Hayden Panettiere has welcomed her first child with her fiance, Wladimir Klitschko. The couple announced on Saturday that their daughter, Kaya Evdokia Klitschko, was born on December 9 and that she measured 20 inches long and weighed 7 lbs., 14 oz. They also gave the obligatory “over the moon” statement (TM Michael K) and told People that “We are over the moon and madly in love!” I know everyone says that, but it’s cute and I believe it about them. Plus I appreciate how open they were to the press.
Hayden was never one to be private about the details of her pregnancy. She revealed that she was having a girl and admitted that she’d gained 40lbs, which she was very uncomfortable with. Hayden told Hello! last month that she was “going to be a very hands on mom” and that she was thrilled to have a girl “because I feel like I know a lot about raising a strong woman.” Hayden and Wladimir must be thrilled to finally meet their baby.
What are your thoughts on the name? I think Kaya is a unique name that’s still very pretty and non-stigmatizing. You know that’s always a concern with unique celebrity baby names. A quick search tells me that it’s Jamaican slang for marijuana, although I’ve never heard of that before. Evdokia is a name with Greek origins, which is surprising to me because Klitschko is from The Ukraine. I wonder if it’s a family name. Anyway congratulations to Hayden and Wladimir on their new arrival!
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Congrats to the happy family. I love the name.
Congrats. But Kaya Klitschko? Doesn’t sound good to me.
It sounds like a bic pen or something. Cheap high heels tapping on a linoleum floor.
It bugs me too.
I find the combination really really pretty. It’s a great name.
Me too.
I love the name as well… very beautiful!
She also has a great birth date, which she happens to share with me. 😉
On another birthday note, I have a friend who had her baby on the 13th… she went into labor a bit early (her other kids were well over-due) and we realized later what a fun birth date she has… 12.13.14
Gorgeous!!
Fast forward a few years and I’d hate to be the teenaged boyfriend meeting Kaya’s daddy!
+1 Lol!
I’ve grown averse to K names since the Kardashian rise to tabloid power, but Kaya is beautiful. All three names together sound a bit awkward though.
The name is very pretty. Unusual without being silly. Congrats to them.
I’m Slavic and Kaja is a common name here. It might be the same in the Ukraine.
Evdokia is indeed of Greek origin, but is fairly common and traditional name in Russia and Ukraine, so it might as well be a family name for Wladimir.
Evdokia was a common name in Ukraine and Russia in older times. Like, it assosiates with some old grandma from the country in my head. Now these old names are back I guess.
More like grandma’s grandma. I don’t think I’ve even heard of anyone in my granny’s generation with that name 🙂 (PS – Russian here)
So glad to see we have some Russian – speaking commenters here! I’m attempting to learn Russian (conversationally). I’m very exciting, but the cyrillic alphabet is intimidating. I just moved in with a Russian roommate and figured it’s a perfect time to learn the language until I can save up and fly to Russia.
Anna – is Olga still a common name in Ukraine or Russia? My baba’s name is Olga, as are a lot of Ukrainian-Canadian women of her age/generation. I’m curious because it is considered an extremely OLD name here now and no one uses it anymore.
He said it’s after his favorite grandma. Sounds plausible.
P.S. Anna, our minister at school was Evdokia, commnly referred to as Dusya 🙂
OMG that’s funny. Most Russian women hate being called Dusya – it’s synonymous with a kind of woman who is peasanty (unsophisticated) and, um, rotund…
Yup! Missionaries from the Eastern Roman Empire “seeded” Orthodox Christianity into Kievan Rus (modern Ukraine), so — very long story made very short — the Greek Orthodox and Russian Orthodox traditions have a lot of similarities and common names (albeit with different variants and pronunciations.)
Not proud of this but everytime I look at this couple all I can do is think up sex positions that just wouldnt work for them.
Oh and congratulations to them.
That first pic in the costumes does conjure up some sort of fetish porn….
I’m not proud of this either but I just find myself wondering why he doesn’t just lift her onto his shoulders every so often so he doesn’t need to bend down to talk to her.
Other than that, they’re a really sweet looking couple and they seem happy together.
Evdokia is a common Ukrainian name.
Yes, I know many Ukrainian girls with this name. There are versions in Hungary and Romania too, but not as common. Its very beautiful and will suit her and her culture 🙂
What is the hungarian equivalent? I dont recognize it
Pretty name. She is such a naturally pretty girl.
Kaya or Kaja is a very common Slavic (Ukrainian, Russian, Polish etc) name for a woman. There is even a very famous Polish rock singer known simply as ‘Kaja’
Nope, Kaja is definitely not a Russian name, and I’ve never met a Russian Kaja. However, there is a personage of Pelevin’s novel, who was called Kaja. I doubt that Hayden read it though.
So now im guessing we’ve got two poles on cb 🙂
In my country it’s not common as names like Lucija, Ivana or Dora, but it’s not unusual. A rock band from a neighbouring country has a song named “Kaja”.
none of these 3 names is used in Russia as well..
My husband’s family is Croatian and it’s a pretty common name (I know at least 4 Kaia’s).
I’m from Croatia! As I said, not too common, but not unusual.
I was fearing that Kayak would be a monster baby.
No idea who they are, but congrats.
He’s the Heavyweight Boxing champ of the world (Been it since 2006) and she’s an actress that was on Heroes and now is on the show Nashville.
It is a pretty name, but all I can think of is the German Shepherd around the corner, whose name is…..(you guessed it)….Kaya.
My shepherd is also named Kya.
Mine is Tuki. (I don’t think any celebrities will be naming their children that.) If your Kya is as lovely a dog as Tuki and Kaya down the street, you’re a lucky human!
The combined 3 names sound rather rude. 😉
I’m her size and I gained that much as well. And I certainly didn’t overeat. I think when you’re that small it’s just your body trying to make room. Don’t feel bad, Hayden!
Same, I’m six months and I’ve already gained 40 lbs, but I was underweight to begin with and its my bodies way of compensating for that.
Oh thank goodness. I was truly concerned about this tiny little woman having this giant man’s baby. I thought it’d be like a 12-pounder. Congrats to them!
Omg me too. I was so relieved when I read she was 7lbs. I thought for sure he had put at least a 10lbs baby in her.
I keep reading it as Eva-donka.
I think the name’s cute, and I wish he would do not-so-cute things to me.
Goody! Baby is out at last! Missed a lot this weekend, got to catch up.Kaia, which is similar to Kaya, is Cindy Crawford’s daughter’s name as well. Cute name.
Well Kaya in southern African native languages means “Home” so its quite common fot girls here but with a special meaning.
Love the name i think its unusual for American names and specially paired with the dads surname.
By the way do we say EVdokia like that ot EUdokia? Just curious…
It sounds like “Yevdokiya”, stress on i
Who asked you about Southern Africa?
What? How rude. I love hearing from commenters from all over the world.
They have a rather large age difference if I remember correctly. But I love them together! It’s nice to see her all grown up and she seems nice. We don’t really acknowledge it but she is another child actress that came out ok. (Not Disney, but still)
Congratulations!
Also Evdokia in Greek means a person with an good opinion.
Don’t love Kaya and don’t think it works with the last name at all. Here’s hoping she looks like mama!
Kaya means Rock in Turkish and it is a quite common male name. 🙂
Kaya & the alternate spelling, Kaia, are not unusual in CA. A fad started in the early ’70s, when Kaya & Kyra (alt Kira) became fairly ordinary names. It continues. I know a few Kayas ranging from 42 years to 18 months. The newest fad name is Maya, or Maia. I know 3 under age 3.
Natalie Wood had a cousin named Kaya who grew up in what is now called Silicon Valley.
Maya is utterly popular in Russia these days. There are also so many Milena and Milana (like Mila Kunis)
Maya was a very popular name in 80s and 90s in Croatia and maybe neighboring countries thanks to ever popular animated series called Maya the bee (Kleine Biene Maja).
Its Ukraine. Not THE Ukraine. Just Ukraine.
+1
Yes!
I know that many people just don’t realize it should be Ukraine and not “the Ukraine” and that it doesn’t seem like a big deal to have “the” before Ukraine. But there are people who intentionally call it “the Ukraine” trying to be derogatory toward the country. And so calling it “the Ukraine” has meaning. That’s why it can be seen as offensive.
Anyway, as for the topic of this post: congrats to them!
I would say that the majority of Russian modern names are either Biblical or of Greek (Byzantine) or Latin origin. Few are of Slavic origin and some date back to post revolutionary times, when people had come up with revolutionary names. Also in Russian, you can’t have an alternative spelling for a majority of names, there is a strict division between names for male and female (there are only five or so unisex names.) And it’s not fashionable to create a new name.
My husband named his now deceased dog Kaya when he got her back in college days. It means weed in Jamaica. There is an old Reggae song that goes “got to have Kaya now”.
Hooray! I love them 🙂 I’m sure Kaya is a little cutie.
One of my favorite couples of all times 🙂 Congratulations!
Kaya (pronounced Kay-a; not Kya) is an Indian name meaning monsoon flower as well.
Kaya has several meanings. The Jamaican one above however in Polish it means home, in Hindu it means a type of monsoon flower and the one I was named after, in Native American it means littlest sister!
However I pronounce it Kay-uh not kyer.
🙂
Kay-a sounds like Kyiv, capital of Ukraine. Also, many Ukrainian names are of Greek origin as Ukraine became a Christian orthodox nation via the Greeks (marriage and baptism of a princess) in 988ad. Share a lot of history with the Greeks.