Three Months After Baby, Zooey Deschanel Reveals Her Daughter’s Name: Elsie Otter

Otter. I don’t get why anyone would give their child that Middle name.

El-Sea Otter?

So….you go out of your way to name your baby after a hairy rodent. Way to show how much you care.

PB, J — and Elsie — Otter? (any ’90s/’00s kids remember that Disney show?)

I knew Zooey’s kid’s name would be different. But I wasn’t expecting Otter.

Cute first name. WTF at the middle name.

Strange.

Stupid. She’s a child, not a pet, you pathetic ‘hipsters’

A sea otter is not a hairy rodent.

No offense, but all I can think of when I hear that name is Elsie the Cow.

What a couple of @$$holes! Otter…..seriously?!!

What a couple of @$$holes. Otter….seriously?!

Elsie the Cow has udders…oops otters…wtf.

I can imagine she is really cute, but is the surname their two names hyphenated? I HOPE NOT, what a mess that would be! Combine them and get Deschenik, or Desnik…

As to those making fun of the middle name, they otter be ashamed of themselves.

Ok, Elsie is cute, and Ortter? Maybe, just maybe, Elsie was very active before she was born. Swimming and tossing and turning in her Moma’s belly, like a little otter-

It’s a middle name – who cares? If you’re going to go with an unusual name, bury it in the middle so nobody has to use it. At worst, she can be Elsie O. Whatever.
Still, it sounds like El Sea Otter. It also sounds like they knew it’d be picked apart.

elsie otter change her middle name. i hope she doesnt look like one

Kestrel- Exactly! Most people don’t use their middle names in their every day lives (and even when signing legal documents and such, you can usually get away with just using your middle initial rather than the full name), so she’ll probably be just fine. 🙂

Cute. I think they may be joking around with the otter-thing but if not, I like it. Otters are the cutest animals in the world.

I think it must be a joke…..whatever. Celebs don’t seem to realize that stunts like this aren’t amusing to those who are fans, and that after while, people who support them by buying tickets, DVDs, etc, just stop because the celebs who do this sort of thing..”Oh, my baby’s name is a big secret! Maybe I don’t even have a baby, who knows? Oh, I must protect my child’s privacy and never let you know what they look like….”, especially celebs who have been all over the place before….they just seem as if they are pretentious and think they are the biggest deal on the planet. Most of them aren’t even that good at what they do, and next thing you know….jobs aren’t even there any more.

It always bugs me when celebs with normal names bestow ridiculous names on their children. Example: Marie Osmond’s daughter gave her sweet new baby girl the first name “Rocket”. Really? The parents’ names? Rachel and Gabriel. To me, it’s self-indulgent. You aren’t thinking of the child and them being saddled with that for life. This girl will someday be a 40 yr old named Elsie OTTER. Think about it, parents. It may be cute in the moment, but think about the future!

A sea otter may not be a hairy rodent, but it is a moronic name.

Like otters have said…If OTTER is a family name then, fine. If not, what are they thinking? Is this a game Hollywood plays? Who can out do the otter with the most outrageous name? If so, they otter be ashamed!

Why do celebrities compete to give their children the stupidest names?

They were probably both stoned at the naming.

Oh and Otter is a legitimate (boys) first name in Norway. It’s a variant of Ottar, after Óttarr Vendilkráka Egilsson, 6th Century semi-legendary king of Sweden. (Same person was know as Ohthere/Ohtere in the poem Beowulf.)

Otter? O.o

Oooookay…

Why does one of her feet have no polka dots?

Guess I’m in the minority here, but I love it! It’s very lyrical. My friend gave her son the middle name Fox for pretty much the same reason. Otters are adorable. It really doesn’t matter what your name is, kids make fun of anything. My middle is Belle which literally means beauty but I remember some kids thinking it was weird and making fun of it. Which isn’t exactly the worst trauma I faced as a kid. Elsie will probably be pretty cool having such a strong female role model so I doubt it will make much difference if a few a-hole kids make fun of it. As an adult, most will probably assume it is a second last name. Don’t even know why there is an outrage; do you have a problem with Birdie, Wolf, Leo, Lark, Kitty, Raven, Merle, Corbin, Griffin, Robin? Cat Stevens or Tiger Woods?

Marky- What’s wrong with celebrities wanting to keep their children’s lives private (I get that that obviously isn’t so much the case here, but you were speaking about celebs in general, so that is what I am answering about)? I can understand getting upset when a celeb denies that they’ve had a baby when everyone knows they have. But otherwise, I don’t know why they should have to share their kids with the world!

Um the name is kinda strange.

she looks great with some weight on her, and i am so glad she has found someone to settle down with. They make a cute couple.

It’s cool, and otters are freaking adorable.
I feel bad for the kids name “braeden” or “neveah”
Horrible horrible.