JD Vance Announces Name Of His Newborn Son

The Vice President of the United States of America, JD Vance, recently shared on Instagram the arrival of his fourth child with wife Usha Vance — a son named: 📛Alec Neel 💙 

The writer of the piece of the historic presidential baby name announcement says: "the choice may feel classic, the name Alec is far less common than it once was," and points out, "Alec’s arrival is also a rare moment in modern U.S. political history. He is the first child born to a sitting vice president in more than 150 years. The last vice president to welcome a child while in office was Schuyler Colfax, whose son was born in 1870. Alec joins older siblings Ewan, 9, Vivek, 6, and 4-year-old Mirabel."

📛Nameberry🍒's all-about-the-name 📛Alec:

I've always loved the name 📛Alexander 👌🏾 or any diminutive of it, so I think 📛Alec is a great name,  ✔strong (although less serious than its lengthy original name) but ✔chic (a cooler version of the already cool 😎 nickname 📛Alex). 

☔📛IRN RATING OF 📛Alec: 👍 OR 💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙/10

📑Apparently, there's rumors that baby Alec's name was initially intended to something different yet very familiar to us all... Rob Shuter's Naughty But Nice hears the newborn almost had a very different—and far more political— name. “J.D. floated the idea of naming the baby 📛Donald,” one Washington insider tells Naughty But Nice. “He thought it would be the ultimate tribute to President Trump. J.D. knows the President appreciates loyalty, and he believed it would be a meaningful gesture.” According to sources, Usha wasn’t buying it. “She shut it down—politely, but firmly,” another insider reveals. “Usha wanted their son’s name to reflect their family, not make a political statement. She wasn’t about to turn her newborn into a headline before he could even walk.” 

😬 One 📛Donald in the White House (actually there are three 🤯 total: Trump, one of Trump's son's name is Donald Jr. and JD Vance's middle name is Donald! 🥴) is enough. 😅

As for Alec Vance's middle name: 📛Neel — it is a Hindi name that means "💎sapphire blue." Second Lady Usha Vance is Indian and Neel is a nice name to pay homage to her heritage. 

☔📛IRN RATING OF 📛Neel: 👍 OR 💙💙💙💙💙💙/10  

NAME OF THE DAY: Surya

Former figure ⛸ skater Surya Bonaly is back in the news again, being applauded as the first 🥇Olympic skater to land a backflip on one blade (aka the "Bonaly flip") in the 1998 Winter Olympics (whilst Ilia Malinin is being praised for performing the same backflips in the 2026 Winter Olympics) — so I will be discussing her first name: 📛Surya

Surya is surprisingly a masculine name, "occasionally used for boys in 2024" 📛Nameberry🍒 says, describing it as a "graceful Indian choice that may 🔊sound feminine to the Western ear but is in fact the name of a male god." Surya means "sun"  in Sanskrit and is the name of the Vedic Hindu god of the sun who rides a chariot across the sky.

Surya however, "peaked for girls at #4822" in 1994  — interestingly before Bonaly's rise in '98.

Bonaly was born in France, but in America, Surya is popular ("used as a boy's name 74% of the time" though) in 📍Delaware & 📍California.

I like the name 📛Surya — but when used for a 💗girl's name more because it does look and sound (I can't stop pronouncing it as: Su-rye-ah 🤷🏾‍♀️) fit for a female.

📌STATS ON THE NAME 📛Surya:

https://www.mynamestats.com/First-Names/S/SU/SURYA/index.html

☔📛IRN RATING OF 📛Surya: 👍 OR 💗💗💗💗💗💗💗/10

TV CHARACTER NAME OF INTEREST: Seema

Carrie's new friend on the spin-off SATC show And Just Like That  — is 📛Seema (played by 📛Sarita Choudhury). When they first meet, she gives Carrie her business card and Carrie reads her name remarking:  

"Seema. That's such a pretty name."

"It means boundary in Hindi which is hilarious because I have none," Seema says.

Of course I had to 🔎 google the name Seema to make sure that is the correct meaning and it seems... to be. 

Behind the Name defines Seema: From Sanskrit सीम (sīma) meaning "boundary, limit". 

I really like Hindi names 📄 plus that it's an 'S' name that starts with a 🔉'see' sound  — so I agree with Carrie, 📛Seema is a pretty name. 👌🏾 

⭐FAMOUS & 📝NOTEWORTHY 📛SEEMAS:

📛Seema Biswas 🎥 (actress) 

📛Seema Verma 🏥 (healthcare policy expert) 

📌STATS ON THE NAME 📛Seema:

 https://www.mynamestats.com/First-Names/S/SE/SEEMA/index.html

☔📛IRN RATING OF 📛Seema: 👍 OR 💓💓💓💓💓💓/10