Cortney and Robert Novogratz love to mix high and low, vintage and modern in their designs, and that eclecticism extends to their baby names. Their first child is named Wolfgang. Their fifth child is named Five.

The stars of Bravo's 9 by Design gained attention (and a reality show) by moving into Manhattan fixer-uppers, transforming them into edgy design spaces, and throwing fabulous parties. Impressed partygoers clamor to become clients, and the houses sell themselves. Their designs inspire raves, and their lifestyle inspires "envy and loathing." Their baby names, on the other hand, inspire a few cheers and an awful lot of jeers. They are certainly, as a Name Candy reader pointed out, a startling collection. Here are the names, complete with explanations

Apparently, Lance Armstrong  is expecting Baby #5. (See this story at PEOPLE.com)  The seven-time Tour de France winner, cancer survivor, healthy-lifetsyle activist and well-known ladies man has three children (named Grace Elisabeth, Isabelle Rose and Luke David) with his former wife Kristen.  Baby "Cinco" 

Sarah Jessica Parker recently talked names to Vogue.  Specifically, about the names of her twin daughters, Tabitha Hodge and Marion Loretta Elwell Broderick -- father being Matthew Broderick.  (See past Name Candy posts on TH and MEL, born June 22, 2009). SJP reveals Tabitha is called "Babe" and Marion Loretta "Kitty."  To quote from Vogue: "'Aren't those great names?' their mom asks, her face split in a grin.  'Babe Broderick!  Kitty Broderick!  It's like it's 1940.  I wish it were 1940.'"  Apparently SJP's desire for earlier decades goes beyond names -- check out the Vogue photo shoot, gorgeous photos capturing a nostalgia-filled glamour.  

Now we can't stop thinking about Babe, Kitty and 1940s names.  But here's the thing -- are Babe and Kitty really 1940s style, or how we now imagine 1940s style? 

Sugar Ray singer Mark McGrath and his fiancee Carin Kingland have welcomed twins, according to People. Their new son is Lydon Edward and their daughter, Hartley Grace.

Were they inspired by the Sex Pistols?

The names of the horses in Sunday's 2010 Kentucky Derby run the gamut from Stately Victor -- the heartfelt tribute to a family golden boy cut down in his prime -- to Mission Impazible -- the inexplicably pun-free respelling of the title of a Tom Cruise thriller. (Or is there in fact a detectible pun? You tell us.) But can they be distinguished from the names of rap stars?

Even more than mint juleps and big hats, it's Derby names that fill us with Derby glee. There's something for everyone, really, from the sublime to the ridiculous, or more precisely, from the poetic to the hookeresque. (Not that we'd insist these categories are separate.)

Our favorite from this year's field?

First she won an Oscar, then it turned out her husband was cheating on her, now we discover that Sandra Bullock is also a new mom. According to an exclusive report in PEOPLE today,  Bullock is finalizing the adoption of the baby boy who has been living with her since January when he was a newborn.  The baby's name is Louis Bardo Bullock.  We have no information on whether the baby's name was selected by Bullock or the birth parents, but we're guessing it was Bullock's choice.  Stylistically, the name Louis, which was once uber-popular in the

Tonight airs a new episode of Glee, but we're still thinking about last week's "The Power of Madonna."  Glee's a show that pays attention to names (see earlier posts on Glee, including a look at Drizzle, the Best Baby Name Ever).  Last week Madonna's name, songs and iconography got the full spotlight.  It's pretty amazing, the ubiquity of so many of her songs -- going beyond mere popularity to a special category reserved for the likes of the Beatles and Elvis.  Test it out:  even if you aren't a big Madonna fan, you probably know the opening line to "Like a Prayer" and can hear the tune to "Like a Virgin."

Obviously many factors played into Madonna reaching her celeb/icon status -- her talent and determination, etc. but we are wondering how big a role her name played. (See similar questioning on the name Grace Kelly.)

The material girl's name in full is

Did you catch the story in the New York Times this weekend about high school students changing their names on social networks like Facebook so as not to expose the (perhaps) less desirable sides of their personalities to college admissions officers? (see An Online Alias Keeps Colleges Off Their Trail). Veiling a name's Google-ability while maintaining a semblance of

Sean Murray of television's NCIS and his wife Carrie James welcomed a second child this week.  The new baby, a boy, is named River James and joins older sister Caitlyn Melissa. The name River, which means, well, river, was virtually unheard of in the United States before the appearance of the young actor River Phoenix in the popular consciousness in the 1980s. The name

After a brief hiatus, Glee is back on the air.  For those, very few, of you unaware of this hit show, Glee centers around the motley crew forming McKinely High School's Glee Club.  Is the show a comedy, a musical, a drama, a campy send-up -- well, it's all of those things.  It's also fascinating for those of us into names.   A year ago, when the show first debuted, we wrote:  "Lucky for us name aficionados, Glee holds true to the great tradition of high school romance-comedies – names give big clues as to what season one might have in store for us."

But little did we know that baby naming would get such direct attention! SPOILER ALERT: PLOT ELEMENTS FROM THE FIRST HALF OF SEASON ONE WILL BE MENTIONED.