The world's most highly anticipated baby is here. While you may think I'm talking about
Alex's baby-in-a-burger, I am referring, in fact, to baby Brangelina. Before showing you a picture, let's get some background on the baby.
Her name:
Shiloh Nouvel Jolie-Pitt.
Shiloh (does anyone else agree with me that this is a boy's name?) is Hebrew for peaceful, though it can also be used to refer to the messiah.
Nouvel is a masculinized form of the French word for "new" (the real masculine form is
nouveau, or feminine
nouvelle).
Jolie means pretty. And
Pitt means, well, pitt. In summation? This baby is a pretty new messiah (pitt). Now, if this wasn't the kid of Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, I would say that that's a pretty lofty name to give your child. But you never know, maybe this is our messiah.
Her birthplace:
Shiloh's first glimpse of the world happened in the Cottage Medi-Clinic in Swakopmund, Namibia. It may not look like much, but the 70-bed private hospital, says a source, features a modern maternity ward.
And if you're thinking "Born in Namibia? What?!" don't worry. Not only did Angelina fly in three doctors from Cedars-Sinai so she wouldn't have to worry about Namibian nurses tending to her baby, Shiloh also has a $9 million oceanfront house in Malibu to go home to. She'll be fine.
More interesting facts:
- 57% of Namibia's population think that Shiloh's birthday should be a national holiday
- For the final two months of her pregnancy, Pitt, Jolie, and the Jolie-Pitt children stayed in the Burning Shore resort, spending $5,000 a night (quick math: that's $300,000 for their lodging alone in Namibia).
- It is being said that the baby has "mom's plush lips and dad's blue eyes." As if it wasn't going to be pretty enough already.
And, finally, the picture...
![](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_ubPR0SS72W8hFO_j4u4zp4fZoR2Lk88dtqZ2zb-FgIbGLj5TuDOEf8-cmteJBaF2BhctvlCrmrBkKrQqI-RjWylwT74152wW8uhmPPfrKlZd6KOWLhVPpWb3V05eoa8tII0obqbkShHd26zUc=s0-d)
(What I'm most curious about on this cover is the "Car Crash Mix-Up: What Went Wrong.")
Poor Jennifer Aniston. At least she gets Vince Vaughn. That's compensation for no longer being married to Brad Pitt. Right?