October 11th was the International Day of the Girl, as recognized by the United Nations. It was also the birthday of Olivia Wilde’s second child, a little girl! Olivia and her partner Jason Sudeikis welcomed their first child, Otis, was born in April 2014, which makes him two-and-half right now (time flies, right?). And on October 11th, 2016, Olivia welcomed Daisy Josephine Sudeikis.
The question? Do “Daisy” and “Otis” fit together as sibling-names? I feel like Olivia and Jason have a little bit of the Sarah Palin-flair, in that they don’t mind giving dog-appropriate names to human children. I always thought Palin named her kids like puppies, I’m just saying! That being said, I don’t mind this name in particular. Daisy feels pretty popular but it’s not hypersaturated like Madison or Isabella. And the “Josephine” gives it some balance, some seriousness and weight. She’ll probably just go by Daisy, but there’s always a chance she could end up a Jo Sudeikis or Joey or JoJo Sudeikis. You never know. I also think that Olivia probably feels like it’s difficult to get a name that feels right with “Sudeikis.” It’s a difficult last name.
Olivia was still riding the subway deep into her third trimester, even though people wouldn’t give up their seats for, as she said, “a giant preggo.” She’s also been taking a lot about how she’s voting for Hillary Clinton and reproductive rights.
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Its better jason’s last name than olivia’ s real name Cockburn, whats good name goes along with that ( Daisy Josephine Cockburn) DJ Cockburn, its just WTF
It’s actually pronounced “Coburn”, but yeah, that spelling doesn’t help.
Yeah, I’d too pronounce it like that if it was my name…
“The Bouquet residence, the lady of the house speaking!”
My husband’s last name is Babcock. It was pretty difficult finding names that went with it for our recently born little one. Daisy is a super cute name.
Aw, sweet. I love flower names. And I actually think of Daisy as a kitty name vs a puppy one since that was my sister’s cat’s name.
It’s also not anywhere near Madison-levels of saturation, I think — I teach at a preschool and there are no Daisys at all. There is one Joey/Jojo, very cute name and fits the girl’s youngest sibling/scrappy personality well. Oddly, Mila is one of the more popular names at our school.
Wishing them well.
I have a soft spot for her. Both our kids were born weeks apart from each other! We also chose a flower namefor our daughter ( Rose). Daisy is pretty but not really my style.
I had a Chihuahua named Daisy….loved her. I think we pay too much attention to what celebs name their children. I never once laughed at Gwyneth for naming her daughter Apple…well maybe once!
congrats to them. She is adorable. Those chubby cheeks.
I’m sure both mother AND father ‘welcomed’ Daisy. Why do we only say the mum welcomed the child – it removes the dad from responsibility and partnership and lays it all on the woman. Let’s start treating parents as equal from birth, and maybe that will help men step up and help society encourage men to play a bigger part in upbringing.
Oh please, it was probably an oversight.
And while parents are indeed equals, they ain’t when it comes to the biological processes of pregnancy and birth. Until men start gaining 50 pounds and squeezing bowling balls out of *their* orifices, I say we continue to tip our hats in women’s favor here, and stop the idiotic practice of referring to couples as pregnant.
@Evie
human reproduction isn’t equal, Evie.
one of two bodies (female) physically ‘welcomes’ the new human being i.e. pushes it from the inside to the outside. not the male.
As my husband says, he participated in the creation of our baby but I spent 9 months growing him with my body, then 48 hours of labor followed by an unplanned c-section and now 6 weeks of recovery while being a milk machine to feed our tiny human. My husband has been absolutely floored with how much work I had to do physically and emotionally to incubate and birth a baby. So yeah…I don’t think you need to get so worked up that both mother and father weren’t mentioned welcoming the baby.
Good grief…. “Welcomed” is a polite way of saying “birthed”…..
Or at least a pleasant sounding synonym
Yeah because poor menz abandon their responsibilities as fathers due to the language used when talking about parenthood, not because they’re losers.
I have a cat named Daisy. She only got that name because we have a Tom cat named Gatsby.
I like both names, but they clash a bit with the surname Sudeikis. Otis even slightly rhymes with it.
I feel like she could easily go by Daisy Jo which sounds adorable.
I’m pleasantly surprised. What’s the female equivalent of naming a child Otis? Marge? Beulah? Gladys? Bertha? This baby girl dodged a bullet.
I am assuming – though I have no evidence – that they might be fans of the late great Otis Redding. In which case he is named after a talented and cool man.
That’s right, they named the boy exactly because of that.
Where on earth was I when you published that article about no one giving up their seat for her on the subway?! Missed it entirely. A depressing and frightening reflection of what society has become. All Trump supporters no doubt.
Daisy is a cute name… for a little girl. Wait til she grows up and wants to be taken seriously as a doctor or businesswoman. I wish people would think about that when naming their kids, especially girls.
Daisy is a perfectly fine name. Or are you implying that someone with a super feminine name like that can’t be a doctor or businesswoman?
No. “Daisy” can be anything she wants to be. What I’m saying is that people with cutesy names will find it difficult to be taken seriously by many, many people in the work force. YOU may take a Daisy or a Bambi or the like seriously, but many will not. As we’ve seen over and over again, women have enough challenges rising to positions of power. No sense in adding to those difficulties with a name that belongs on a five year old.
Daisy and Bambi aren’t the same thing, not to mention that 1) Bambi is a nickname, and 2) who was the last person you know to name their daughter Bambi? Daisy has legit literary roots – many folks would consider a name taken from one of the great American works of literature (The Great Gatsby) to be the exact opposite of “cutesy”.
Daisy is just fine for any profession (also makes me think of Daisy, Daisy Adair from ‘Dead Like Me’). Also Poppy and Fleur–know one of each and their names don’t seem to keep them from being successful. On the other hand, I work with a doctor named Princess and she’s found that one to be a bit of a problem. She usually goes by her middle name for professional reasons.
I knew a girl whose legal name was Bambi.
How are daisy and bambi even remotely similar?!?
Daisy is of course quite a classic American name, appearing in one of the iconic US novels, The Great Gatsby. It is unforgettably also the name of one of the four Bucket (pronounced Bouquet) sisters: Daisy, Hyacinth, Violet and Rose. Bambi is a cute deer. I think they are a cute couple with cute kids. Cute all round.
I knew a young woman named Daisy and it was a perfectly lovely name for a grown up. She was sweet and kinda quiet and shy and I thought her name was reflective of her sweetness. It didn’t seem juvenile at all.
I agree it’s a cute name but you wouldn’t expect a Lawyer to be named “Daisy” Not saying she couldn’t be one of course, I worked with a Scientist named “Sunshine” which is much, much worse. But it’s definitely a name I wouldn’t use. I know in my work place women have to FIGHT to get taken seriously and I do feel that a “froo-froo” name like Daisy would be a hindrance. But this child is going to grow up a rich celeb and won’t suffer any difficulties I would imagine. I really, really dislike Otis. That name just sounds so ugly to me. But you know what they say, different strokes for different folks. And Daisy Ridley the actress is wonderful so there’s a modern role model for the name now.
It could be fine but I agree that it’s a name that suits a baby/child better than a grown woman. Names do have associations and even Daisy Buchanan was a weak, fragile character (like a little daisy).
Cute name and adorable baby
Every time you announce a celebrity birth and then immediately guess a few nicknames, it drives home my desire to keep it as short as possible… to make sure people stick to the name I gave my child! But it’s kind of funny to me that you have so much fun re-naming babies.
I know a lot of families like nicknames and even middle names as first names… but a name is such a huge decision, it would irk me to no end if I announced a new arrival and family/friends (my equivalent of gossip bloggers) added a footnote with names I didn’t choose.
Then again, I hated being called “Britt” as a kid. And I’m obsessed with the musicality of full names… “JoJo Sudeikis” is like nails on a chalkboard after seeing the sweet sequence of Daisy Josephine.
I do have fun re-naming babies! Ha! My name doesn’t lend itself to many nicknames or abbreviations, so I guess I enjoy trying to figure out what the shortened forms of other people’s names will be.
And now this baby is forever going to be JoJo Sudeikis 🙂
😆 I love Jojo Sudekis!
Haha, damn it!
It *does* make sense in the context of allowing kids to experiment with different names if they so choose. Or adjusting the name to suit their personalities.
JoJo is actually my best friend’s go-to fake name for guys in bars. I’ll have to tell her Olivia Wilde’s baby is coming for it.
It’s Mother’s Day here in Argentina, so a very happy day to Olivia and congrats to her and Jason!
Josephine would have been a better choice for a first name. Daisy is a decent name but when paired with Otis definitely sounds like a pair of dogs or cats.
I don’t care for the name Otis (though it’s definitely gaining in popularity–two women at work have little Otises) and IMO it doesn’t go well with Sudeikis. Love Daisy though! Also love them as a couple.
Their names go together…like siblings living in a settlement on the frontier.
I love these two as a couple. They always look very happy together.
Both kids’ names are soooooo Brooklyn. I think Daisy Josephine is adorable so no judgment here, but the penchant for Memaw and Pepaw names is powerful in this borough.
I love Otis as a name was going to use that 15 years ago but was Orson instead as still not too many around here. Flower names are popular know a Daisy as well.
I have to agree that some girls and boys names could limit their access to some professions. I live in Socal and have children… . I am pretty sure that Ocean, Presley, River, and Sunshine (all kids that my dc have gone to school with) could have difficulties in some fields…
Are they married? Why do both kids have his last name?
Nope. Still engaged.
Ugh. No offense to the Daisy’s out there, but God, I hate that name.
Congrats to them. Always liked them both. I have a friend who posted on social media all sad about this news because she named her daughter Daisy three years ago and doesn’t want a lot of fellow Daisys. I had to laugh, she didn’t realize before this that Daisy is increasing in popularity?
Why get annoyed about Daisy, when there are Dweezil, Moon-Unit, and Pilot Inspektor names out there?