Is naming your baby after yourself a flagrant display of narcissism" A shameful failure of imagination" The most disappointing decision two pop star parents could possibly make"
Yes! Yes! and how could they", seemed to be the general vibe a couple of weeks back, after the gossip site MediaTakeout.com published an exclusive scoop claiming that Beyoncé and Jay-Z (real name Shawn) had named their newborn twins Bea and Shawn Jr., and the internet (read: thousands of total strangers who have no connection to Bey or her bey-bies) did not approve.
?I prefer Red Velvet and Purple Rain,? tweeted one underwhelmed non-fan. ?Cute, but it ain?t Blue Ivy,? said another.
In the end, the ?exclusive scoop? turned out to be bogus. While Bey and Jay have yet to publically confirm names or anything about their new additions, several more reliable sources have reported the names are Rumi and Sir, two names that, frankly, feel a lot more fitting for celebrity royalty.  .related-article-block{display:inline-block;width:300px;padding:.5rem;margin-left:.5rem;float:right;border:1px solid #ccc}@media (max-width: 525px){.related-article-block{float:none;display:block;width:280px;margin:0 auto 2rem}}

Twin power: 5 reasons Jay-Z and Beyoncé?s baby names are so on-trend

But when did naming your kid after yourself become a parenting faux pas"
First, a little backstory: The tradition of giving a child the name of his parent?technically known as a ?patronym??goes back seve...