Carolyn Robertson
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Dave Grohl is a dad again!
Already parents to daughters Violet Maye, 8, and Harper Willow, 5, the 45-year-old Foo Fighters rocker and his wife Jordyn Blum welcomed their third baby girl on August 1. The pair have yet to formally announce the birth, though the happy news was confirmed by a rep this week to PEOPLE magazine.
When it comes to baby names, Dave and Jordyn have been right on trend: Violet and Harper both saw a surge in popularity in recent years. So it's no surprise that the name they chose for baby #3 is an interesting one, too: Ophelia Saint.
Ophelia is a great name, but it lingers quite far down on BabyCenter's annual baby name ranking, perhaps due to its rather tragic connotations. Those of us who studied Shakespeare in high school may recall Hamlet's Ophelia. She was beautiful and loyal, but also passive, obedient, sexualized, betrayed and driven to madness before she finally died, sinking to the bottom of a lake. Not exactly a legacy you'd want to pass on to your daughters.
That being said, the name Ophelia is lyrical and lovely, unique without being totally bizarre. I absolutely love it, and I'm glad that Dave Grohl and his wife weren't scared off by its semi-shady literary past. Maybe their endorsement will make other expectant parents take a second look at Ophelia, too.
As for the new dad-of-three, he may be a Grammy-winner, rockstar and all around music legend, but he recently revealed why none of that goes to his head: "Having kids that don't f*cking care that you're a rockstar," he says, revealing what keeps him grounded. "My kids don't give a sh*t if I'm in the Foo Fighters. They're like 'Daddy, I need a smoothie. Now.' I'm like 'okaaaaay.'"
Do you like the name Ophelia? Did you care what your baby's name meant?
Celebrities are breathing new life into these old names, too:
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