babynames | You'd think I was a big 90210 fan...

Jennie Garth's new daughter is named Fiona Eve Facinelli. She joins her sisters, Lola Ray Facinelli and Luca Bella Facinelli. (Personally, I think Ray with that spelling and Luca are more suited for boys. JMO.) I love Fiona. I probably liked it more before Shrek, though, because it was a little more uncommon. And I like the alliteration of the first and last name (I have an alliterative name, so I always feel camaraderie there, like with Kate Hudson's son, Ryder Russell Robinson.)

Oddly enough, Tori Spelling's husband's adopted daughter with his ex wife is also named Lola. What do you think of that name? I like it a lot. I recently made a friend with that name and I love her to pieces. The only problems I have with it are that really, it's a diminutive name. It's a nickname for Dolores. Also, the connotation. Anyone named Lola either has to be an adorable little girl or one sexy-as-hell bombshell of a woman. And as there are two well-known songs that use that name, she'll go through life hearing "Whatever Lola wants, Lola gets!" and jokes about whether or not she's a transvestite. There's also the meaning, if anyone cares. Dolores and Lola, by association, both mean sorrowful or sadness.