Spike Lee brought the kids out for a fun time at the Nike Block Party opening in NYC yesterday. Mom is Tonya Lewis. His kids are Jackson, left, and Satchel (?). Who names their kid Satchel - and a girl at that? Why not name her knapsack or duffel bag or gym bag if you want to ruin her life?
There should be a law to prevent saddling your kids with these ridiculous names. Or at least give the kid the option to change her name to something less embarrassing once she’s old enough to realize what it means.
We need attorneys who specialize in representing kids to prevent this sort of nonsense from occurring. Or have a judge right there in the hospital to approve the name before it goes on the birth certificate and becomes final.
Anyway, tennis superstar Serena Williams also joined in on the fun. She has an endorsement deal with Nike, as does Mars Blackman, I mean Lee.
Photo: Wireimage/Getty
This entry was posted on Friday, August 22nd, 2008 at 2:36 pm and filed under Celeb Candids, Celebrity Seed, Photos of the Day, Sports . You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed or Trackback from your own site. This site is Gravatar enabled. Sign up to upload your own avatar.
You must be logged in to post a comment.
We need attorneys who specialize in representing kids to prevent this sort of nonsense from occurring. Or have a judge right there in the hospital to approve the name before it goes on the birth certificate and becomes final.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
I agree. Also, if you have to make up a spelling of a name, it’s not a name.
He has some cute babies! I read someplace that he named his son after the Negro Baseball League Player Satchel Paige.
Serena is looking really cute lately….When you got a hottie for a man(even if he’s not a hottie), you gotta maintain your feminity. GONE Serena!
Cute kids…Im with you on parents trying to be all “different” and naming their kids whack ass names
Serena sure has been having her cutie game on. Go Rena with yo cute self!
There should be a law to prevent saddling your kids with these ridiculous names.
___________________________________________
i hope this includes ghetto names as well…
Wow, his girl looks JUST like his wife and his boy looks JUST like him.
I kinda like Satchel, I don’t think its that bad. I’ve heard of way worse names then that.
As a parent, I think you should be able to name your children anything you want….
It’s really judgemental to think otherwise.
She is named after Satchel Paige - the Negro league GREAT… Woody Allen named his daughter the same thing… Sandra do your research :-)!!! Agreed she looks JUST like Tonya and he looks JUST like him! My friends in MV say they are really nice kids too!
Awwwwwwwwwww. I love Spike
But Rumer Willis … Beyonce Knowles … Pilot Inspecktor .. and Apple Paltrow is OK ? ? ?
Please .. stupid names has no race
Satchel is different for a girl .. at Least there is a historical reference to it .. and we ALL know about Spikes love of Baseball
I’m loving Serena’s and Solange’s hair.
THEY HAVE REALLY STEPPED UP THEIR GAME. LOL
KEEP IT UP GIRLS.
Satchel Paige was an African American baseball player whose pitching in several different Negro Leagues and in Major League Baseball made him a legend in his own lifetime….not a bad legacy to name your child after! Spike Lee is a known avid sports fan, so there is definitely a method to his madness! My name is Celethia, I’m 30 years old (so it’s not a new thing) I haven’t a clue where my mother pulled that name from! Don’t be so snotty Sandy Pants!!!
While we are talking about names, Gwen Stefani den named her new baby boy ZUMA!!!!!
I guess she drank too many Zumas when her and her husband was making that baby….LMAO!
Does any body remember the drink that had this name??? I think the name of the Drink was Zima……
Damn I’m getting old! LOL LOL LOL
Spikes kids are like little miniature versions of him and his wife. Too cute.
WOW, that lil girl looks just like her mother. That is so sweet and cute
MAYBE IST PRONOUNCED….. Sa chel. i dont know but she looks like her mother.
ummm, satchel, not so bad. it’s an indian name. but look at what ol cooky gwen steffani just named her new son:
ZUMA NESTA ROCK.
GULP.
i think she musta stroke up a deal with good ‘ol belzebub (satan), that didn’t go so well on that one. i’m sad for lil zuma. damn. but knowing hollyweird they will think it’s cool. double damn.
what in hell is a ZUMA NESTA ROCK!??
Jesus take the wheel.
^^^^
LOL! miesha that was a funny
@ cee … thanks for the explanation. I figured as different as the name is, there has to be some story behind it.
Cee Says:
My name is Celethia
—————————————
Well Celethia is a beautiful name. You can’t associate Celethia with anything that’s sold in a sporting goods store. Satchel is not an appropriate name for a girl. She shouldn’t have to walk around with a name like Satchel. Now if her name is pronounced say-SHELL and the t is silent, I can go along with that. But somehow I doubt it.
LOL @ “anything that’s sold in a sporting goods store” you are funny Ms. Rose …. the name isn’t bad ….