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"My son is from me and I feel like I'm part of the bear clan ... I think it's nice to have a little bit of earth in your name." -- Anthony Kiedis

The Red Hot Chili Peppers frontman explained to PEOPLE why he gave his newborn son the middle name, Bear.

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Emily

Anthony is a really amazing person. If you've ever read his autobiography, you'll probably agree with me. He's wanted a kid for forever but never found a girl who wanted one, too. I'm a big RHCP fan and I'm really happy for him :] and I think Everly Bear is a beautiful name.

May 02 2008 at 10:02 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
mark

It's being kept a secret that, the original choice for the kids' middle name was, 'AL'

February 13 2008 at 8:55 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
mark

.....and it's a known fact that, prisoners, or inmates, call each other 'Dog'.....
okay, this is irrelevant....but, this dork naming his kid 'Bear', was relevant, how?!?!

February 13 2008 at 8:53 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
P. Ricketts

so who knows what your middle name is, only your family and close friends, i bet. and nobody cares.

red hot chili peppers rock! and nobody can sing like anthony kiedis, he is the best!

January 24 2008 at 7:23 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Jennifer

Im sure most of you posters that are skeptical of naming your child into your beliefs have children named betsy or amanda or jill and jan. Grow up and be unique and not so frightened of what others think, then maybe your child will be as strong as a Bear!

January 23 2008 at 11:37 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Frank

I once had my groceries rung up by a girl named MORONICA! I laughed all the way home. What were they thinking? MORON-ica. Too much! Legal name change would be in my plans.

January 18 2008 at 5:24 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Caro

Hey... my dad's middle name is Wolfe. Bear is a rad name! I'd totally have my kid's middle name be "Bear"

January 15 2008 at 9:20 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Arun

some one has done way to many drugs back in his time.. count your blessings man you are still alive- better yet- how many brain cells do you have left? Can you count them on one hand Mr. Anthony?

January 06 2008 at 1:46 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Shannon

I absolutely love the name Bear. It happens to be my husbands first name as well as my sons first name. I think common names are just that...common, I think Anthony and his wife picked as awesome name for their baby. Now my boys arent the only ones name Bear...

January 06 2008 at 9:19 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Blurgle

Gee, I wonder how many people notice that he said MIDDLE name. As someone else posted, the child's first name is Emily. I guess reading comprehension isn't needed for posting a comment here.

My opinion, I'd be much less for it if Bear was her first name. But since it's a middle name, it gives the child when she's older a choice to use a more traditional name, or a more unusual one. I wouldn't advocate doing this all the time, but she at least has a choice of which way she wishes to go with her name. Not like the children of many celebrities who get stuck with an oddball name and nothing else.

January 06 2008 at 7:32 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply