Ashlee Simpson Gives Birth To Her First Child
After receiving word late Thursday night that Ashlee Simpson finally went into labor, I am happy to report that she has successfully given birth to her first child with husband Pete Wentz … the couple decided to name their first born son, and you’re never gonna believe this, Bronx Mowgli Wentz:
Ashlee Simpson-Wentz and husband Pete Wentz welcomed a son Thursday night, PEOPLE confirms. Bronx Mowgli Wentz weighed 7 lbs., 11 oz., and was 20 1/2 inches long. “Ashlee, Pete and baby Bronx are all healthy and happy, and thank everyone for their well wishes!” a spokesperson tells PEOPLE.
I’m sorry … Bronx MOWGLI? Bronx ain’t that bad a name … but Mowgli? Mowgli is the name of the primary character in Rudyard Kipling’s novel The Jungle Book … and now, it’s the middle name of the firstborn Simpson-Wentz child. I don’t really get this celebrity need to name their children strange names (Zuma Nesta Rock, anyone?) but if they really wanted to go with an even stranger middle name they could’ve named the kid Mogwai instead (in honor of the movie Gremlins). OY! In any event, congrats are in order for the happy new family. What do y’all think of the name Bronx Mowgli? Can you think of a better name for the Ashl33n baby?
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November 21st, 2008 at 4:04 am
I really like the name Bronx but Mowgli is a bit much. We should just be glad that the middle name is botched and not the actual name the poor kid has to go by.
Isn’t it a little weirder that his initials will be BM Wentz? BMW?
November 21st, 2008 at 4:15 am
Hmm, see I’d go the other way. Bronx…. I’m not that keen about it. I love the Jungle Book, and quite like Mowgli, though surely never as a first name. They could have done much worse to the poor boy and named him Bronx Rikki-Tikki-Tavi Wentz. That would be rather unfortunate.
November 21st, 2008 at 4:15 am
WTH is the matter with people? Did they conceive this boy at the zoo? Terrible. Just terrible.
November 21st, 2008 at 4:23 am
Soon… the most generic names like Paul or Laura are going to be crazy and unique. It’s underlined by the fact I wasn’t sure whether it was a girl or boy when I read that name. Who knows anymore.
November 21st, 2008 at 4:30 am
maybe little Bronx Mowgli will be friends with little Zuma Nesta and they can sit around and wonder aloud if their parents were on crack or just plain stupid.
November 21st, 2008 at 4:36 am
Oh, For the love of burroughs…! REALLY?
November 21st, 2008 at 4:59 am
i think bronx is a cute name but i’m not so sure about the middle name. now he has the initials “BMW” to boot, but whatever. it’s their kid!
November 21st, 2008 at 5:05 am
I’m starting to think that California should enact a law to protect young celebrity progeny from their ridiculous parents’ desperate need to differentiate themselves by naming their children something incredibly dumb. I don’t have much faith in California passing or stopping important bills these days though so…
November 21st, 2008 at 5:07 am
BTW I agree with the comment above. We’re expecting our first child and are going to go really out on a limb and call him something like Jack or Sam. He’s going to be the weirdo in his class for sure.
November 21st, 2008 at 5:28 am
Are they going to Nick-name the kid “The Block”?, hehe
I guess i will get used to it eventually.
November 21st, 2008 at 5:40 am
Bronx is so harsh sounding- doesn’t exactly roll off the tongue.
But its nothing compared to Mowgli— I mean c’mon, really?!
Maybe their second will be Manhattan Ursela? Uptown Scar?
November 21st, 2008 at 5:41 am
Oh- and since they are so close with Nicole and Joel…
Harlow- sounds like Harlem.
Harlem- Bronx. Made to marry.
November 21st, 2008 at 5:50 am
Bronx is a cute name – but Mowgli? Hey, maybe they both really like Kipling – who am I to judge… perhaps they’ll call him BM for short – ha! Seriously, congrats to both of them!!!
November 21st, 2008 at 5:51 am
I’m gonna name my son “mickey mouse” or “donald duck”! no, kidding!
Mowgli, that’s ridiculous! I hope that’s a joke! Poos baby boy!
November 21st, 2008 at 6:13 am
It’ll be interesting to pick up a rag-mag in fifteen years or so…
Suri Cruise’s sex tape!!!
Shiloh Jolie-Pitt is engaged to Pilot Inspector Lee!!!
Apple Martin: all coked up!!!
etc.
AY!
November 21st, 2008 at 6:34 am
hahahaha. Grace, your comment is the best.
I don’t think the name is that horrible, but the initials are BMW. endorsements anyone??
November 21st, 2008 at 6:35 am
I think if they wanted to be different they should have named him something traditional, like Michael. Would’ve blown everyone’s minds.
I kind of like Bronx but it reminds me of Brooklyn [Beckham].
November 21st, 2008 at 6:48 am
I think Mowgli is cute… I like the idea of naming a child after a literary character. Personally, I’m not crazy about Bronx, and I’m kind of tired of people being named for places: Bronx, Brooklyn, Paris, et cetera.
November 21st, 2008 at 6:49 am
I can’t wait until Brooklyn Beckham and Bronx Wentz go clubbin’ together in NYC, i’ll pay to see that!!! LoL
By far, one of the oddest names out there but i think Zuma Nesta takes the cake…
November 21st, 2008 at 7:06 am
Celebrities should no longer be allowed to name their kids.
November 21st, 2008 at 7:07 am
I wonder if either of them have ever even been to the Bronx??? Do they have a clue what the place looks like or represents? Maybe if they had spelled it “Bronks” I wouldn’t be so annoyed. Mowgli is okay, since he’ll probably look just like the character!
November 21st, 2008 at 7:28 am
that name is so horrible…
November 21st, 2008 at 7:31 am
I am not keen on naming people after places.
November 21st, 2008 at 7:45 am
god.. they are so fucking retarded and annoying, BRONX… really?!?!?! ok the beckhams already named a son after a ny burrough and one is enough!!
and MOWGLI??!?!?! it’s like they hate that child!!! i would change my name ASAP
November 21st, 2008 at 7:48 am
not to get all conspiracy theory on everyone, but do you think maybe, just maybe, celebs pick a crazy name to publish to the public, and maybe their child’s real name is something like john christopher wentz?? that way they can ensure their child has a bit o’privacy as they grow up. i certainly wouldnt’ want my (hypothetical) infants full name all out there in the open…..and i could see these two picking the stupidest thing ever for their childs code name just for kicks ;)
November 21st, 2008 at 7:51 am
im one of the people who dont hate but done especialy like bronx, but LOVE mowgli! like come-on, its a freakn middle name!!! its not THAT important, its supposed to have sentimental value, and what if the jungle book marked them in sum fundamental way….
iunno, i think its cute. bronx, meh, not so much..
and also, there’s been way worse.
November 21st, 2008 at 7:58 am
Zuma Nesta Rock Rossdale is laughing at you Bronx.
November 21st, 2008 at 8:06 am
Lady J, celebrities are nuts. There is no conspiracy theory going on. Most of them aren’t even smart enough to think of something so secretive.
November 21st, 2008 at 8:09 am
Hopefully they wont call him by his middle name like Britney’s Sean Preston. Preston is kinda cute, Mowgli, not so much. lol
November 21st, 2008 at 8:22 am
I agree it will be funny to see Brooklyn and Bronx out clubbing! And Grace that is hilarious!
November 21st, 2008 at 8:22 am
By far one of the worst celeb names so far…Bronx is too harsh and tough and just not cute. Brooklyn is cuter. It all depends on if this boy ‘owns’ the name. I really don’t know what to think of these people anymore. Zuma, Apple, Moses, Indiana, Moxie, and now Bronx. Bronx’s first two initials=BOWEL MOVEMENT lololol….ok that was immature. And as for Mowgli, ok name for a band, not ok for a baby boy’s middle name. Ridiculous.
November 21st, 2008 at 8:22 am
If they picked the name Mowgli because they love the Jungle Book, why not use Rudyard or even Kipling as the middle name…still “different” enough for celebrities without being completely ridiculous.
November 21st, 2008 at 8:24 am
LMAO.
MOWGLI?!
srsly?!
i like the name though. but not for a kid. poor poor baby!
i think zuma nesta rock is gonna have a harder time though.
November 21st, 2008 at 8:26 am
Zuma will have a harder time, yes…and thank god this boy’s first name is not Mowgli. How about naming him “emoffspring skinnyjeans shittyband” Wentz?
November 21st, 2008 at 8:33 am
Most of these comments seem to bag on celebrities … what about all the non-celebrities who give their kids crazy names? I’m disgusted by all the people who give their kids “unique” names. Anyone read Freakanomics? You’re not doing your kids any favors, folks … at least celebrities’ kids will probably not have to worry so much about money and getting a job with their unique name …
November 21st, 2008 at 8:39 am
Now they need a brother for him called Baloo. I mean really, Mowgli? I might call my dog that, but not a child. Im sure you won’t be able to find a name meaning for that on babynames.com
November 21st, 2008 at 8:42 am
Just a pathetic attempt by Hipster (white) people to show that they’re “different” and “cutting edge”. Get over it and accept that you’re not a minority.
November 21st, 2008 at 8:44 am
Ms. J, what are you talking about? That is completely ridiculous. They’ll only have less to worry about financially because their parents are loaded. At least Madonna named her kids ‘cute’ names. Rocco is so much better than Bronx.
November 21st, 2008 at 9:04 am
First there was the dragontale twins and the junglebook boy. Hope no one is a fan of Dumbo.
November 21st, 2008 at 9:05 am
i like Bronx….as for Mowgli…well..atleast they didnt use it as a first name.
November 21st, 2008 at 9:12 am
In theory I really like Mowgli as a name, but in actual practice… not so much. And Bronx is just kinda random.
November 21st, 2008 at 9:15 am
Truthfully I wish they had named it Peter Lewis Kingston Wentz IV (since Pete is III). While a bit long and pretentious sounding I like it and think its a sweet tradition.
November 21st, 2008 at 9:17 am
dude wtf she named her kid after my car. betch.
November 21st, 2008 at 9:18 am
DAMN AND PEOPLE CALL BRITNEY SPEARS WHITE TRASH
HELLO ASSLEE YOURE THE NEW BRIT BRIT!
November 21st, 2008 at 9:19 am
hmm maybe they just wanted his initials to be BMW
November 21st, 2008 at 9:29 am
These celebrities might think its cute to give their kid a completely ridiculous foul name but later on in high school they are going to be teased relentlessly for it. So they can thank their selfish parents for that.
November 21st, 2008 at 9:38 am
Quite possibly the worst celebrity baby name I’ve ever heard.
November 21st, 2008 at 9:42 am
Mowgli is wonderful for your pet cat or dog (or feral boy you happen upon in a jungle). But a human?? I’d pass. At least some of these celebrities invent wacky names that somehow seem to work and flow with one another. But Bronx Mowgli does NOT roll off the tongue in any shape or fashion. Try saying it 3 times fast, haha.
November 21st, 2008 at 9:46 am
They do realize that his initials are now BM Wentz?
November 21st, 2008 at 10:10 am
What’s with “X” names?
These celebrities seem to forget that these babies eventually grow into adults. I’m sure this baby will really love his name when he’s 35 years old.
November 21st, 2008 at 10:10 am
Well first it was Sarah Palin’s daughter and now it’s Ashlee. The name is retarded but its better than apple.
Evan
http://www.beyondrace.com
November 21st, 2008 at 10:16 am
mowgli was the nickname of ashlee’s ex bandmate and ex-bf braxton while they were on tour. because he was from hawaii, they would call him mowgli. little strange dontcha think? plus bronx’s name is just a few letters away from brax
November 21st, 2008 at 10:20 am
not my cup of tea, but it’s still a new baby and there’s no reason to trash them. congrats to the new parents.
November 21st, 2008 at 10:30 am
I don’t know what all the fuss is about… My middle name is Bagheera.
November 21st, 2008 at 10:34 am
I actually think Mowgli is a pretty cute middle name, but it doesn’t go well with Bronx at all (which I hate that name). I’m getting annoyed with this strange name thing. There are ways to name your child originally without making them sound stupid.
November 21st, 2008 at 10:51 am
Jeez, Pete shoulda just named the kid Peter Lewis-Kingston Wentz IV. He had that freakin’ handed to him on a platter. But noooo, he has to come up with a catastophic name like that. Agggghhh!
November 21st, 2008 at 11:46 am
I had a pet from named Bronx once…..
But as said above, his initials will me BMW! What is worse, is the BM part… Which stands for Bowel Movement…
Bagheera is MUCH better than Mowgli … lol
November 21st, 2008 at 12:22 pm
Two white mall-rock hipsters naming their baby Bronx? Have they even been there? Talk about trying too hard.
November 21st, 2008 at 12:24 pm
blehhhhh… my animals get better names.
November 21st, 2008 at 12:47 pm
I thought the name ‘Mowgli’ may have come from the fact that I could see Pete Wentz having that name as a child. To me, he’s always looked a little feral and into that whole dancing-with-monkeys thing. However, I would assume that would bring up bad rather than good memories, so I’m still confused. :(
November 21st, 2008 at 12:53 pm
So yeah, anyways, congrats on the baby Pete and Ashlee….
November 21st, 2008 at 3:21 pm
We’d expect nothing less of them.. Doesn’t exactly roll off the tongue, but it will be fun to learn to spell.
November 21st, 2008 at 5:19 pm
If they were really set on the initials BMW, couldn’t they have done something like Brandon Micheal? Or Brian Marcus? Or something that’s not Bronx Mowgli? *sigh* Seriously, I named my cat Karma and then some chick applied at my work that was named Carma and I never got over that… but maybe that was just because she was really really lame…
November 21st, 2008 at 6:37 pm
Bronx Wentz does not exactly roll off the tongue… seriously, try saying it 5 times fast!
November 21st, 2008 at 7:06 pm
I agree with Ashley H.
In fact, I was just going to say that.
Bronx, it almost reminds me of snorting for some odd reason. It actually took me a minute to figure out the middle name, and then it hit me. Mowgli, out of all the possible names that begin with M, they picked Mowgli. Why they picked such a name, I cannot even wrap my mind around.
November 21st, 2008 at 8:06 pm
I really thought they were gonna name their baby something cute i was really excited to find out what the name would be..and well im disappointed with their choice, i think in hollywood they dont think about naming their child, they think of the stupidest and weirdest stuff for names, like its a competition, poor little bronx mowgli..
November 21st, 2008 at 8:59 pm
i LIKE the name.
November 22nd, 2008 at 5:47 am
HAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH thats amazing!
But congrats :) I love Ashlee.
November 23rd, 2008 at 5:51 pm
Personally, I don’t mind the name Bronx.
I actually kind of like it.
I’m not so fond of Mowgli…
But we never know,
Maybe it has some sort of meaning to Ashlee and Pete.
Someone earlier said something about Bronx being made fun of in high school because of his name…
Well, if celebs keep this weird name thing up,
(which they have the right to since it’s their children)
weird names aren’t going to be made fun of.
Especially, if that high school is full of these celebs’ children.
November 24th, 2008 at 9:28 pm
i really hope those two kids with the douchebag names get beat down hard in school.
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August 21st, 2009 at 11:07 am
their not ganna be together verry long…. i hope!!
September 6th, 2009 at 1:21 pm
i love the name and i think that the parents have the right to name him that…but i think they deserved a beautiful baby and thats wat they got