Sorry Folks, Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds' Baby Isn't Named Violet

"I don't know where that came from."

Since Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds' little bundle of perfection arrived in December, the new parents have been very tight-lipped about the birth. We knew everyone was  "happy and healthy," but otherwise zilch—besides the rumor that the baby's name was Violet. Which Reynolds says is, yeah, just not true.

"No that's not the name," the actor told USA Today. "I don't want to get into that but I don't know where that came from."

He did confirm, however, that he doesn't get too much rest. "I don't sleep very much. It's great. It's wonderful. But my brain is elsewhere," he said. "I had to go to Sundance this last week. I was more excited to get a good night's sleep. It was borderline pornographic for me."

So, Violet is off the table. 

The baby name guessing game continued when Ryan Reynolds appeared on the David Letterman show, where he eliminated quite a few options (Letterman more or less ran every popular baby name by him). The takeaway? The Lively-Reynolds baby has a family name and it's "maybe kind of" biblical. It's also not Elaine, Olivia, Emma, Ava, Sophia, Isabella, Abigail, Madison, Ruth, Mary, or Sarah. 

And now, according to a new source, the wee one's name is...drumroll...JAMES! Yes! like Bond, Dean, and LeBron. And this time, we actually kind of believe it? Seems very Serena van der Woodsen to go for the "borrowed from the boys" trend. After all, her name is Blake. 

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