busy explains why she named her little girl birdie
http://www.busy-philipps.org/2010/02/busy-philipps-on-how-birdie%e2%80%99s-name-came-to-be/
While some may not love Busy Philipps name choice for her 17-month-old daughter Birdie Leigh, the Cougar Town star reveals that the shortened moniker is no accident.
After having grown up with a nickname, there is no way Im naming my kid one thing and calling her something else, she noted during a visit to The Bonnie Hunt Show.
The first day of school [or] anytime there was a substitute teacher, I had to explain that I preferred to be called this weird adjective instead of Elizabeth. And people would really give me the look that I was a little strange!
Before Busy became pregnant, she and husband Marc Silverstein were listening to a radio show discussing the late Lady Bird Johnson when inspiration struck.
My husband said, Wow, what a cool woman and what an amazing name
it would be so cool to name a kid after her, Busy recalls. The actress, who also liked Birdie, was inititally a bit hesitant as Lady Bird was a nickname itself.
Eventually, when the parents-to-be complied a list of baby names for their soon-to-be-born daughter, Busy jotted down Birdie. We didnt name Birdie before she was born, she explains. When she came out I said, I think we gotta go with Birdie, I think thats her name.
Adding that she loves the retro feel of the moniker, Busy admits Birdies name fits her to a T!