Earlier this month Latina.com broke the news that M.I.A. had given her son the very interesting name of Ickitt, news that was met with much discussion from the Internet community. Almost immediately after the news started to make its way around the Internets, M.I.A. posted a very excited message on her My Space blog to vehemently refute that she had named her son Ickitt. Since that time, she had to file a birth certificate for her little guy and it has come to light that she may not have named her son Ickitt but she did name her son Ikhyd — which prolly sounds very much like Ickitt and that is prolly how the original story got started in the first place. Say hello, again, to Ikhyd Edgar Arular Bronfman:
We got our hands on singer M.I.A’s new baby’s birth certificate and, as she disputed on her blog, the baby’s name is not Ickitt. That’s just ridiculous, who in their right mind would name their baby that? The real name happens to be Ikhyd. According to the document, Mathangi Maya Arulpragasam officially named her son Ikhyd Edgar Arular Bronfman, common spelling. Another interesting fact — baby faced M.I.A’s birth date is listed as 7/18/75 which makes her real age 33.
Also, it was previous reported that Benjamin Brewer is the father of M.I.A.‘s baby but the father’s name on the birth certificate is listed as Benjamin Bronfman. It’s pretty interesting that M.I.A. made such a big deal about the erroneous reports of her baby’s name when the kid’s real name is very similar to those erroneous reports and prolly sounds very similar. It prolly would’ve been much less of a big deal if she had just made the announcement herself :) In any event, love and congrats goes out — again — to the happy parents on the birth of their new baby Ikhyd.
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OK, my mind reads that name as I-kid. I hope that’s not how it’s pronounced.
I’m pronouncing it “ick-idd” like “wicket” without the W.
Seriously, though, WTF kind of name is that? I thought “Ickitt” was weird (sound like the sound I make when coughing) but “Ikhyd” is even more puzzling. Does anybody know what it means? I bet the first day of school is going to royally suck for this kid…
i think its “ick-hid”. emphasis on the “ik” part.
& this name makes sense cause mia’s indian, isn’t she?
O___O How the fuck do you pronounce that???
When I saw it I started pronouncing it like I-Keed!! Like the insult dog! Ha!
Benjamin Brewer (Bronfman) is the son of Edgar Bronfman Jr., CEO of Warner Music. He is of the mega-wealthy Bronfman family of Canada, who among other things, gained their wealth from Seagram Co. (alcohol distilling company). So, the baby-daddy is the same dude.
she looks so much younger than 33!
I actually like the name. It’s cute. Maybe it won’t be so cute when the kid’s 20 yrs old or so, but I still like it. He’s adorable.
It’s probably pronounced ‘Ick-Heed’ given M.I.A.’s Sri Lankan heritage. I also love the inclusion of Arular in the child’s name — a great tribute to her father!
I’m just laughing at the fact that she felt she had to hide that shes 33…
33 is how old most of the hollywood it crowd is. I for one am sick of all the “youth talent” popping up. I want someone who’s been around and KNOWS how to do their profession well.
The “Edgar” part just redeems the whole name, don’t you think? (ha)
what’s wrong with ikhyd and arular? if she wants to name her kid after her father, and to give her child a name that is sri lankan, then what’s the problem with that?
I don’t follow M.I.A. How old did she say she was? What a weird thing to lie about.
See, I was reading this as M.I.A’s tribute to Trent and the “I-keed”s that get posted around here ;)
Either way, I’ll call this kid Eddy for short :p lol
I can’t say I’m loving either of the names. Ickitt sounds weird and Ikhyd looks like a typo but she’s free to name him whatever she likes.
Terrible name