Bear Grylls and son Marmaduke at Step It Up event

10 Responses to “Bear Grylls and son Marmaduke at Step It Up event”

1. Traci Says:
   November 6th, 2007 at 2:00 pm

   What a beautiful child!! Such piercing eyes.

   But Marmaduke?? I keep thinking of the giant dog in the Sunday funny pages. Still a cute name, but that giant dog keeps popping into my head. Is there another Marmaduke I’m missing??

2. Tatum Says:
   November 6th, 2007 at 2:57 pm

   in my opinion, if you are going to go for kooky names, then name all of the children that way. i think it is quite unfair to give a child a name like Marmaduke, because you know that the child will be picked on. To have siblings with a traditional name like jesse and then a name like Marmaduke, i think can give the child a complex.

3. Lola Says:
   November 6th, 2007 at 3:54 pm

   Marmaduke? I am sure there is a children’s story about a cat called Marmaduke, he was a ginger cat.

   I really think that unique names are great, but personally I use them as middle names, you can call your child by their middle name at home, but they don’t get picked on at school.

4. Collette Says:
   November 6th, 2007 at 3:59 pm

   I agree, gorgeous child, unfortunate name.

5. melanie Says:
   November 6th, 2007 at 5:52 pm

   what a cutie! his eyes are very very mesmerizing!

6. Natasha Says:
   November 6th, 2007 at 6:19 pm

   Marmaduke is….interesting but Duke as a nickname is cute! He’s a cute kid regardless

7. Nikki Says:
   November 6th, 2007 at 7:28 pm

   Hopefully they call him Duke

8. mamabear Says:
   November 6th, 2007 at 11:21 pm

   Bear is such an inspiration. He does tons of work for various charities not to mention all of his record breaking accomplishments. He’s a hero. In my opinion there is probably a meaning behind the name that none of us are privvy to. With names like Wolfgang and Pilot Inspecor out there…Marmaduke is rather cute.

9. Dani Says:
   November 7th, 2007 at 1:26 pm

   @mamabear:
   I totally agree with you on the name Pilot Inspector being a little “unusual”.
   But Wolfgang is a perfectly normal name in Germany/ Austria. Just think of Wolfgang A. Mozart. And it is still used today. I’ve got 3 “Wolfgangs” in the family, the youngest is 23. But in the English speaking world “Wilf” is probably more common.

   I also think that there is a greater meaning behind the name Marmaduke. Would love to hear the whole story behind it.

10. emily Says:
    November 8th, 2007 at 10:17 pm

    mamabear, what do you think is so strange about the name Wolfgang? I think it’s very traditional and old-fashioned.

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