Jemaine Clement Welcomes Son Sophocles Iraia
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Flight of the Conchords star Jemaine Clement welcomed his first child, a son, last month. New baby Sophocles Iraia Manasiadis Clement was born in New York City, where Jemaine is currently shooting the second season of his quirky HBO show.
According to New Zealand’s The Dominion Post, Sophocles was named after one of the Greek grandfathers of mom Miranda Manasiadis, while Iraia is the name of one of Jemaine’s grandparents. “Sophocles has been described as magnificently cute, with his father’s lips,” the newspaper reports. Jemaine, 34, and Miranda were married in August.
Source: The Dominion Post
Thanks to CBB readers Olivia and Colleen.
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November 4th, 2008 at 4:12 pm
WOW! What a name!
November 4th, 2008 at 4:13 pm
I generally don’t mind the unusual names but that one might be a tough one to grow up with!
November 4th, 2008 at 4:16 pm
How do you say the name??
November 4th, 2008 at 4:16 pm
I’m not even going to attempt to say that babies name lol…poor child. He has more letters in his name than the Alphabet… =\
November 4th, 2008 at 4:26 pm
That name is so “them” though. Does anyone else watch the show? You are missing out if not!
November 4th, 2008 at 4:27 pm
Pronounced Soff-oh-klees
November 4th, 2008 at 5:04 pm
Wow! What a name! Sounds like a sneeze!
November 4th, 2008 at 5:27 pm
Sophocles??? Will they name their next kid Homer, Euripides, or Aeschylus?
SOPHOCLES
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Pronounced: SAHF-u-kleez (English)
From the Greek name Σοφοκλης (Sophokles), which was derived from Greek σοφος (sophos) “skilled, clever” and κλεος (kleos) “glory”.
November 4th, 2008 at 5:32 pm
I LOVE Flight of the Conchords. Can’t wait for the second season.
Congratulations to the new parents! What a name.
And Brandi, you’re right, I don’t know about his wife, but I wouldn’t have expected anything less from Jemaine, lol.
November 4th, 2008 at 5:35 pm
it’s a beautiful name but it will take him awhile to write that one on the chalkboard in preschool
November 4th, 2008 at 5:40 pm
Sophocles???
LOL. For some reason that is more absurd than Moses to me. I don’t think I could call a little kid that with a straight face. Soph is a cute nickname though.
November 4th, 2008 at 6:00 pm
With a name like Sophocles – lets hope that little guy turns out to be as handsome as his dad!
November 4th, 2008 at 6:09 pm
I hope we get to see a picture of the baby. Jemaine’s very private and there are very few pictures of his wife. I hope they release a pic of the baby.
November 4th, 2008 at 7:04 pm
I love this name. They are of greek heritage so why not give this name to the baby. This name is also comon in Greece these days. I am going to name my baby an old scandinavian and old irish. I think that the names from the heritages are beautiful.
November 4th, 2008 at 7:20 pm
Very brave name choice. Gotta say- I don’t hate it! Sophocles- I am assuming, but I can’t imagine another reason- is a well known name in the Greek tragedy world. I remember that he wrote Antigone- a fave of mine. I find it easy to pronounce- just sound it out.
November 4th, 2008 at 7:29 pm
Wow, guys, it’s a family name! Remember Aristotle Onassis? Also, to SH – I’ve had similar comments about my daughter’s 9-letter name, and yet I never hear that comment made about the name Elizabeth.
November 4th, 2008 at 9:04 pm
Aw, he’s going to be called ‘Softy’!
November 4th, 2008 at 9:06 pm
Congratulations to them! Guess he’s been wearing his business socks! (If you’re not familiar with that phrase, check out Flight of the Conchords video on YouTube for their song “Business Time”)
November 4th, 2008 at 9:09 pm
Crimpe, I hope I did not offend you. My 1st sons name is Kristofer so that would be the same amount of letters as Sophocles! My daughter (Ella, kind of an “easy” name) is in preschool right now and it takes her forever to write her name on the chalkboard every day…that is why I made that comment…I already have nightmares on how long I will have to stand there watching my son write his! LOL
November 4th, 2008 at 9:15 pm
Cool! Congrats. I loved the episode with the singing card!
November 4th, 2008 at 9:15 pm
That is one name!
Goodluck to the little guy when he learns how to write it!
November 4th, 2008 at 10:58 pm
Congrats, Jermaine and that name is very unique and it doesn’t surprise me that he has that name.
Flight of the Conchords rocks. 
November 5th, 2008 at 12:34 am
ladies, we have a new winner!
November 5th, 2008 at 2:47 am
What’s with all the name judging?!? Shall we call all our children John, Mary, David and Susan just so people know how to pronounce or spell them. It’s not their fault if you’ve never heard of Sophocles; and as previous posters have pointed out these are family names and they’re from different cultures where they have different names. Expand your minds a little, people, you might find there’s a big, wide, wonderful world out there! Congrats to Jemaine and Miranda!
November 5th, 2008 at 4:57 am
Well, it’s better than Pilot Inspektor anyway!
November 5th, 2008 at 7:49 am
Wow, um, okay…. not too sure on this name. Usually, I’m totally for the unique names, but I like to have one amongst the uniqueness that is more what you’d call ‘regular’ so that the child can fall back onto something else if they choose to. Regardless, congrats!
November 5th, 2008 at 12:38 pm
LOL!!! Jermaine, what a wicked name. Yay for culture names. I named my son Malik (pronounced mal-lik, not Ma-leek) and I can’t tell you how many times people wrinkle their nose at that name!
I wouldn’t have expected anything else. You guys should really check out their show – so funny!!!
November 6th, 2008 at 2:44 am
Ummm, his name is Jemaine, not JeRmaine. Since we are on the subject of names, thought those of you that didn’t know might like a clue!
November 6th, 2008 at 1:31 pm
It’s a nice name and plenty of Greeks name their children after family. It could be fine in New Zealand as well to have non traditional names. Besides Jemaine being funny as heck and celebrity and all I don’t expect anything less from him.