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Natalie Portman's firstborn child has a name

And it is Jacob. No, no, we're kidding, it's not Jacob. According to People, glamorous movie star Natalie Portman and immigrant Benjamin Millepied actually named their recently born son Aleph, after the first letter of the Hebrew alphabet. In case you're wondering (we were!), the letter following Aleph is Beth, so it would work out quite nicely if the engaged couple happened to follow up with a daughter. Or, if their next trip to the maternity ward brought them twins, the clan could be joined by both a Beth and some kid named Gimel. 

But let us not count our Millepieds before they hatch, as now is the time for us to devote our energies toward Natalie's one and only true offspring, Aleph. Yet before we can love, we must understand. Says People of the child's exotic name:

Its esoteric meaning in Judaic Kabbalah, as denoted in the theological treaty Sefer-ha-Bahir, relates to the origin of the universe, the "primordial one that contains all numbers." 

That's right, all numbers can be found within Aleph — your social security number, your ATM PIN, your target weight. Simply put, resistance is futile; all hail Aleph!

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Comments ( 35 )

Jul 06 11 at 8:41 pm
@author

Why are you so snide?

Jul 06 11 at 9:27 pm
Jeffrey

One person's "snide" is another person's "nailed it."

Jul 06 11 at 9:27 pm
Jeffrey

And I'm still not through laughing at the picture.

Jul 06 11 at 11:53 pm
Josh

I couldn't stop laughing at this picture.

Jul 07 11 at 4:50 pm
wat

I didn't start laughing at the picture until I read the comments about laughing at the picture.

Jul 06 11 at 9:13 pm
bottomliner

Why are celebrities so esoteric with the naming of their children. Sometimes I feel like an unusual name only begets an average existence. When is the last time a child of a film star (that was given an unusual name) made anything of themselves that didn't end up as headline fodder?

I'll wait...

Jul 06 11 at 9:38 pm
@bottomliner

I think you should of had a question mark at the end of your first sentence.

An extraordinary existence is exactly that; an existence that is beyond the norm. It is hard to achieve a name for one's self, regardless of the name given at birth. Not only this but most household names are actually not the person's real name. In fact, Natalie Portman's real name is Natalie Hershlag. I don't see your point.

Jul 06 11 at 10:27 pm
duh

@@bottomliner

If you're going to bag on someone's grammar/punctuation you might want to double check your own.

It's "I think you should HAVE had a question mark..." not "should OF had."

Jul 07 11 at 11:15 am
tommy

could of, should of, would of. hahaha

Jul 06 11 at 9:50 pm
Sarah Estrella

The Aleph is my favorite Jorge Luis Borges story. Maybe I'm giving Natalie Portman too much credit?

Jul 07 11 at 2:27 pm
Ray Rahman

You probably are -- but, then again, who knows what she read up at Harvard.

Jul 06 11 at 10:23 pm
Bernard Marx

She should have named him Luke.

Jul 06 11 at 11:28 pm
nerkums

And then died.

Jul 06 11 at 11:30 pm
nerkums

That sounded pretty dark.

She's a fine actress and an attractive young woman, so long as she doesn't smile.

Jul 06 11 at 11:45 pm
completely

I laughed.

Jul 07 11 at 1:13 pm
TC

Good try. But what about a Leia. Joke doesn't work without the other twin.

Jul 06 11 at 11:59 pm
Jud

She's Israeli, a Hebrew name makes sense.

Jul 07 11 at 12:12 pm
blahblah

the thing is, it's not a name, it's a letter. it's like naming your son exclamation point.

Jul 07 11 at 6:14 pm
KJ

More like naming your son 'N'

Jul 07 11 at 1:57 am
Jinna

Aleph Millipied. Or: Aleph Hirschlag. Yeah, he'll turn out fiiiine.

Jul 07 11 at 10:16 am
1st Name Uber Alles

Better those than Aleph Hitler.

Jul 07 11 at 5:40 pm
@Jenna

How are we not making fun of "Millipied?"

Jul 07 11 at 11:50 am
MJS

It's just like naming your American kid A. Just A. Either way, Aleph can also mean "general" or "leader."

Jul 07 11 at 12:13 pm
blahblah

Don't know where your brought that from. in my (Hebrew speaking) world, Aleph is a letter.

Jul 07 11 at 2:28 pm
Ray Rahman

LOL, "Kid A."

Jul 07 11 at 1:27 pm
profrobert

Aleph Millepied -- no there won't be any schoolyard beatings there, none at all.

One thing I know, though: If they have Gimel, he'll get all the Chanukah gelt.

Jul 07 11 at 1:37 pm
muse_x

she should've had her tubes tied before any of this happened. Just because you can (procreate), does not mean you should.

Jul 07 11 at 2:53 pm
nope

Wait... if the smart, talented, attractive, well-off people shouldn't have kids, who should?

Jul 07 11 at 5:42 pm
@nope

I think muse_x was referring to Natalie Portman.

Jul 07 11 at 1:57 pm
el

Wow. Way to describe a well known and talented principle dancer and choreographer for the NYCB as just an"immigrant".

Jul 07 11 at 5:42 pm
@el

Do you mean Millivanillipied?

Jul 07 11 at 5:20 pm
MC

This entire thing was hilarious, including the comments.

Jul 07 11 at 6:18 pm
KJ

When celebrities give birth their eyes glaze over and they go into a trance-like state "I am Celebrity. Must give child strange name...I am CELEBRITY, must give child STRANGE NAME..."

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