Bruce Willis Welcomes Daughter Mabel Ray

Good for him! Them. Demi is an awful woman.

Mabel? What did they give birth to, a grandma?

Congratulations to them!

Well Jennifer, grandmas were once babies as well. They don’t just turn 75 and all of a sudden their names change to Mabel. Nothing wrong with a classic name. Congrats to the couple.

They chose a normal name for their baby. Guess that means Demi was responsible for the three ridiculous monikers that Bruce’s older daughters have to live with.

Well her name is a lot better than her half siblings’ names!!! All the old fashioned, classic names are making a huge comeback. We have several Alices, Evelyns, and Nora/Norahs in our school.

Congratulations to Bruce and Emma.

I’m not sure what is wrong with Mabel? It’s a real name. And Jennifer- you have the worlds most common, white bread name of all. There is something to be said for that as well. Boringgg.

I’d rather be a Jennifer than an Emily ;–)

Wow – 4 girls!

Congrats!

@Ashley: As a HUGE Mad about you fan, I absolutely remember this and I think it’s a brilliant coincidence. Not a die hard fan of the name myself, but it’s a nice normal name, the girl should have no issues with such a name. Congrats.

Ashley- you missed the point. I’m not the one bitching about a new baby’s name. Because A) it doesn’t affect me in any way and B) I can appreciate a unique old fashioned name.

Cute, old fashioned name. Hopefully she will grow up to be a proud, confident woman, who could not care less of what others think of her name. After all, there is not a single name in the world that every person on the planet unanimously likes. Congrats to them!!

Congratulations! BW has always been one of my favorite actors. Still think he should have been nominated for The Sixth Sense… Everything old is new again. I like Mabel. It’s sweet. I went to high school with a Hazel named after her grandmother. There was a girl named Fallon at our school too. Nice, classic name. What’s not to like. I work in healthcare. Trust me, it’s alot better than some non-celebs come up with.

Not a fan of Mabel, but it certainly beats her siblings names…

I don’t love the name Mabel but it’s a legitimate name and I don’t mind it. Prefer it much more than “Talullah” anyway.

Congrats!

I actually love the name Mabel. Very cute.

LOVE the name! Congratulations Bruce & Emma

Congrats!!! Not a fan of the name but it’s their daughter. I always find the “what an old name”, “what is she? a 95 year old grandmother?” amusing, because 95 year old grandmothers were also babies once!!!

Congrats!! I bet she is beautiful!! Love the name.

congrats to them
i dont find her name unlikable or old fashioned
the thing that i find a bit odd is the massive age gap between his kids
i couldnt imagine having a sibling 23 years younger than me or my dad who is 58 having a newborn
i think that there are somethings in life that you do become a little bit too old for…

Mabel? Surely that’s an April Fool’s joke.

I can’t believe people are complaining about the name Mabel! So what if it’s old-fashioned?! At least it’s a “real” name! Anyway, congrats to Emma and Bruce!

Amanda- Fallon isn’t a made up name. It’s an Irish name that’s been around for years!

Whenever I hear the name Mabel I always think of Carol Burnett giving Mad About You main characters Paul and Jaimie the idea because “Mothers Always Bring Extra Love” M-A-B-E-L. And as for the argument that it’s an “old person name” I think it will be hilarious 70 years from now and all the old folks homes are full of Grandmas and Grandpas with names like Brittney, Ashley, Kylee, Tyler, Justin and Jaden!

Personally I don’t like the name, but to each is own. Not too many people like our youngest sons middle name of Atticus but we love it! As long as both parents love the name who cares about public perception.

The documentary Freakonomics has a great segment on “weird” or nontraditional names, worth watching for the “Twins” story alone!

I think its interesting that several folks have such negative a reaction to the name Mabel. Would you feel the same about May? About Belle? What about Amabel? All of which are quite similar. There is nothing inherently unpleasant about the sound of the name. I suppose the “bel” syllable does come off sounding a bit more like “bull”, but doesn’t it rhyme with Sable? Would you have a negative reaction to that based solely on sound? (Sable may have other issues as a non-traditional name.) Nor can I imagine such a negative reaction to naming a boy Gable.

My point is that most of people’s negative reactions to traditional–and even non-traditional–names have to do with associations that can be instantly obliterated by having the name associated with a cute little child. I have read books where children were named Gert and Maude and they completely work.

I would not name my daughter “Mabel”, but to each his own…didn’t Julia Roberts name her daughter “Mabel” also? I like the nickname “Belle”. She’s an “April’s Fools baby”….I’ve got one too!

I wonder if he wants or cares about a boy at this point.

If they have two more daughters, they can name them Bertha and Mildred. (Then Mabel won’t feel so bad!)

I remember the heartache Rumer Willis expressed in an interview about growing up with such an awful name and being made fun of. Why don’t these parents get it???

Guess I’ve not been keeping up. Didn’t know Bruno had gotten married again. His wife is beautiful. So young! She looks young enough to be his daughter!

@ – carla on April 2nd, 2012
(Well Jennifer, grandmas were once babies as well. They don’t just turn 75 and all of a sudden their names change to Mabel. Nothing wrong with a classic name. Congrats to the couple.)

Love your comment!!!

I guess no boys for Willis SMH!! he has girl fishes

Bruce did a guest spot on the series Mad about you it was the episode where Jamie gave birth when Paul couldn’t get to the hospital because of all the caos from Bruce filming a movie He helped Paul get there. on the way they discussed Paul and Jamie having not chosen a name yet their was an inside joke about Bruce nd Demi’s daughters unusal names. In the end Paul and Jaime name thier daughter Mabel because the letters stand for mom’s always bring extra love. I know I’m a nerd for remembering that but I wonder if it is in any way connected?

I think it would be better if Mabel’s name was spelled as Maybelle because it reminds me of Maybelle from “Bridge to Terabithia.”. A more modern spelling of a one hundred year old name is neat!