Gillian Anderson gives birth. Name is....well you'll see

**KristiB** · October 20th, 2008, 07:39 PM

Gillian Anderson Welcomes a Son - Babies, Gillian Anderson : People.com

X-Files star Gillian Anderson and boyfriend Mark Griffiths are parents of a baby boy, the actress's rep tells PEOPLE exclusively.

Felix Griffiths, weighing 6 lbs., 15 oz., was born Oct. 15 in London, says rep Kelly Bush.

Felix is the second child for Anderson, 40, with Griffiths, joining their 1-year-old son Oscar. Anderson also has a 13-year-old daughter, Piper, from a previous marriage.

Felix and Oscar??? What an Odd Couple of names!!

**Quazar** · October 20th, 2008, 07:41 PM

Must've been Odd Couple fans. I hope.

**aabbcc** · October 20th, 2008, 07:47 PM

We had a cat named Felix.

**Laurent** · October 20th, 2008, 07:55 PM

Felix and Oscar. Good grief.

Oh, well, I was half expecting the kid's name to be David.

**Penny Lane** · October 20th, 2008, 07:57 PM

^^^ Me too!

**visitor42** · October 20th, 2008, 08:32 PM

LOL. It's still better than Trig.

**Honey** · October 20th, 2008, 09:28 PM

Not that weird

**bellini** · October 20th, 2008, 09:31 PM

Felix the cat, the wonderful, wonderful cat.

Great cat name, no so good for a baby.

**yanna** · October 21st, 2008, 02:38 AM

Both Felix and Oscar make lovely cat names.

**buttmunch** · October 21st, 2008, 02:49 AM

Felix is a great name! My heathens have several friends with that name.

**sputnik** · October 21st, 2008, 03:19 AM

^^^
i love the name felix. it's starting to become a little too common though but it's still a great name.

**buttmunch** · October 21st, 2008, 04:59 AM

Don't you hate it when names become too popular? It happened with both Max and Jack...both great names but now they're going to the dogs through over use. Jake is also on the verge.

**sputnik** · October 21st, 2008, 05:21 AM

^^^
definitely. max was ruined by a bunch of celebs and bobos, same with jack. i think jake was ruined years ago.

**katerpillar** · October 21st, 2008, 07:47 AM

Haha, I wouldn't have even known that Felix and Oscar was potentially a reference to something if KristiB hadn't implied it.

I have a friend called Felix. It's a pretty good name... quite common in German-speaking countries. IMO, it beats all the definitely overused Matts and Michaels and Daniels (erm, not that they're not lovely names, in case anyone has sons with those names...

). You want to pick a name that isn't so common the kid'll probably have a classmate with the same name (and end up as "Chris P" the whole year), but which isn't so unusual it's weird. At least, that's my reasoning.