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By Kat Giantis
MSN Entertainment
All those who predicted Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin would go with another fruit-related moniker for their new arrival were way off the mark. Instead, Apple's mom and dad went Biblical.
The Oscar winner, 33, and her Coldplay frontman hubby, 29, welcomed a healthy baby boy named Moses Martin this weekend in New York, her publicist confirms to MSN Entertainment.
There's already speculation that the holy appellation was inspired by Coldplay's song of the same name, which Martin reportedly wrote for Gwyneth. Sample lyric: "Come on now, don't you want to see?/This thing that's happening to me/ Like Moses has power over sea/So you've got power over me/Come on now, don't you want to know?/ You're a refuge, somewhere I can go/You're air that, air that I can breathe, 'cause you're my golden opportunity."
Whatever the reason behind the tyke's tag, the happy parents should expect plenty of punny headlines (e.g. "Let my pacifier go" or -- oy -- "Thou shalt not shrill") in the coming weeks, along with a plethora of blue-hued Moses baskets.
At least the little guy will have big sister Apple to deflect some of the teasing on the playground, although given the spate of oddball celebrity names in recent years (from Julia Roberts' twins Phinnaeus and Hazel to Penn Jillette's daughter Moxie Crimefighter to Jason Lee's son Pilot Inspektor), Moses now seems almost run-of-the-mill.
Paltrow, who confirmed her pregnancy in January, has made no secret of her desire to expand her brood, and has repeatedly gushed about how the May 2004 arrival of Apple -- whose cuteness factor rivals the Jolie-Pitt tots -- transformed her.
"It's just incredible," she told Oprah. "You have a baby and it just changes everything. In one minute you just are completely redefined. I swear, that well of emotion, it's just inexplicable. I just felt like my life is forever changed...It's like a whole new dimension in emotion that I've never experienced. It's crazy."
She also raved about the joys of mommyhood back in September, when she was still in the early stages of pregnancy.
"Having Apple has changed everything for me," Gwyneth told to the London
Mirror. "It's changed the way I see the world -- I feel like it's even changed
my DNA. She's such a good girl and so reasonable. I've never ever raised my
voice or lost my patience with her once...It's a good time in my life. It's like
I won the lottery. I feel very blessed."
