Paltrow Gives Birth to Baby Boy - Moses

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Holy baby names! Gwyneth's bouncing boy, Moses!

By Kat Giantis
MSN Entertainment


All those who predicted Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin would go with another fruit-related moniker for their new arrival were way off the mark. Instead, Apple's mom and dad went Biblical.

The Oscar winner, 33, and her Coldplay frontman hubby, 29, welcomed a healthy baby boy named Moses Martin this weekend in New York, her publicist confirms to MSN Entertainment.

There's already speculation that the holy appellation was inspired by Coldplay's song of the same name, which Martin reportedly wrote for Gwyneth. Sample lyric: "Come on now, don't you want to see?/This thing that's happening to me/ Like Moses has power over sea/So you've got power over me/Come on now, don't you want to know?/ You're a refuge, somewhere I can go/You're air that, air that I can breathe, 'cause you're my golden opportunity."

Whatever the reason behind the tyke's tag, the happy parents should expect plenty of punny headlines (e.g. "Let my pacifier go" or -- oy -- "Thou shalt not shrill") in the coming weeks, along with a plethora of blue-hued Moses baskets.

At least the little guy will have big sister Apple to deflect some of the teasing on the playground, although given the spate of oddball celebrity names in recent years (from Julia Roberts' twins Phinnaeus and Hazel to Penn Jillette's daughter Moxie Crimefighter to Jason Lee's son Pilot Inspektor), Moses now seems almost run-of-the-mill.

Paltrow, who confirmed her pregnancy in January, has made no secret of her desire to expand her brood, and has repeatedly gushed about how the May 2004 arrival of Apple -- whose cuteness factor rivals the Jolie-Pitt tots -- transformed her.

"It's just incredible," she told Oprah. "You have a baby and it just changes everything. In one minute you just are completely redefined. I swear, that well of emotion, it's just inexplicable. I just felt like my life is forever changed...It's like a whole new dimension in emotion that I've never experienced.

It's crazy."

She also raved about the joys of mommyhood back in September, when she was still in the early stages of pregnancy.

"Having Apple has changed everything for me," Gwyneth raved to the London Mirror. "It's changed the way I see the world -- I feel like it's even changed my DNA. She's such a good girl and so reasonable. I've never ever raised my voice or lost my patience with her once...It's a good time in my life. It's like I won the lottery. I feel very blessed."

awww. Moses is a cool name. Poor Apple.

I remember when I first heard that she was pregnant... and I kept saying, "Oh, they already have Apple, so maybe this one will be named Orange."

I couldn't stand having the name Moses. I wouldn't be happy with it.

He should have been named Adam.

I actually like other Biblical names much better than Moses. I'm just relieved that it wasn't a hippy name.

Moses sounds pretty bad to me. I'd go for Job, myself.

Actress Gwyneth Paltrow has given birth to her second child with Coldplay singer, Chris Martin. The couple have a one year old daughter named Apple who turns 2 on May 14. The couple have named their child Moses after a song that Martin had sung about his love for Gwyneth called "Moses".

They should have named the kid orange.

What kid do you like more?

Well you can't really compare the two, it's Apple and Orange.

I could believe that she named her child Moses. Poor kid! Why don't she just name him God.

Why don't she just name it god?

And she says its changed her DNA!

I do declare she gets dumber as she gets older.