Jovovich explains her baby's unusual name

by Angie Felton (Subscribe to Angie Felton's posts) Dec 3rd 2007 5:03PM

Multi-talented actress/model/designer/singer Milla Jovovich blogged about how her daughter with fiancee Paul Anderson got her unusual name, Ever Gabo.

"Ever" is a Scottish boy's name and pays homage to the baby's Scottish heritage. And rather than her middle name being a sly tribute to Eva, Greta, or Zsa Zsa that I had guessed, "Gabo" is "a mixture of my parents names!" Jovovich writes. "The first two letters are after my mom's first name, Galina and the last two letters are after my dad's first name Bogie!"

Another day, another unusual celebrity baby name mystery solved!

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Actor Oded Fehr (L) and actress Milla Jovovich

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Meagan 12-04-2007 @ 1:18PM

She might not realize, but Gabor is also a Hungarian Boy's first name. I had a classmate named Gabor in college.

burbon 12-05-2007 @ 11:03AM

Uh, you may not realize. BUT it is NOT...GABOR..~it is "GABO". Did u read it?

Meagan 12-05-2007 @ 4:10PM

Yes, in fact I misread it. Thanks for the rather snippy correction. :-p

Debera 12-05-2007 @ 6:42AM

I am of Scottish Heritage, both of my son's have Scottish names. With all due respect I have never heard or seen "Ever" as a name Scottish, Italian, Irish or English. Renauld is a great Scottish name why not that one but "Ever"?

Tina &Rob KY 12-14-2007 @ 10:46AM

Wow when are they gonna go back to simplified native american family names like raised by nanny ... born to cover daddys gayness or created for show...lol

jus kiddin' iiiii think u can name your baby anything u want!

u can name ur kid Wet Paint (girl) if u wanna...jus be sure u name ur boy Dry Wall so they get razzed at school equally hey how about Razz? umm Razz Dazz? oh i know McRazzle Dazzle now ThErEs a name! (;

Congrats on the healthy baby. May she grow up to name her kids Ahhhhh and Tears

Tina 12-05-2007 @ 8:01AM

Wow when are they gonna go back to simplified native american family names like raised by nanny ... born to cover daddys gayness or created for show...lol

jus kiddin' iiiii think u can name your baby anything u want! that's just 1 of the many things you get to do as a parent....

u can name ur kid Wet Paint (girl) if u wanna...jus be sure u name ur boy Dry Wall so they get razzed at school equally hey how about Razz? umm Razz Dazz? oh i know McRazzle Dazzle now ThErEs a name! (;

Congrats on the healthy baby. May she grow up to name her kids Ahhhhh and Tears

Barbara 12-05-2007 @ 7:02AM

Okay I get her reasons for the name...odd yes, but my question is why did she chose a boy's name representing the baby's heritage if the baby is a GIRL?? I'd rather her explain that one.

Kara 12-05-2007 @ 9:39AM

A lot of names that were orginally for boys are now girl names: Madison, Lesley, Kelsey, Kelley, Jaime, etc, etc.
Ever Carradine is happy with her name. I like Ever; it could have been SOOO much worse (do you hear me, Suri? A llama)

Kelly Schlegel 12-05-2007 @ 7:07AM

LOVE IT! what a cool name! I'm so into off names. when I named my 1st son, nurse came & told me several other Mom's now using my Son's name. So much for his new & unusual, by time I left 2 least 6 others had my Son's name too. :-(

Rae O'Shea 12-05-2007 @ 7:30AM

I grew up with an odd name and I can tell you it isn't a good idea. You are constantly explaining your name. And this practice of giving girls boy's names is terrible. It was cute when it was Jaime but it's gotten way out of hand. Why would you want to make life tougher for your child.

Tom Simonton 12-05-2007 @ 7:39AM

I wish new parents everywhere, especially celebrities seeking just another publicity stunt, would realize that the poor kid has a lifetime ahead of him/her of having to explain the stupid details of the origins of their names everytime they sign a legal document or answer the teacher in class. Think first and then give the kid a reasonable, civilized name based on your ethnic or religious culture.

Amethyst 12-05-2007 @ 10:04AM

>>>>>>>>
Nobody HAS to explain the stupid details of their names. Frankly it isn't anyone's business. If you;re signing a document, you need answer no questions beyond which are required for the document. The details or origins of a person's name, first or last, is not necessary in order to get that document signed. Same goes for a teacher. A teachers job is to teach, not interrogate a child about his/her name.

RONNIE 12-05-2007 @ 7:40AM

IF IT IS A COMBO OF BOTH ,,THEN IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN GABOG....,OR GABO ...LOL

virginia 12-05-2007 @ 8:59AM

I agree, Ronnie. Just go through the alphabet. Any thing except Gabor: Gaboo, Gabop, Gabog, Gagob.

Poor Kid!

Damarys 12-05-2007 @ 7:42AM

Ever may or not be Scottish , but I'm Cuban and I have 2 friends named Ever ,there are both boys ...Also the name is in the Bible but as the name of a city ...I also love boys manes for girls , my two girls have names that are boys ...

Teri 12-05-2007 @ 7:48AM

Thats a vey sweet name, and pretty catchy too. My daughter has three last names, Haley Shannon Rebarger. Haley and Rebarger is my husbands side of the family and Shannon is mine.

C 12-05-2007 @ 7:50AM

I love unique names as long it isn't one of those play on words names like Candy Barr. When I got married my name became a very common name and I don't like it at all.
There are always mix-ups and wrong phone calls. You hope that when someone Goggles you they are actually receiving info about you! A benefit to an unusual name?...No one ever forgets it.

Lassie 12-05-2007 @ 7:51AM

I love the name! Just unusual enough without being strange. Especially the 'Gabor' part, very creative. You people worried the kid is going to 'have a hard time', she'll fit right in with all the other kids with unusual names, and she'll get a nickname. "Evvie". What's so bad? Anyone named Debby, Lisa, Sue, Linda, Bob, Kevin - they are most likely reaching retirement age now. And I always felt sorry for the Annas, Theresas, Marias, Anna/Theresa/Marias in school - they may as well have been called "Italiano Catholica" there were so many.

Teri 12-05-2007 @ 7:55AM

Growing up I heard of these parents naming their two twin girls Ima and Youra Pigg. How terrible and hurtful. It was in the 80's and to this day I wonder about those poor little girls and the torment.

skipfamily 12-05-2007 @ 9:24AM

It was Ima and Ura Hogg. They came from Money and they figured they could name there girls what they pleased, and the rest of the world be D@med.

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