It might smell as sweet if it were called Caelbran Isildur, but no one would like it very much.

This is the name recently given to a newborn, according to my local newspaper this morning.  Seriously.  I had to argue with spell check for several minutes to be allowed even to type it.  Maybe for short this child will be called Kale, a very popular vegetable right now.

I’m sure I should have known the allusions, but I had to google them.

Isildur is a character in The Hobbit.  Wiki says  Isildur was a Dúnadan of Númenor, the elder son of Elendil, High King of the Realms in Exile. He was briefly the second king of Gondor and Arnor.

He can get an action toy who shares his name.

And a tee shirt.

All righty then.

And Caelbran, spelled a slightly different way, is a boy in the Star Wars series.

I don’t know why I continue to be drawn to reading these lists of newborn babies’ names.

My personal favorite this morning is Violet Mary.