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Starbaby News: Welcome Egypt!

October 16, 2010 By appellationmountain Leave a Comment

Alicia Keys is a new mom! Son Egypt Daoud arrived on Thursday. Egypt’s dad is Swizz Beatz, Alicia’s new husband.

Swizz – Kasseem Dean in real life – has two sons from a previous marriage: sons Prince and Kasseem, Jr. He also has a daughter from another relationship.

I’ve come across Cairo once or twice, but Egypt as a personal name strikes me as new. It tops some of the more invented options, and seems like it hits the right note for the singer.

Congratulations!

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  1. Anna Hamilton says

    October 16, 2010 at 10:26 PM

    I looked after a girl Egypt about 5 years ago when she was 4. Her brother was Cruz

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  2. SkyeRhyly says

    October 16, 2010 at 7:16 PM

    I actually like it. There are loads of country/state/city names out there, this is just another one.

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  3. Lyndsay says

    October 16, 2010 at 12:57 PM

    Is Egypt a boy or girl?

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    • appellationmountain says

      October 16, 2010 at 1:59 PM

      Boy. I’m fairly confident Daoud is a form of David, but I’m not positive …

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    • Joy says

      October 16, 2010 at 2:13 PM

      Abby’s write-up says he is a son.

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      • Lyndsay says

        October 16, 2010 at 2:17 PM

        Oh, yep, it sure does, don’t know how I missed that!

        I told my parents the name and my dad said “Oh, why didn’t she name him Lawrence or Donald?” Lol, I told him that would have been even stranger than her using Egypt.

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        • appellationmountain says

          October 16, 2010 at 8:20 PM

          EXACTLY, Lyndsay! I’d have dropped over in a dead faint if Alicia Keys named her son Donald. 🙂

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  4. Joy says

    October 16, 2010 at 12:30 PM

    All I can think about is BFE! This is a horrible association and opportunity for teasing throughout his life. Cairo would have been a better choice.

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  5. Havoye says

    October 16, 2010 at 11:11 AM

    Daoud is lovely, but Egypt as a given name doesn’t really do it for me. I dislike the use of country names as given names to begin with, but Egypt in particular isn’t a very pleasant-sounding word. Ah well, congratulations to Alicia and ‘Swizz’ on their new little person!

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