mistake. But it’s not. According to Jessa and Ben, they named the baby after Charles Spurgeon, “a British preacher who lived from 1834-1892. During his lifetime, the Baptist thinker was considered the best-known preacher in England, frequently speaking in front of audiences of more than 10,000 people. He founded a theological college in London, which is today named Spurgeon’s College.” The “Elliot” is for Jim and Elisabeth Elliot, missionaries famous for their work in South America.
If you read the People Mag article about this, it sounds like Ben chose Spurgeon, which… I mean, Ben should not be allowed to name babies after this. Jessa said that she favored names “of heroes from the Christian faith.” In which case, why not go with “Jesus”? No, seriously? Jesus Seewald would be better than Spurgeon Seewald.
Oh, and People Magazine also asked Jessa about all of the attention her family got following Josh Duggar’s implosion. Jessa told the mag: “Sometimes, it is uncomfortable, the things you see, the things you read, especially when things are reported in an inaccurate way – it’s not always nice… I don’t Google my name. There’s no reason for that, or to look to other people for that validation. We know who we are and find joy and satisfaction in God.” Do you believe that? I’ll believe she doesn’t Google herself, but I totally believe she’s online, actively reading her social media comments and trying to figure out ways to get more attention. Like, by naming a child Spurgeon.
Photos courtesy of Instagram, People cover.
I don’t think she named the child Spurgeon for attention and I hate how it is implied that shes
oh it’s more than an implications and imo it’s spot on
Every single thing that girl does is for attention.
Hello, Jessa is that you?
If the name reveal wasn’t to draw attention, why does she withhold it from the instagram post and direct people to watch the story?
No. It’s a combo of Duggar obsessions:
Sperm
&
Virgin
When I first read it, I saw Spirulina Elliot Seeweed
brilllllliant lmao!!! 😉
Couldn’t they have picked something less trendy?
Lilac: Okay you woke me up…..lol…..funny!
😂😂😂😂
that poor poor child.
At least he can go by Elliot in the future he it wants to! They could have gone with a much worse middle name
It’s on People that they will call him Quincy. Huh? I hate it when people name their kids something they have no intention of calling them. It’s not like Quincy is short for Spurgeon! These people…uggghhhhhhhhhhhh. People magazine needs to stop giving them attention, they need to go AWAY.
@MG – apparently (according to another site), Ben has been calling him Quincy, in utero. Why they didn’t just name him that is beyond me. I like it.
I guess these people have never experienced junior high school vernacular- so allow me to be the 1st to board the ” sounds like spooge” bus.
Thank you for the early morning snort/laugh combo!
Spurgeon. It sounds like the stuff that comes out of the end of…o never mind. The kid is f*cked, is the main point.
lol you said what i was thinking, too!
Yup
I’ve got it: SPURGEON because it can forever be rhymed with VIRGIN!
I love you all.
At least he will be home schooled!
Nicely done, bellenola. Wish I’d said that.
That was my thought, too- as if it were their pet name for the product of… nevermind.
She looks like she is about to sob. And I don’t wonder who threw the can at the fridge in the backgound. It would be sad if she had post-partum depression and couldn’t have it treated because Duggar.
Is his nickname going to be The Spurge?
I feel so sorry for that child. Spurgeon … SMH
Excellent.
It’s a HORRIBLE name. Israel was stupid but at least it sounds pretty… Poor baby Seewald.
Lilac, that comment SLAYED me!!
If they were naming the child after CHARLES Spurgeon then why not use Charles? My first thought was Sturgeon when I saw it. I just don’t understand it. Also, I do think she Googles her name – she is fame hungry.
This. Use Charles for crying out loud. I guess that would have made too much sense. That name is HIDEOUS.
Nasty. Catching up on “The Following” on TV, I have noticed that one of the actresses has the first name Sprague – equally awful. The excellent First Minister of Scotland is Nicola Sturgeon, but it’s her surname, big difference. Though the fact that she succeeded Alex Salmond has caused some rather feeble jokes about being fishy….I also know a medical doctor called Dr Surgeon, but he actually chose the speciality of anaesthesia. Spoilsport. That’s enough random name thoughts….
@Anne tommy – I’ve tried to watch The Following and it creeps me out totally. Can’t watch it at night. I do want to watch it because I like Kevin Bacon as an actor.
My vet was Dr. Hunter. Reconciliation took some time.
I agree Swack, The Following is pretty hard core, hard to watch but hard not to watch once you start. Kevin B and James Purefoy are both great in it.
Charles is a fine name, spurgeon is unique @@
I’m all for unique names. But coming from a teaching background names can be embarrassing to children. I had a male student named Alois (I assumed a family name) and because I’m very conscious of wanting to pronounce names correctly, I asked him how to pronounce it. He said, “Al” and I thought, “Okay”. This child will probably never worry about being in school with other children, but if he ever goes out of their world for a job or even higher education (and yes he could want to go to college) then it could become problematic,
Alois is an ordinary French name, if somewhat old-fashioned. Rather pretty, I think. It is also used by Germans. Hitler’s dad was named Alois.
@ankhel. Thank you for the explanation. The child was obviously bothered by the name. I’m thinking, if I remember correctly, the last name was not French in origin. I remember the last name being more Slavic or could have been German.
This is what happens when 19 yo kids have babies. Other “unique” names 19 yo parents from my school chose:
Syphillis
Shithead (pronounced she-thayed)
@mp, had a student named ANTIJUAN and wondered what the parents had against the name JUAN. But it was pronounced AN – TWAN.
We had students at my school named Shitonia and Pajama(pronounced Pah ja mah).
Oh, there are so many funny names: a brazialian guy is called Rolando Caio da Rocha ( the names, separately are quite common and normal but together and translated ends up being- rolling I fall down the Rock), but the best I’ve heard was Cólica de Jesus – Jesus’ s colic (it was a woman since Colic is feminin in portuguese)
I remember one of my HS teachers telling us about a student she had named Shithead. Why her parents didn’t name her Shathayed, I don’t know.
I know a teacher who has a child in class called Wolverine. Seriously. Apparently the parents let the baby’s older brother choose the baby’s name. A very bad move.
@swack, you know she googles her name daily.
Oh she most definitely googles herself – Jessa, the hot Duggar.
What I thought. These people are not right in their mind. Who does that to an innocent child? Horrible name. What’s the short form, Spurge??
My first thought on short form would be “Splurge”.
😉
Exactly. Name the kid Charles Spurgeon Seewald, don’t name him Spurgeon which sounds gross. It sounds like an infection men get in their dongs. Sorry, Bill, you’ve a spurgeon infection.
😂😂😂😜😂😂😂
When I first saw the name, my eyes read “Surgeon”, but my brain said, “Nah, look again. It’s got another letter.” Why not Elliot Spurgeon? Calling the baby Charles would have been so much better, but perhaps they thought it either too regal or just plain c o m m o n? I’m investing way too much time on these twits, but sleep deprivation does weird things to people…
Oh how sad.
“Come here, Spurgie!”
“Spurgeon Sturgeon was a Surgeon nyah nyah”
“Spurgeon the Virgin can only side hug!”
This!!! Kids in whatever school he goes to will make fun of him for years. Kids on the playground, kids in the park, kids at Chuck E Cheese, poor Spurgeon.
What makes you think this kid will go to school? He will be home-schooled and kept far away from kids being raised differently.
Ha haaaaaaaaaaaaa Spurgeon the Virgin
Poor kid
😀
I hope to Spurgeon that they let him go by Elliot.
“Spurgeon the Virgin can only side hug!”
Dying.
Dying, dying, dead!
This thread. OMG you guys are killing me.
“can only side hug”……..hahahahahahahahahahahaha!!!!!! That is hilarious Belle!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Why not just call the poor kid Spurgebob Sidehugpants?
Hmmm…well…my guess is that she’ll be home-‘schooling’ this child, so the only school-yard bullies will be his soon-to-come siblings. They’ll likely have equally awkward names, so I suppose it’s all good.
Maybe they’ll go by his middle name of Elliott.
SMH
The name is hideous. I hope for the kids sake that they do go with Elliot.
THIS! I worked for a small-town daily paper and part of my job was calling the hospital every morning to find out who’d been born in the last 24 hours and then write up the birth announcements. Spurgeon is definitely what Carla and I would have deemed “a therapy name.” When he gets older, maybe he can part it on the side and go by S Elliot Seewald.
S. Elliot Seewald actually sounds good, distinguished. I can see it on a cover of a book or some such thing. It’s just too bad that this child is most likely condemned to a stunted life.
They should have named him Surgeon, for the ones that saved his mother from dying.
I really like S. Elliot Seewald.
T. S. Eliot would agree with you
No they didn’t. First thing I thought was Sturgeon. This sounds fishy to me. All the beautiful biblical names. Poor little guy.
Agree on the countless pretty baby names from the bible. For me it wouldn’t be hard to pick one and I’m as atheistic as it gets.
Spurgeon Seewald is a good name for Spongebob’s cousin but for an actual human being.
Spurgeon. “Hey Spur (Spurge??), come here for a minute!”. Poor kid.
Worse than Spurge, he could just be nicknamed “Purge”
LOLOLOLOL!!!!!! OMG – you nailed it. PURGE……get in here and purge out your room!!!
Make sure you check out the Urban Dictionary definition of spurgeon. Not sure that was what they were going for, but you’re welcome, CBers.
I’d never heard of *particular Baptists* until I read this story. Go figure. A Duggar teaches me something new. Not necessarily a good thing since I’m now entrenched in my judgement of her admiration for ‘particular Baptists’. And that’s before we get to the name they’ve saddled that poor baby.
Haha. Spurgeon was a bibiical literalist who fought against Darwin (the sensation of the day) and also an early Israel Firster, which is why the Duggars like him!
Hahahahahhahahhahaha!!
My fairy gift for poor Spurgeon Sturgeon is to grow up to be a hard core Darwinian liberal atheist.
It all makes sense now, right?!
My fairy gift is Rumpelstiltskin, so nobody remembers his name.
This is one of Sturgeon’s quotes: “The greatest enemy to human souls is the self-righteous spirit which makes men look to themselves for salvation.”
I’m actually not surprised they picked such a name. They both think they’re superior to everyone, and the smugness practically drips off of them. It’s too funny that in his attempt to out do everyone, he seems to be worshipping a false idol. The baby’s name is nothing to do with God and the bible, and everything to do with idolizing a man.
Sixer, thank you! No wonder the poor little chap didn’t get named Charles.
My fairy gift to this child is a library card.
My fairy gift to him is an open and curious mind.
My fairy gift to the child is a I-Pad so he can look up his own family, then change his name and run away as fast as he can.
I shudder to think how the other children in school would tease this child. Still a very odd choice for a name. I would grow up resenting my parents
What school? She will “home school” the kids same as they were and then they will get on the gravy train – either tv or “preacher” or “missionary” trying to convert those heathen Catholics to the “true” faith.
They are vile. All of them. The name is the least of the concerns I have for this poor kid.
Don’t worry about kids at school making fun of him. He’ll most likely be “homeschooled” which in reality will be more like indoctrinated by his parents.
Baby Spur!
Maybe they are also English Football fans. 🙂
If so they support the right team. (Worst one in London)
At least we know the next kid in 12 months will be named soming starting with a ‘S’.
Hahaha Sp*rs are the worst. Tiny club who think they’re big.
-signed, an Arsenal fan
Crazy people. I try not to be too judgmental about baby names but given a choice between Charles and Sturgeon – honestly!
What a stupid name. How unsurprising.
She is so full of it. If she just found joy in God and didn’t seek validation from other people, she would do good works and not spend her every waking moment trying to get attention and her own tv show. Or maybe she would just get a real job and stop milking her “faith” for money. I think she’s nauseating.
THIS X 1,000,000! Her joy in God always seems to require publicity and money.
Does she even know anyone with a real job? Is she aware that real jobs exist?
Yep, her claim to seek joy in God while also seeking magazine cover stories and a reality TV show comes off as inauthentic.
She’s too busy seeking attention and freebies. Naming the child Simon or Samuel might not garner the same attention, you know. For her religious endeavors, of course.
Agree but the ‘real job’ comments don’t make any sense. Women in these faiths are incredibly discouraged from working and working outside the home in particular. There’s a set of islamic women in my neighborhood and one of them told me the only work her husband is okay with her doing is working at a daycare. Other than that, she is not allowed to work. She said some of her friends think it’s only appropriate to run a daycare in your house and so they shun her for working outside the home. This evangelical cult is the same….even if they were destitute poor it would be up to the man to make the money not the woman.
I’ve known other people with names that started out as “last names” of somebody admired by the parents, often some one in the family. No biggie. Every name is new and different when it is first used. I wouldn’t personally waste snark on this, there are so many other truly snarkworthy things about that family.
Lots better than saddling a kid with North West, which really will unfortunately cause laughter throughout her life even from people who don’t ordinarily engage in name mockery because of the odd result of combining first name with last name in English. Spurgeon will just sound like an interesting name, although he will have trouble with the autocorrects. But obnoxious kids will find something to mock no matter what- they did it to me, twisting my name around as well as any other feature they could find. It’s a type of bullying. One of the many reasons I hated school and didn’t develop much fondness for my own species.
North West is bad, but way better than Spurgeon. Like 1000% better.
Personally I hate the last name as first name friend. My neice goes to school with two girls named ‘Kensington’ and ‘Carrington’. Honestly those are awful. And it also makes their full names freakishly long, which will be a life long burden.
Although I think it’s an awkward first name, I don’t have a problem with it. There was a very prominent dentist in my city who also had the first name “Spurgeon” so I guess I just don’t think it’s as hideous as everyone else. Then again, I live in the South, and first names sometimes are unique and unusual.
I try not to be judgy about these things, but why does a name have to be unique and unusual? Why can’t it just be a nice name?
You (I don’t mean you, personally, of course!) are choosing your child’s identification that they will have for life.
But why does a “nice name” have to be something on a list of commonly used names? Every name had to be unusual at some point in its history. I don’t really understand the name bigotry.
“Name bigotry”
Have a seat. Please.
I love unusual names but this one just has a hideous sound to it. It doesn’t ebb and flow and is just plain ugly.
I know the duggars wouldn’t care about this but there are TONS of studies showing that having too unique of a name on your resume DRASTICALLY reduces the number of call-backs you will receive (experiments were done sending out the same resumes just with different names). So yeah you may think there’s no harm having a very unique name but it absolutely does give your child a disadvantage in life. They can also face prejudice in advancements too and many other areas of life. Yep, it’s not fair, but these things do influence people. Heck, even when Voting the name of the people listed can have a huge affect. Did anyone see the John Oliver segment where the man that didn’t run ANY campaign won based ONLY on his name?! (Normal English name…the other names were either FEMALE or ‘ethnic’….nice, huh?) When selecting a doctor, would you pick Dr. Susan Smith or Dr. Rainbow Smith? Who sounds better on a university application? On a visa application? We live in a biased world and I feel parents have to give their children the best start they possibly can and that includes not giving your kids weird names just because you think it’s cool.
Your family had a reality tv show. Your family consistently seeks media attention. You are consistently posting on Instagram. These are actions of people who are looking for validation by other people. I am 52 and have never watched a reality show. I am only aware of these “celebrities” through gossip sites. As for gossip sites I only follow one at a time and that is the one that for me has the most engaging comments. It’s not the gossip itself as I rarely find gossip in and of itself to be exclusive or particularly interesting.
I also read here almost exclusively for the comments! I’ve learned a lot from the educated people on this site (no snark – I’m serious).
I agree – the wealth of information, different walks of life, and intelligent banter here can be amazing! And then, sometimes… well, at least this article isn’t a Brangeloonie article 😉
I think Dlisted said it best, that this was they named the child they “are supposed to love.” My thoughts exactly. But it’s a Duggar, so he will grow up never really getting the teasing he would get in a regular school or society.
My thought was they’re going to use “S” names to go with their surname, and Spur Seewald sounds pretty cool to me. I’ve heard the name Spurgeon before. IMO it’s better than Sturgeon, which is a fish.
Spur sounds more like a full name from a Palin. I’m guessing they’ll call him by the whole thing. (Note to Bristol: Spur might be a good name for your impending daughter….)
@ Cannibell Spur Palin is perfect. If this were an episode of The Simpsons Mr. Burns would be saying excellent Smithers.
Because they think they’re celebrities, so they want maximum attention.
I tend to think they are just complete idiots.
For so many reasons, why couldn’t they have admired Charles Darwin instead?
Ah, but Spurgeon spent half his life preaching against ANY denominational acceptance of Darwin’s theory. That was basically the point of him, you know? And that’s their, similar, anti-Darwin point also, right?
Ooh, I knew that name sounded vaguely familiar. Thanks Sixer for the refresher.
If I were having a baby today, I’d probably name it Darwin to balance things out.
The poor kid, if he ever breaks out of their cult, either he spends a lifetime explaining it (“I was named for an anti-science bigot, like my dad”) or initializing it away. If he doesn’t go to the courthouse to make a legal change first.
You have to pity the kid, dontcha?
Mind you, my mind immediately went from Spurge to Splurge, so I thought it would be a good name for a shopaholic’s offspring?!
And my mind immediately went to this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=notKtAgfwDA
HAAAAAAAAAA! Perfect!
Yes, that’s the joke the original poster made (without spelling it out).
Spurgeon is highly regarded by Christians of many denominations, not just Baptists. He is considered one of the greats among Protestants, up there with Augustine, Luther, Calvin, Wesley, Lewis etc. I’m not surprised that they’d choose to honor him, but agree that it’s an odd first name that will draw snickers. But as someone said, his name is the least of his worries, really.
Elliot’s husband was one of four missionaries murdered by the Auca Indians in Ecuador back in 1956. It made headlines around the world, and it was remarkable when Elisabeth went back and lived among them as a missionary with her daughter. Her account of their missionary work was required reading at my school. I couldn’t imagine being that devoted to missionary work to put my life on the line like that.
Sounds like the Auca Indians didn’t want them there…
And my mind immediately went to this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=notKtAgfwDA
for the first time ever i think it is a good thing this poor child will never attend school or socialize with anyone outside of his immediate family. little spurgeon would be tortured for that name in the real world.
Honestly though, the name is the least of his problems with these idiots as parents.
Truth.
he was doomed from the jump anyways regardless of his name..
Kaiser you made me snort my tea all over the computer. That name! In the headline! SPURGEON. Is it an alien baby? I feel like it would be a great name for a $cientologist baby.
Honestly, they should have just called the kid “Thank God I was born a boy in this wack family.”
They should just number them. Seems it would be easier.
Ha! Maybe in Spanish – Uno, Dos, Tres…
Being called Sturgeon is gonna be the lesser of that poor little fella’s actual troubles growing up in that sh!tshow of a family sect
Clearly they intend to home school. That child would not survive 7th grade.
He’ll go into medicine and eventually be appointed as the Spurgeon General. 😉
You know how people always say they spit out their coffee over a funny comment?
In my case it was green tea.
I’ve always wanted to have that effect on someone!
He’ll need to go to Uni to study Medicine. Are males in this cult permitted to attend university? He could be a Dental Spurgeon. (I wanted to post this upthread, but thought I’d get slammed, so thanks for breaking the ice…)
Wasn’t this the guy who was mean to a little kitty?
**puts the hex on him***
No, that was the other one. Jill’s husband Derrick the Missionary.
This is the guy who hates Catholics.
Should have just called him Punch Me In The Face Please.
Oh hell no.
Could you imagine that actually being your name? Having to introduce yourself to everyone as Spurgeon? I get the desire to honor someone you admire, but there’s gotta be at least a little acknowledgement that this kid is going to have to wear this name every day of his life.
Does anyone remember the HBO show “Eastbound and Down” with Danny McBride as Kenny Powers? During the first season he gets his infant son a pet hermit crab (long backstory..). Anyway, he names the hermit crab Spurgeon. His friend Stevie says “with a name like Spurgeon, you know he gets p*ssy.” Vulgar and inappropriate, but that’s what I associate the name Spurgeon with.
I was also wondering why they didn’t just name him Charles, but then I read that this guy was against Charles Darwin and it all made sense. No way would they give THEIR baby the same name as an evolutionist! I think Elliot Spurgeon Seewald sounds much better. Poor little tyke, this is reason #1986 to feel sorry for him.
Awful name BUT it was their choice. And I agree both of them want attention and fame. I think the only Duggars who should be given any attention are those who decide to seek an education outside of that crazy family and decides that two or three kids will be good enough and will not name them using the same first letter.
Poor kid. This name makes Elsie Otter sound sane and lovely.
Must hate the kid if she named him that instead of Charles. All the innocence in this family is fucked.
Too close to splooge, sperm, what have you. Good golly.
Spurgeon = a sturgeon that splooges.
True story: I won at gold fish when I was drunk at a state fair and named it “Spurtan,” which was a joke with my friends about how my mother said “spartan” with her accent. I spit my coffee when I read that name, as it reminded me of my fish. (RIP Spurtan.)
Perh apps they’ll wind up calling him Eliot?
A portmanteau of “spooge” and “sturgeon.” Why not?
This is what happens when you get arrogant, ignorant, unemployed and uneducated children, who live in an echo chamber of praise for parroting ideas they can’t parse through and don’t understand (see home-education at the hands of the not very bright – a cycle of stupidity) having kids themselves.
The whole mess is a tragedy. This poor child’s name is the least of the concerns anyone should have for him and his future. Ask his uncle Josh.
As long as People features anything Duggar? Will never, ever buy. Turns my stomach that they get paid for nothing but breeding like rabbits. And that’s all they know how to do. Imagine a People cover after a molestation/infidelity scandal featuring “what we named our baby.” Who gives a g*ddamned rip? I’m sure you’ll be having babies until your vadge looks like an old mine shaft, too. Oh joy. Not.
Yup Sturgeon is preferable to what they have now. At least that poor soul will be home schooled and spared of school yard taunting over his name.
Spurgeon reminded me of Deadwood (HBO show). The Chinese man, Mr. Wu, always calls Al Swearengen in a short, “Swergen”. Not knowing many similar words, this just does the trick.
Stupid name for a cute baby. It’s my sincere hope that somehow, someway he’s able to escape the cult that is his family.
I hope so, too. Hopefully, he will break away, and he won’t be shamed for having sexual feelings as he grows up the way his uncles were.
I just SPURGE on myself after reading that.
Quincy
They just said they aren’t going to call him Sturgeon Spurgeon the Surgeon.
They are going to call him QUINCY.
Read: Someone I can’t say no to named this baby.
Then they should have named the poor kid Quincy
But then we’re stuck with future kids Quebec and Quintelle.
Those two aren’t smart enough for 20 names that start with the letter Q.
Yuck.
It reminds me of the Addams Family baby, Pubert.
Like, “That seems dirty…is it dirty? Or just gross sounding?…Is that a real name?”
Pubert.
Bwahahaha! Thanks! I needed a good laugh!
That is the ugliest sounding name ever, with even uglier connotations. Ye gods. Ick ick ick; I need a shower.
Need remained you haters of kids named Blanket, Apple, Moon….. His name may be awful, but at least it has meaning
Blanket is a nickname.
If I ever have a son I would name him Walter. I would name my daughter Eleanor. I know these are old fashioned/old people names but I like them and think they are classic names that will work well through out one’s life.
I am not a fan of trendy names but it’s not my business what people decide to call their children.
There was a character in the Anne of Green Gables books named Moody Spurgeon MacPherson. And he was an awkward character. That’s all I have to add.
HIDEOUS name. That poor sweet baby. I loathe these people.
Somebody needs to call CPS on these people. Spurgeon??? Spurgeon the Sturgeon Surgeon. WTF.
SPURGEON?!?! In the name of all that’s holy, why would you saddle anyone with a name like that?
Like a Spurgeon. F**ked for the very first time… the moment his parents named him.
It’s their choice but it’s a horrible sounding name. It sounds like a medical term for vomiting or similiar.. “Doctor, please help – we’ve just had a child present in emergency with acute Spurgeonitis”.
His name now sounds like Sturgeon Sea World, congrats weirdos.
Since sperm factors in just about everything related to this family I think they wanted to get at least part of that word in there somewhere. All I see is Sperman. Ugh.
I’m all for unique names &/or naming a child an inspired name,such as after a personal “hero”.However~Spurgeon Seewal is a terrible name. Word association alone is horrible:sperm,surgeon,sturgeon,roe,fish eggs,sponge,splurge…Spulrge on sperm?Sperm surgeon?Sponge spool?A sea of sperm spooge?Ugh. You get the picture. Like I already stated,I do understand & even embrace the concept behind such names BUT perhaps Charlie Elliott Seewall would have been a better name(Charles Spurgeon being the 19th century preacher the Seewalds named him after).Then again it wouldn’t have garnered the kind of ATTENTION that naming the newest Duggar addition Lil Spurge would have,would it now?!He I’m all for unique names &/or naming a child an inspired name,such as after a personal “hero”.However~Spurgeon Seewal is a terrible name. Word association alone is horrible:sperm,surgeon,sturgeon,roe,fish eggs,sponge,splurge…Spulrge on sperm?Sperm surgeon?Sponge spool?A sea of sperm spooge?Ugh. You get the picture. Like I already stated,I do understand & even embrace the concept behind such names BUT perhaps Charlie Elliott Seewall would have been a better name(Charles Spurgeon being the 19th century preacher the Seewalds named him after).Then again it wouldn’t have garnered the kind of ATTENTION that naming the newest Duggar addition Lil Spurge would have,would it now?!He better live his life in the secular exclusive Empire that the Duggars have built OR else learn to live in a world where he gives no f@cks that his name sounds like a harpooned sperm whale awash in sea of sponges,adrift on a wall of surgeons! live his life in the secular exclusive Empire that the Duggars have built OR else learn to live in a world where he gives no f@cks that his name sounds like a harpooned sperm whale awash in sea of sponges,adrift on a wall of surgeons!