How Ashton & Mila chose baby Wyatt's name

As Mila Kunis and Ashton Kutcher are discovering, newborn babies tend to sleep a lot.

So it’s a good time to take advantage of that and fit in a few grown-up experiences while your little one is portable and (mostly) quiet!

The new family of three headed out for a massive 10-course degustation meal at The Gadarene Swine in Studio City, California, along with two other friends on Oct. 27.

The chef’s tasting experience usually takes two to two-and-a-half hours at the restaurant. “They came in and gave the chef a hug,” said an observer. “They seemed to enjoy themselves. They were happy, They were laughing the whole time.”

Mila, 31, and her fiancé, 36, welcomed daughter Wyatt Isabelle on Oct. 1, with Kutcher taking to social media to announce the news.

As most first-time parents know, getting out of the house with a 3-week-old while trying to fit in with baby’s schedule is something of a challenge, so kudos to them for making it work.

“Mila was born to be a mom,” a source said to People magazine before Wyatt’s arrival. “She is a kid herself and will be the best mom ever. She will never be a glamour-puss. Their lives will change, but not nearly as drastically as other couples, because they were so ready to be parents and knew what responsibilities they had in store.”

The new mother has said she is excited about taking time off work to focus on her baby and has designed a ring celebrating motherhood. “Carrying a child and bringing new life into the world marks the start of an incredible journey,” she said.

Meanwhile, Ashton opened up to Conan O’Brien overnight, revealing the inspiration behind the couple’s choice of baby name.

‘We had another name picked out. We got pregnant a couple of weeks after we picked the name but when we were pregnant, the name didn’t fit the energy we were feeling.’

‘One night, Mila was like, “This is not the name.” I was like, “okay it’s not the name.”‘

Ashton then said the couple returned to the drawing board, with the Two & A Half Men star sharing ‘I just started listing off anything and everything I saw: “sign, truck, wall, door…” She was like, “Shut up!” I said, “if you don’t accept my bad ideas, you’ll never accept the good ones.”

‘Then I was like, “I’ve got a really dumb idea. What about Wyatt?” She goes, “That’s it.”

The couple chose the middle name Isabelle in honour of Mila’s grandfather and soon after the birth, Mila and Ashton were quick to register domain names on the internet.

‘We’ve got the Twitter handle – the Instagram – everything you could possibly get – I don’t want a porn site with my daughter’s name!’

The couple also write her daughter emails so ‘One day she’ll be able to look at it and see the kinds of things people had to say.’

How did you choose your child’s name? Did you take inspiration from family members?

Main image of Ashton Kutcher courtesy of Shutterstock.com
Main image of Mila Kunis courtesy of Shutterstock.com

33 Comments

- - ella12 said
  - 10 Jan 2018
    12:27 pm
That’s a cool story, thanks for sharing.

- - mom94125 said
  - 02 Jan 2015
    2:05 pm
that was a nice story. lovely name

- - stepmom107932 said
  - 12 Dec 2014
    10:31 am
Wow vongrats on the social life guys. I thought first timers were meant to struggle with that and smart idea about registering the domain names.
Love taking inspiration from family members for baby names.

- - kozack said
  - 01 Dec 2014
    8:26 pm
at least its not so bad ive heard and seen names that are a real shock

- - matildaspice said
  - 25 Nov 2014
    8:01 pm
My kids Dad picked their first names as well!

- - deb_gs said
  - 10 Nov 2014
    8:00 pm
Hmmm….

- - cloverstorm said
  - 03 Nov 2014
    2:32 pm
I think it’s quite a nice name for a girl, distinctive.

- - kjgarner said
  - 31 Oct 2014
    3:57 pm
We just liked the names of our kids, but the middle name was part of the family

- - jenniw said
  - 31 Oct 2014
    2:47 pm
I think its amazing that children seems to have a feeling or vibe with names. I had a couple selected for our boys and although we chose from our list you just knew some names were not for them.

- - jade918 said
  - 31 Oct 2014
    12:49 pm
We chose our sons name way before he was even thought of. We found out after he was born that it was a family name. I like the name Wyatt, but not for my kids

- - mom92217 said
  - 31 Oct 2014
    12:05 pm
congtrats to them very cute couple

- - aussiemum said
  - 31 Oct 2014
    10:31 am
Wyatt? Really? For a little girl? I think that the first and middle names should be swapped. How is it the stars don’t consider how a name will affect their child in the future? When my kids were named their dad and I even looked at how the initials fit to make sure their were no nasty surprises. I can just see this poor little girl being called Wyatt Earp and other things in the playground. I don’t care how big a star is or thinks they are that won’t protect a child from playground bullies and teasing. Give the kid a break

- - mom72567 said
  - 31 Oct 2014
    8:27 am
We are both turkish cypriot so choosing a name was hard. We wanted to make it easy to pronounce etc. We had two baby name books that we read cover to cover. Our first sons name was actually listed under girls names, and our second son was from the book but also my great uncle.

- - ekalissa said
  - 31 Oct 2014
    7:14 am
My 3 children middle names come from family members (grandparents or greatgranparents). I love that they have an special meaning for all of us.
As per their name, my husband chose our daughter’s and boys were our agreement.

- - jfarrington said
  - 30 Oct 2014
    10:46 pm
I think being able to name a person is such a great honor, I felt that when my husband could name our child. We had a few name pick out some I like and others okay. I felt it gave him a role as well. He rather enjoyed the reactions of others when I would tell them that he will be name the child.

- - cherz said
  - 30 Oct 2014
    10:17 pm
Really its the parents who get to name their child and then some poor children just don’t like it. Naming your child is a tricky and time consuming task and one that should be thought about very wisely.

- - shortaez said
  - 30 Oct 2014
    10:14 pm
That is a great name I love the choice !!

- - robyn_smithwick said
  - 30 Oct 2014
    9:05 pm
I just chose my childrens names or should I say hubby and I chose our kids names because we liked them.
I dont know about the piece in the article that says Mila will never be a glamour puss! She looks very glamorous in that photo! She is gorgeous!

- - BellaB said
  - 30 Oct 2014
    9:01 pm
I like the idea of writing your baby letters or emails.

- - mom93821 said
  - 30 Oct 2014
    6:49 pm
I love family names being passed on; they are special and have meaning.