Report: Natalie Portman's Baby Boy's Name Revealed

By Kiki Von Glinow Posted Jul 6th 2011 11:48AM

It's the first letter of the Hebrew alphabet for Natalie Portman and Benjamin Millepied's baby son, Aleph. According to an Israeli TV Show, 'Good Evening with Guy Pines' (via HollywoodLife) Portman, who was born in Israel, paid homage to her motherland by naming her son after the letter 'A' in the Hebrew alphabet.

Aleph was born in mid-June but the newborn's first-time parents kept his name under wraps until letting it slip on the Israeli talk show. Baby Alef already calls one of the most talented women in Hollywood 'mom' and now he also has to live up to his lofty name -- Alef represents the "oneness of God" and the element of air.

With his French dad and his Hebrew name, it looks like Alef will turn out to be quite the worldly child.

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Wednesday 06 July

By nornoralee

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GREAT NAME...............CONGRATS

By Mike

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Three weeks old and he's already saying "Mom?" Yeah, he's still seeing everything in threes.

By Gina

If you read the sentence again it isn't stating the child is actually saying the word "Mom" but is another way of saying that she is his Mom....like I could say "I'm lucky I can call her Mom because she is a wonderful person." That means I am proud to say she is my Mom, not that I can literally say "Mom".

By marilyn

Well, there was an actress who named her child Apple....

Actually, I think it is nice to consider the meaning behind the name.

We used the name Mitzvah (Mitzi for short) for a name...Mitzvah means blessing.

By Alice

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He looks somewhat colored in that photo.

By themeeker

Alice, I've seen you use the word "colored" before. Stop it, it makes you sound like trash.

By Ash

Congratulations Natalie. Wish Alef every success in his life.

By Perry

Its nice to see caucasians marrying caucasians every once in a while these days....and amazingly, having little caucasian babies...what a wonderful world

By Perry Klein

It's a stupid name. It's like naming your kid L. And if he ever lives in Israel, everyone there will really think it's stupid.

By rhonajs

First of all, it is not a rule to be named after the deceased, however next generations do try to honor it. At least with the hebrew name. Yes it is a bit different, however given the meaning
of the letter, which also starts the word Adonoi (God) in our prayers, it must be significant to her.

Let's just hope she follows up and raises the baby in her faith with which she gave the name, so he rightly knows his heritage.

By tuneesq

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in keeping with this theme, african actor djimon hounsou also announced that he will name his first child [click sound]

By CORPS67

WOW,, ANOTHER HOLLYWOOD STARLET PROMOTING CHILDREN OUT OF WEDLOCK!! THEY SHOULD HAVE NAMED HER ZOEY OR NEPTUNE OR PLUTO OR STAR OR APPLE OR BANANA OR COCOBWARE ,, THESE PEOPLE ARE TRUUUUULY AMAZING THEY REALLY DO LIVE ON ANOTHER PLANET THEN WE MORTALS!!

By BDD

Oy! Poor kid.

By Clyde

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...and this is important because? By they way, my cousin has named her child as well. The name will be released at the appropriate time.

By pat

Wow, SOOO GLAD she finally shared the name (sarcasm). I can get on with my life now. Not a fan of the name, but it's her child. As long as they are happy........

By Ronnie

She didn't steal the Oscar...She won it for acting, not ballet dancing...

Thursday 07 July

By Ralph Zuccaro

Except, that she COULDN"T act and certainly CANT DANCE either!!!!!

By kat

She should have given that name more thought.

What a terrible stigma to attach to an innocent child...There is no such thing as an illigitimate child...You must be a christian...

By jason123

You would prefer the term "bastard"?

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