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Bronx Mowgli
Ashlee Simpson, Pete Wentz: Geography Lovers
November 21, 2008 at 11:15 AM | 2 Comments
We're not gonna say what we think of the baby name Bronx Mowgli Wentz, the first son of Fall Out Boy bassist Pete Wentz and, uh, "singer" Ashlee Simpson-Wentz, but you have to admit it's a bit more geographically minded than, say, Apple Blythe or Suri.
The Bronx, of course, comes from New York's northernmost borough, which is trying--though not that hard--to lure some of the city's more than 40 million annual tourists. We're surprised Pete didn't go for Manhattan, though, given that his bar-slash-club Angels & Kings is in the East Village.
As for that middle name, it's Mowgli--not mogwai. It comes from Rudyard Kipling's story "In the Rukh," and the same character later starred in The Jungle Book. A boy raised by wolves in the jungle, Mowgli is later befriended by a forest ranger during the British rule of India, a period Kipling knew intimately: He was born in Bombay when it was still called that. The city, now Mumbai, is home to a museum about his life and works.
Related Stories:
· Angels & Kings [Official Site]
· It's a Boy for Ashlee and Pete [People.com]
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