What do we think of the Beckhams' new baby's name?

[CrystalTipps]

I guess this is obliquely gender-related, since most of us assume (rightly or wrongly) that they did PGD. Anyway, what do we think of the name? They called her 'Harper Seven'. I must admit to being quite shocked that they chose something so, well, normal. It is very American which I understand as they have loved living in the States. But it is not that unusual, like their other children's names. I heard rumours that they would call her 'Atlanta' (after the airline that they travel on) or 'Santa' (after Santa Monica where they have a home). Both fabulous names. Harper, by comparison, is quite tame. And also unisex. I would have expected their first daughter after 3 boys to have a girly name.

What does everyone else think?

[rainbowflower]

I don't like it personally as I think it's very masculine-sounding, but if we all liked the same names I think the world would be quite boring and hopefully it's not a name she will be teased about!

[Zivic-Bubac]

Yes, I've heard that they were going to name her Santa and I thought poor baby.....
Harper sounds masculine to me and I personally think it's boy's name all the way. Crystal, do you know for sure they named her Harper? Or there are other options like Santa LOL!

[TTC5]

It isn't something I would chose but much better than most celebs choices these days hehe

[shouldihope?]

Why seven? That is random sounding.

[CrystalTipps]

Seven is David's shirt number. Actually, I quite like Santa. Much prefer it to Harper. But then my children have very unusual names.

[nuthinbutpink]

Harper is not that common here. There are not that many Harper's in the kids schools, if any. I have a friend that also had 3 boys and then a girl and they named her a not so feminine sounding name. Their reasoning was that they were trying to find a name that went with their boys' names and that's what they liked best. So, instead of a girly-girl name, they went with something more unisex because they thought it blended better with the rest.

I like Harper. I didn't know they announced the name. Seven must have some significance. Maybe something to do with the number of tries, people in the family...who knows.

They maintain that they were told and thought 'boy' at the first ultrasound...not sure if they went the PGD route!

[Zivic-Bubac]

I think she swayed through diet. They hired nutritionist before they were pg allegedly to help them conceive She had girl friendly diet before conception of her DD.

[Layla]

I really think they went Ht for this baby. I think that is why they moved to the states (ht for gender selection is not allowed in the UK I think except for genetic reasons) and then called her Harper Seven. As 7 was his jersey with Man Utd and she was the reason to part with it. I am not sure where they got Harper from. I like it better than Beverly though, as somebody suggested they were going to call her at one stage. It is much better than if 7 was her first name. OMG baby Suri will now have competition for the world's trendiest baby. Is there any term in HT that is close to Harper (I am really trying to prove my theory here).

[Flava]

Funny how ppl think different lol

I think Harper is a girl name does not sound boyish to me at all. And it's not that common for sure. But seven is a normal name?? no way
And Santa is not fabulous for me at all! Ohh poor baby she is so lucky they didn't pick that "name" for her.