Clooney is a rough last name.

Anonymous wrote:Normal names! Yay!

+100

i wonder how much they weighed. She never looked more than 4 months pregnant and she was so skinny to begin with, I can't imagine she was carrying babies that weighed more than 3 lbs each.

Thank goodness no: North, Saint, Blu Ivy, Apple, etc. silliness.

Love the names.

I've known at least three Amals.

They are both family names for me and I have AA southern roots. Congratulations to them!

With those genes they will probably both be good looking and smart.

Great news. Happy for them. I really love this couple.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm surprised they chose such common names. Maybe she doesn't like her own name Amal?

Amal is actually an extremely common name in the Middle East and means "hope" in Arabic.

Remember, kids, white people are not the only people!

NP here. While I agree that Amal is as normal a name as any other traditional name from any other culture, Amal Clooney grew up in London/the UK from the age of 2 on, & it is probably not at all a common name there. It's pretty likely, therefore, that, outside of her family, most of the people who she grew up with were not familiar with her name until they met her. So, assuming she & George plan on raising their kids in the US or UK, it is possible that she wanted her kids to grow up with names that wouldn't stand out among their peers/that their friends, teachers, friends' parents, etc would almost certainly already be familiar with.

It's also possible, of course, that Amal & George just chose two names they love & neither the fact that both of those names are common in the US/UK nor Amal's own experiences growing up with a name that was uncommon where she lived factored into their choices at all.

Solid name choices.

Alexander is a classic Arabic name.

Anonymous wrote:
I agree nice names. For some reason Ella Clooney makes me think of Ella Fitzgerald + Rosemary Clooney

That's great, because Rosemary is George's aunt.

Anonymous wrote:Are they full term?

They were due "sometime in June", right? So full term or really close to it.

I agree nice names. For some reason Ella Clooney makes me think of Ella Fitzgerald + Rosemary Clooney