Sunday Rose: Behind Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban's name choice

Sunday Rose: Behind Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban's name choice


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A really surprising and unique choice — the name Sunday has hardly been heard since the 1940s, when there was a soap opera called Our Gal Sunday.  Unlike months of the year (April, May,


June) which are quite common, day names are rare, with the exception of Tuesday Weld and Wednesday on The Addams Family.  Unusual as it is, Sunday does project a nice sunny, serene image, it


being the day of rest.


In contrast, Nicole and Keith did choose the middle name du jour, as Rose has replaced dated middle names like Ann and Lynn as probably the most commonly used today.


There's a definite trend — particularly among celebrities — to use both parent's surnames, asserting their equality, some of them going so far as to hyphenate them, a la Jolie-Pitt. Keith


and Nicole did have a challenging last name to work with — if they had chosen a place name like Georgia, for example, Georgia Urban might have sounded more like a bus line than a baby!