Jack Whitehall DID NOT want this to be his daughters name 😂

Jack Whitehall joined The Graham Norton Show sofa to chat baby names and why he was so against one name in particular...

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Graham Norton welcomes the biggest stars of film, TV and music on to his sofa for chat, performances and comedy.

[briggyb]

They named her Elsie, if anyone was wondering.

[phoenixnotarizona]

As a girl named Phoenix in the 80’s, a lot of people over the years have asked me if it was my stage name. Nope. Just hippie parents.

[julianyc]

... So now they are deciding on Roxy's new name.

[geebee]

I was a mistake when my parents were 30 and 35…… They didn’t pick out a name for me at all. After I was born, my dad‘s friends took him to a bar and got him lousy, stinking drunk. When he came back, he went to the baby window to see me in the baby aquarium, and I was labeled girl and my last name. He thought it said Gayle… he went into my mom’s room and said, I see you’ve named the baby Gayle. My mom thought that was just as good name as any and that’s how I got my name. Charming.

[Jasmin__anya]

My mom wanted to name me Ronja, but my dad hated it and said it's a dogs name. My mom finally convinced my dad. Few weeks later new neighbors moved in. Their dog ran away and the woman was screaming 'Rooonjaaa' trough the entire street. My name is not Ronja now.

[deltablaze]

That is how you simultaneously Win and Lose an argument real bad! lol

[Dagrdottir]

Jack Whitehall cracks me up no matter what the subject he is discussing - his humour is so quintisentially English.

[MichelleVasquez]

Naming the child Phoenix "over my dead body" was a reference to Phoenix rising out of the ashes? Only me? Okay...

[Lea-is-sleeping]

Met a girl in school named Sue. I thought it was a fairly old-fashioned sounding name. Came to find out her legal name was Sunshine-Candy. She hated it, thought it was a stripper name and was crazy bullied for it. She went by Sue for the rest of my time knowing her. Peeps, when you name your kids, imagine if you had had that name growing up; if you think you would have disliked it AT ALL or gotten bullied for it, pick another name.

[jordiis]

This is how I find out that Jack Whitehall is not only in a relationship but is literally a father

Edit: not because I thought he was gay, I just didn’t expect him to be in a relationship lol

[jeannieholroyd]

Knew a guy called Robin Hood, (honestly) the story his eldest brother tells about Robin getting his name goes as follows. Robin was the youngest of 8 children, the oldest being 20 and next brother being 19. Well they took their father to the pub after Robins birth and got him very drunk and egged on by them he went and registered Robins birth and his name, their surname was Hood. Needless to say when he got home and told the wife she was not pleased, but they were stuck with the name. Robin stood in council election against John Wayne and won. All true.

[arnabpatra]

He's a fantastic story teller. ❤❤

[peteyoung]

I saw where that was going but it still made me laugh. 😂

Edit: Holy hell, I forgot I made this comment and 4K in 4 months? 😂

[kwagner]

I was almost named Mackenzie until one of my dad’s friends said “like spud Mackenzie!” and then my mom refused to have me named after a beer dog

[Skyler_Rain]

Phoenix was my mom's stripper name 😂😂 I died.

[jamiekeister]

He’s such a great story teller. Love the guy … !

[ingridmezahowes]

Is he a dad !!!! ❤❤❤❤Oh my God ❤❤ congrats

[TheDylls]

I wanted Athena for our girl, but Lily was a good compromise 😂❤

[wearethebomb]

I’d assume it’s cause of the classic Police song, Roxanne.

[goblingore_]

If you name your child Phoenix, they are legally required to become a lawyer