UK Tabloids report on birth of Zuma × August 23, 2008
The Sun, page 3
Gwen calls baby Zuma Nesta Rock (WE THINK IT’S A BOY)
Gwen Stefani has given birth to her second child — and given it one Aztec of a silly name.
The singer and rocker hubby Gavin Rossdale have named the little mite Zuma Nesta Rock.
The couple have followed in the fashion for crazy names for celebrity tots with the moniker, which has Aztec origins.
The tot — born in Los Angeles on Thursday at eight pounds — is brother to Kingston, two.Gwen, 38, and Bush frontman Gavin, 42, released a statement yesterday which read: “Mother and baby and family are all happy and healthy.”
Speculation surrounding the unusual names last night.
The name Zuma means Lord Frowns in Anger, though it is a short form of Montezuma, the fifth Aztec emperor. But it is also the name of a Japanese restaurant in London where the couple live. Nesta was reggae legend Bob Marley’s middle name. And Rock is… well, what both parents do for a living.
The tot is latest silly celeb name casualty, after Jordan’s girl Princess Tiaamii, Gwyneth Paltrow’s Apple and Geri Halliwell’s Bluebell Madonna and the Beckham kids, Romeo, Brooklyn and Cruz.
The Mirror, page 17 (3am gossip column)
Oh no… Gwen Stefani and Gavin Rossdale have called their newborn girl Zuma Nesta Rock Rossdale. Zuma joins the couple’s other son, Kingston. What with Nesta being Bob Marley’s name and Kingston being the capital of Jamaica, we reckon Gwen must be creating a new baby reggae band.
Or maybe she is just hoping for “No baby, no cry”.
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