Wayne and Coleen Rooney Welcome Son Kai Wayne
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It’s a boy for footballer Wayne Rooney and wife Coleen. The couple welcomed son Kai Wayne Rooney at 2:20 p.m. on Monday, November 2nd at Liverpool Women’s Hospital in their native England. He weighed 8 lbs., 2 oz.
Baby boy was apparently somewhat hesitant to make his debut; Coleen was nine days overdue according to a rep, who adds,
“Mother and baby are both absolutely fine. Wayne and Coleen are thrilled with the wonderful addition to their family life.”
The pregnancy was announced in April, with Coleen, 23, calling expectant motherhood “the best thing that’s ever happened to me.” Kai is the first child for the couple, who were married in June 2008.
Source: BBC
– Missy
- Posted on Nov 3, 09 at 8:00AM
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November 3rd, 2009 at 8:58 am
Congratulations to them both! Considering she is considered a WAG just like the rest of them, she really has her head screwed on properly.
November 3rd, 2009 at 9:18 am
I used to live in the UK…it’s ‘funny’ because some of the tabloids there are asking the question “What is behind their strange name choice of Kai”? I chuckled because I know at least 6 Kai’s! When I lived there, I chuckled every time I met a Rupert or Barney or Alfie! I guess that even though the UK seems so close to North America…we still see that baby names here are ‘weird’ to them and theirs are ‘weird’ to us!
November 3rd, 2009 at 9:19 am
Ellen, I couldn’t agree more, she is one smart cookie and for a WAG actually seems to earn her own money! Love the fact that she had him in an NHS hospital and can’t wait to see pictures of him soon.
November 3rd, 2009 at 9:28 am
OMG, finally! I´ve been waiting for this news for such a long time. Poor Coleen, 9 days overdue. But anyway, congrats to the new parents.
November 3rd, 2009 at 9:44 am
I am born and bred in the UK. Kai is NOT a strange name. Seems the strange ones are the people writing those articles!
Congratulations to Coleen and Wayne!
November 3rd, 2009 at 9:47 am
Essi it’s interesting you say that, I’ve read comments on other gossip sites where people are saying they think Kai is a chavvy name.
November 3rd, 2009 at 10:05 am
love the name congrats to the family and it’s not uncommon for a couples first child to be born past the due date
November 3rd, 2009 at 10:15 am
I would agree that Kai is not an unusual name in the UK – certainly not unique like Brooklyn or Cruz for example (the same fuss was made about their names at the time – I’m sure you remember!). One of my old neighbours has a Kai who must be about 10 or 11 by now. Congratulations to them both xxx
November 3rd, 2009 at 10:20 am
Also, these articles saying it’s an unusual name have also stated that Kai is number 68 is the top 100 names of 2008 in the UK, so I’m confused as to why they think it’s strange, sure 68 isn’t top 10 but it’s not like they named him something that was the thousandth most popular name.
November 3rd, 2009 at 11:33 am
Love the name “Kai”, even though in the Caribbean, its a mostly feminine name in the past, but a few more persons have been naming boys.
Hope he gets his mother looks and father talent.
November 3rd, 2009 at 11:51 am
I don’t find kai to be a strange name and i actually like it alot.
I like Coleen, she seems like a lovely person, and she works hard for her own career. Congratulations to the couple- if he has his mums looks and his dads talent they’ll be no stopping him
November 3rd, 2009 at 11:54 am
Kai is one of those names, like Jaden, that I’m going to have to work hard to take seriously if I ever meet someone with those name as adults. It’s cute and trendy when your a child, but after that…
November 3rd, 2009 at 12:12 pm
while i like this couple and while its their choice,i find their decision not to sell pics of Kai on the grounds of privacy a bit hypocritical…this is the couple who sold their wedding pics to a magazine. congrats though
November 3rd, 2009 at 12:20 pm
Maggie, selling wedding photos and baby photos are totally different. In the case of the wedding both Coleen and Wayne would have been in agreement and signed a contract. A baby can’t give its permission and I think it is rude suggest that they are hypocrites for not selling photos of their first born. It’s their choice to make.
November 3rd, 2009 at 12:21 pm
I kind of want to her this name said in their liverpudian accent ! i just cant hear it working myself ( mabye my bad impressions dont help)
Congratualtions to them – i do belive they will make a happy family.
November 3rd, 2009 at 12:23 pm
I know an adult Kai. He’s the same age as me (24), so it’s been around for a while.
November 3rd, 2009 at 12:46 pm
What on earth is a WAG?
November 3rd, 2009 at 12:56 pm
a WAG is a ‘wife and girlfriend’. usually used when describing the partners of footballers.
November 3rd, 2009 at 1:02 pm
Jenn, a WAG is short for Wives and Girlfriends in England it’s a term for the Wives and Girlfriends of Premiership Footballers. It’s not a nice thing to be called a WAG, they are sort of thought of as a waste of time!! (to put it nicely!)
November 3rd, 2009 at 1:13 pm
@Sydney-
If you read my comment you will see i noted that it was indeed their choice to make. Im merley pointing out that here in Ireland we have a huge influx of UK media and Coleen has given lots of interviews in OK magazine all through the pregnancy. Also, i fully understand a baby cant give permission to be photographed. Its just my opinion that if you want somethin kept private than dont sell interviews in the run up to the birth. Also, it worries me about the length the media will go to anyway to get pics of Kai.
Finally Sydney,I would appreiciate if you didnt call me rude for expressing an opinion. Thanks ever so much.
November 3rd, 2009 at 2:06 pm
I’m English and i know two adult Kai’s. One is a female aged 22 and one is a male aged 25. So it’s not really unusual to me. Also i can take them seriously as adult names because i’m just used to them.
November 3rd, 2009 at 2:40 pm
I see. Thanks for the explanation.
November 3rd, 2009 at 4:24 pm
‘Kai’ is becoming more popular in the UK these days. The name ‘Cai’ (pronounced the same) has been a very popular and traditional name used in Wales for a while. I always suspected it might make it over the border into England just like ‘Rhys’, ‘Dylan’ and ‘Morgan’ did!
November 3rd, 2009 at 4:46 pm
Where did Kai come from? It’s already been used twice as a celebrity baby name. Jennifer Connelly named her son Kai, and Naomi Watts named her son Samuel Kai. Coleen knows her celebrities; she is just following the trend.
November 3rd, 2009 at 4:59 pm
Kai can be spelt as Kie. I have a colleague who is called Kie but is pronounced as Kai
November 4th, 2009 at 1:22 am
Lila (#24) – Parminder Nagra has a Kai David and Donald Trump Jr. has a Kai Madison (female), also. (I don’t know if you’ve heard of her, but she was in ‘Bend It Like Beckham’ and ‘ER’). And they are a good spread of ages, too. Jennifer’s is 10 or 11, Naomi’s is 2 and Parminder’s is only a few months old and Donald’s is 2. It’s not a new name, it’s just gaining in popularity recently.
I can totally imagine an adult named Kai. Now Peanut (isn’t his middle name Kai?), Pilot Inspektor, Moxie CrimeFighter, Bronx Mowgli, Apple, Bandit, etc., that’s another thing altogether!!
Congrats to the whole family!
November 4th, 2009 at 2:51 am
When I was pregnant 3 1/2 years ago – we had the name Kai picked out but the scans were wrong and we had a girl! Its a lovely name and not at all unusual.
November 4th, 2009 at 3:34 am
Just because other celebrities have used the name does not mean Coleen and Wayne were influenced by them. Of course it’s a possibility but it not a stretch that they just so happened to like the name. Besides, I happen to know two male Kai’s who are in their twenties; much older than those celebrities’ sons.
When I was expecting my second child, Kai was one of the top three boy’s names I had settled on before giving birth. After my son was born, I opted for a different name since Kai just didn’t seem to fit him.
November 4th, 2009 at 3:55 am
Kai is a popular name for boys here in Germany and I like it. I think it’s great that they didn’t choose a “celebrity child name” but instead opted for a fairly uncommon but classic name.
November 4th, 2009 at 4:31 am
Kai is a Nordic name, as far as I know – it’s the name of the boy in Hans Christian Andersen’s story The Snow Queen. I think it’s a lovely name, but I’m not sure it really ‘goes’ with Wayne and Rooney – but that wasn’t something they had much choice over!
November 4th, 2009 at 6:08 am
Kai is a cute name. Seem to be a few countries with meanings re the name Kai. Here in NZ it’s the Maori word meaning ‘food’, which I think of, but still like it (of course being in the UK will mean nothing to them and not matter anyhow, lol). Congrats to the new parents. I often see her columns on the UK OK mag site.
November 4th, 2009 at 2:57 pm
she reminds me of a friend in this picture, which makes her quite sympathetic. on the other hand, I’ve read that she thinks that animals exist primarily to be turned into clothes – I so hope this is just a malicious rumour! plus having a career in showbiz when your boyfriend/husband is a famous footballer is not exactly a big deal or does not not make you a wag. I don’t mean to hate and hadn’t intended to comment at all, just found some of the comments rather odd.
anyways. congrats to them! living in germany, I don’t mind the name. in fact, it’s quite common.
November 4th, 2009 at 7:59 pm
Kai is actually a Maori name ( native to new zealand in case you were wondering)and actually means “food”…….cute name though i havnt herd of either of them
November 4th, 2009 at 10:20 pm
Liliana (#28) – I didn’t mean to imply that they chose the name because they were following the lead of other celebs. Others were commenting that they hadn’t heard of it until fairly recently among celeb babies. Those are just the ones I happen to know of. I’m sure there are MANY more people (male and female) who happen to have the name. The majority of names you hear can be dated back quite a ways, people just don’t realize it…(Jennifer’s son is 12, I thought he was a bit younger.)
Regardless, I love the name!
November 5th, 2009 at 2:46 am
Sarah M.- Naomi’s Kai is not two. You’re confusing him with his big brother Sasha. Samuel Kai Schrieber will be turning one year old next month.
November 5th, 2009 at 10:38 pm
CelebBabyLover (#35) – Thanks for the correction.
November 6th, 2009 at 2:33 am
Aww congratulations to them both
i had a cat named Kai lol x
November 10th, 2009 at 10:46 am
Congrats Coleen for son Kai wot a lovly name..
November 11th, 2009 at 3:58 am
Love the name Kai, it’s actually not too uncommon in nordic countries, I know several even though most of them are born in the 40’s and 50’s.