Thandie Newton Welcomes Son Booker Jombe

Congrats to them for finally having a precious boy after two daughters.

Congrats to them!!

@aly ; get some culture.
I am SO GLAD she didnt give her daughters a horrid bland name like Aly.

JOMBE is probably in tribute to her Zimbabwean african culture as she is zimbabwean from her mother Nyasha. Tthandie’s name is actually Thandiwe. Her mother is Shona princess.

Congratulations Thandie on the birth of your baby boy!

I have a cousin who tried a home birthday with her first child & ended up having an emergency c-section. So what does she do when her second baby comes (knowing she had a problem the first time? A home birth! Of course given her history, there was a problem. The baby died (unnecessarily).

Obviously Thandie is a lot smarter than my stupid cousin.

How much you want to bet that in school that name will be changed to Booger? Why do people do this to their kids?

@Aly – Jombe is a last name (surname), so I think Monica is right in that it probably reflects Thandie’s ethnic background. Thandie’s mother is from Zimbabwe so perhaps it’s her mother’s maiden name.

@ Luci– I find it awfully hypocritical for you to tell others they shouldn’t say anything if they don’t have anything nice to say right after you choose to insult others by namecalling. Hello pot, this is the kettle…

Booker Parker. That doesn’t flow at all.

Booker is likely for booker t. Washington (just a guess). Jombe is a Zimbabwean surname. Parker is the husbands last name. I think it is best to think outside the box and not immediately put down names that are unfamiliar or non traditional.

Horrid name! Booker? Really with Parker as a last name!? Don’t people know that a name should flow off the tongue? That poor child will be teased mercilessly. Idiot parents thinking of themselves instead of the Child!

@Laurie Sorry to hear about your cousin. My mother died in childbirth with ME at the hospital (found to be incompetence on doctors part). So, there is no guarantee when it comes to these things. That being said, we should remember that throughout history and up until very recently, women did not go to hospital to deliver babies. My grandma had 10 all at home with no problems. Oftentimes the procedures used in hospitals causes complications and are contrary to nature. So at the end of the day, while a doctor’s care is beneficial in many ways & mostly for emergency care, a woman giving birth is a natural process benefited by a qualified, educated midwife.

Yeah, how dare these people?! This is America, everyone should have a cookie cutter Christian/Anglo name! How dare people name their children anything original or unique.

Wonderful news! Congratulations to Thandie and the family!!

@Luci– So you basically preach ‘do as I say, not as I do?’ Of course you feel fine saying what you do because they are YOUR opinions. Funny you just don’t think other people should have them a say unless you agree with it. This is a comment section for all of us to voice our opinions whether you like them or not. Go google some more famous people so you can try to feel superior on the internet. Nobody cares where they might’ve gotten the name if at the end of the day we just personally think it sound ridiculous. Just like I think it’s stupid to spell Luci with an i instead of a y, but you still have every right to spell your name however you like.

Yay for homebirth!

@Jen. Between you and Luci, you’re looking like a child throwing a tantrum. And I agree with some people needing to think outside of the box instead of assuming someone just picked random letters out of a hat or something. That entire comment sounded ignorant.

@friend LOL! Okay, mom. How mature you appear now. 😀 😀 😀

Congratulations to the family on the homebirth of their son!

Perhaps we could all be a little less judgemental of other peoples personal choices (re: their childs name) and just congratulate them on the arrival of an obviously much wanted healthy baby

Yeah I agree M with the name — what?? Great to have a boy Y after so many girls O. Sweet K

PackLeader- Excellent points! I especially like this part of your comment: “Oftentimes the procedures used in hospitals causes complications and are contrary to nature”. Birth injuries and worse can happen just as easily at a hospital as they can at home, something we often seem to forget.

At the end of the day, when it comes to childbirth, women have to make the decision (after doing their research and educating themselves about the pros and cons of different methods, of course!) that is right for THEM and THEIR baby.

Anyway, congrats to the family!

love the name booker. and you never know. Maybe he will go by his initials… B.J.

a nice strong name.

wasn’t there a Booker on 21 Jump Street? (the t.v. show, not the movie..yes I am old)

Congrats!!!! Thandie is so pretty!!!!

You white people are so stupid. Obviously, Jombe is an African name paying respects to her roots. Who cares if you don’t like the name or understand it. You guys just stick with your Rebecca’s and Julie’s and let Thandie and her husband name their child whatever they want. Stupid white people.

Jombe is an African name – meaning bold and strong.

Google, people.

Frigging names, and they call themselves “normal people”. Mombo jombo