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Uma Thurman: Why I Gave My Daughter Luna Five Names



Rosalind Arusha Arkadina Altalune Florence Thurman-Busson may be a mouthful, but it's certainly memorable. Uma Thurman explained why she and boyfriend Arpad Busson gave their 6-month-old baby girl such a long name during a Jan. 14 appearance on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon.

The Smash star credited Maya, her 14-year-old daughter with ex-husband Ethan Hawke, for giving her the idea. "My daughter came up with the best excuse, which was that I probably wouldn't get to have any more children, so I just put every name that I liked into [Luna's]," the 42-year-old Kill Bill actress said. "We couldn't quite agree on the name, so we call her Luna. She's lucky that way."



Referencing her newborn's surname, Thurman joked that "the last part makes sense."

"And then the rest, she can name all her own children all these interesting names," the actress laughed. "Proud, Catholic, observant!"

Us Weekly exclusively broke the news of Luna's birth in July 2012. Thurman also has an 11-year-old son, Levon, with Hawke, 42. The former spouses met on the set of Gattaca in 1997.

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Flawfree woman can name her children whatever she wants to name them. She could name her kid "Tic-Tac"or "Gillette (Razor Blade)" or even "Sunkist Oranges" and it would still be awesome.
_______awshucks 22nd-Jan-2013 04:11 am (UTC)
All my friends think I'm crazy but I have a names list (now on my phone) of just names I hear that I like. One day I'll use some of them for my children but I don't want to forget so I just have a bunch of names written down I really like..
theotherqueen 22nd-Jan-2013 04:13 am (UTC)
I do this too. I have two lists, a short future baby name list (since I'm quickly realising I WON'T have six kids lol) and a list full of names for characters.
_______awshucks 22nd-Jan-2013 04:17 am (UTC)
If I used every name on my list I would need to have 20 children, no thanks!
soul_amazinn 22nd-Jan-2013 04:14 am (UTC)
I won't be having children but I have a list of names on my phone too.
hypnology 22nd-Jan-2013 04:17 am (UTC)
I've been keeping a list since I was 16 lol.
I update it and take off names, but there's like 4 that have always been consistent and I have a feeling my kids will get one of those names.
burn_a_miracle 22nd-Jan-2013 04:21 am (UTC)
I had my baby names picked out since I was 12. It sucks that my favorite name (Isabella) is so popular. I ended up naming my daughter Isabelle and people call her Isabella all the time.
cerseilannister 22nd-Jan-2013 04:28 am (UTC)
lol i don't even want kids, but i have a list of my favorite names. i've always been fascinated by them idk.
superdogbiter 22nd-Jan-2013 04:28 am (UTC)
somebody pointed out that certain members make fun of the babys names but the names they pick out are just as stupid
endingonfire 22nd-Jan-2013 04:29 am (UTC)
I don't even want kids and I have a crazy huge list of names.
vivisexion 22nd-Jan-2013 04:55 am (UTC)
i'm not even sure i want kids and i have a big-ass list of names saved on my computer, lol. i just find names fascinating for some reason.
sunhands 22nd-Jan-2013 04:59 am (UTC)
same here lol
ellenpage 22nd-Jan-2013 05:06 am (UTC)
I hope you didn't add any of these names...
baglady25 22nd-Jan-2013 06:13 am (UTC)
I use most names I like for characters in my writing. I'll hear a name and be like "Oh, what kind of character can I write with that name?"
zizm0re 22nd-Jan-2013 09:03 am (UTC)
i have a list too!
chantonii 22nd-Jan-2013 10:44 am (UTC)
Same. I had the biggest list on my old phone but it died before I managed to save my list.

I've got a new list now. Not as long as the old one though :(
loverelapse 22nd-Jan-2013 01:06 pm (UTC)
same, though i change my mind every once in a while. for example, i went through a whole "i'm gonna name my child lithium" because i was a special snowflake as a kid, i guess?
thetrustoryofme 22nd-Jan-2013 01:19 pm (UTC)
share some!
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