It can be difficult to imagine newborns as full-fledged grownups, particularly when choosing a name for a baby that they’ll carry into adulthood. Rumer Willis told People that she was anxious about finally settling on a name, especially because she and her boyfriend, Derek Richard Thomas, were keeping the baby’s gender a surprise. She loved Louetta immediately, but she wondered what would happen if she gave birth to her child and the name no longer fit.
However, the happy parents’ fears were squashed when they considered all the ways their child could use her birth name throughout her various stages of life. “I wanted to find something that had a lot of versatility,” Willis told People. “If she doesn’t feel like a Louetta, she can go by Lou, she can go by Etta. She can go change it up throughout her life. Whatever she wants.”
Whether Willis and Thomas meant to or not, they also gifted their daughter with a name full of vintage charm. Author of “The Baby Name Wizard” Laura Wattenberg told Today that Louetta uses an early 20th century trend of adding “etta” to the ends of common names like Rose, Anne, or, in Willis and Thomas’ baby’s case, Lou.
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