Finally, some good news! Supernatural star Jensen Ackles and his actress wife Danneel Harris are the proud parents of twins – a boy and a girl. Jensen, 38 and Danneel, 37 announced their new bundles of joy on Friday via Instagram. Jensen posted an image of the “Thing 1″ and Thing 2” characters from Dr. Seuss’ The Cat on the Hat, with the caption, “Danneel, JJ and I are excited to announce the birth of our twins Zeppelin Bram and Arrow Rhodes. They were born early yesterday morning. Everyone is doing great! #twinning”
You’ve got to give it to Jensen, he knows how to make a memorable and adorable social media announcement. Back in August, when he shared that he and his wife were expanding their family, Jensen posted a photo of five pairs of cowboy boots, featuring two very small ones in pink and blue. He captioned that picture, “Adding a couple of pairs of boots to the family later this year.” I’m no “kid person”, but damn if that isn’t cute.
Let’s talk about these names for a moment. Zeppelin and Arrow? I guess the latter is kind of cool, what with the superhero trend of late, but Zeppelin? Don’t these people ever take their kids’ futures into consideration? I can only assume the name Zeppelin is a nod to Robert Plant and company, but come on. I love the Who, but I wouldn’t name my kid after the band (although I can only imagine the hilarity that would ensue if I did). But, hey, at least they weren’t big fans of GWAR.
At least Zeppelin and Arrow won’t be the first in the Ackles family to have an unconventional name. They join the couple’s three-year-old daughter, new big sister Justice Jay, who goes by the nickname “JJ.” Let’s hope the playground ribbing is at a minimum for these kids… congrats to you, Jensen and Danneel!
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Is Zeppelin the boy and Arrow the girl? Or is it the other way round?
I’m assuming Zeppelin is male because the middle name is Bram.
I like Rhodes a lot, but the rest of these names are awful, terrible names. Parental selfishness and egotism is what names like this boil down to, IMO.
Absolutely parental egotism. It’s a ridiculous attention grab and they want to be seen as soooo unique and original. A brand new tiny person with a ridiculous name is just collateral damage of their ego. Poor babies.
Jensen needs a dopeslap or two for those names.
Well, his own name is kind of ridiculous. It is a common Danish SURname derived from the very old-fashioned Jenssøn (meaning son of Jens). His first name is a surname – I wonder if his parents knew that or they just thought it to be a “cool”, unusual name for their snowflake baby.
regardless, Zeppelin and Arrow are stupidly ridiculous names. What’s wrong with “ordinary, traditional names? My real name is neither unusual nor usual but I am named after a good friend and collegue of my mother. She’s a wonderful person and I feel honoured to be named after her.
If my parents had named me Zepellin, they would not have survived to see my adolescence. -__-
Isn’t Zeppelin another name for blimp? Setting the child up to be teased.I like “Bram” that is cool name
Like Bram Stoker author of Dracula? A blimp and a vampire. Great. Not.
I completely forgot that! The author of Dracula!
That is too much
Bram stoker may be the most famous holder of the name, but it isn’t uncommon in dutch parts of the Netherlands.
Further, it is shortened version of Bramwell as well as being a derivative of Abraham.
@LAK Dutch parts of The Netherlands? Are there any other kind…?
@mieke–There used to be a Spanish Netherlands as well.
It is indeed, a zeppelin is a type of airship / blimp. I guess it wouldn’t be too horrible if he went by Zepp. That said, both that and Arrow make me cringe (Arrow less so, but still.)
I read online that they named him zeppelin after the zeppelin knot because the baby had the cord wrapped round its neck. Dont know how accurate that is – im pretty sure i saw it on buzzfeed – but congrats to them regardless! Im not crazy about the names but they are far from the worst.
Yes! JA and JP can do no wrong in my eyes anyway! <3 them and Supernatural!
YES, a zeppelin is a giant blimp with a frame inside. It was designed to be filled with helium (non-flammable), but the US refused to provide any helium for the Hindenberg and they filled it with hydrogen gas – which blew up and killed dozens of people. Great name for a kid.
Thirsty parents give their kids stupid names. Just attach the “kick me” sign to the kids’ backs on their first day of kindergarten why don’t you?
Congrats but those names. Do people even try anymore? This still can’t top Jason Lee naming his son Inspecta Pilot.
Still love my Supernatural guy though.
Inspektor Pilot is the WORST name ever! Poor kid. Audio Science, which Shannon Sossamon named her kid, is a close second.
Let’s not forget that Penn Jillette named his daughter Moxie Crimefighter and his son Zolten. I guess the “Baby Names A-Z” book is no longer used by celebs.
Oh dear!
There’s actually a naming law in Denmark. it has become more relaxed when it was revised in 2012 (now you can actually name your baby girl Sock!). However, very unsual names or spelling forms still has to be approved. People are not allowed to name their childre Satan, Lucifer or Anus, etc. (yes, there are instances where these exact names have been disallowed). There was a woman who fought a 7 year long legal battle to have her son’s name spelled Christophpher – because it was unique and her priorities were weird!
You can name your kid SOCK? Well, that just SOCKS! (And it’s probably best if your last name isn’t ITTOME!) 😳
Sock as in footwear. It is sok in Danish and it doesn’t have the connotations that the English word has in slang.
I guess I’m the minority here but I LOVE those names. Arrow is one of my favorites and we actually considered it for our daughter. We decided to go with all different initials, so an “A” name was out.
I love em too.
I think they are cute too!
If you can pronounce the name correctly by sight it is not so bad. I feel for the kids with the weird spellings. Unique is not bad… I enjoyed being the only Tessa in my school 🙂
Ridicules names
Maybe they’ll call Zeppelin “Zeppo” for short.
Wait, that’s not any better. I like “Bram”, though.
weird names, but hey, they are celebrities, and normal babies name for them is out of date hahaha..
the twin names hould be dean and samantha, as a shout out to spn
I just love him. Saw him and his costar, Jared, out in Nashville one night. They were standing in Printers Alley listening to a girl play guitar. No one else was around. I couldn’t believe it. Congrats to the new parents!
Pity Jensen didn’t take any tips on how to name children from his costar. Jared’s kids have lovely names.
Poor kids.
What crap names.
They covered silly celeb kid names from A to Z..hehe
Could the names be just a joke, like the Seuss pic? A play on celeb child-naming?
Honestly – ‘normal’ people are naming their kids ridiculous names more often than not too. I doubt there will be too much of an issue on the playground at this rate.
I know a dog named Zeppelin. Zep or Zeppy for short.
My 2 year old nephew is named Zeppelin and everyone loves the name. It is a rock star kind of name and suits his personality. We call him Zepp for short. I think a lot of this “setting your kid up for bullying” rhetoric is ridiculous. Kids get bullied regardless of their names. Mean kids will find any way to pick on other kids.
Aw Jensen, I love ya to bits, but, seriously, dude? Ugh.
Honestly im digging the name Zeppelin. I dig.
I went to school a kid named Arrow. That name seems normal to me. The other? Odd. But it’s their kids.
A liitle girl named Arrow? Ugh.
My eyes are rolling so hard after reading these pretentious names.
I love the show and the boys….
But…. Are we living an episode of “French Mistake”? it’s like the Jensen/Dean line is being blurred and/or this is a giant prank to one-up Stephen Amnell 🙂
I’m getting used to them now, but, still don’t like them. I think Arrow, Roe, and fish eggs for one name and the Hindenburg disaster for Zeppelin.
At least the are healthy, though. Thank goodness for that!
It seems like DEan Winchester named them XD
awful names..just awful
Any other WWE fans here at CB? Because when I read the names my first thought was hummmm former WWE star Cody Rhodes had a running/crossover feud with Stephen Amell from Arrow – CW stars gotta stick together! Mash them up and you get Arrow Rhodes.
Zeppelin and Arrow. Two nouns.
They should’ve named the kid after David Bowie, imo 😉
Hhahaha Baby Justice. I can hear Alex Kerkovich’s laugh even now…
I know 5 lawyers, two doctors, one editor and 3 CFO’s with odd, Pilot Inspektor type names, as well as a lot of successful people with stupid spellings. It’s really not the issue people act like it is, nor is it some huge drama to change your name to John Smith at 18 if you want a to.
Maybe they were conceived while Jensen was listening to Led Zeppelin and his wife was thinking about recording Arrow…. I don’t know As stupid as it sounds, I’m trying to find sense out of it while sounding stupid too lol….