The name of Peppa Pig’s new baby sister has been announced and while some fans are thrilled, others are horrified to learn their child will have the same name as the little piglet
A woman has been left feeling awkward after learning her daughter will have the exact same baby name as Peppa Pig’s new baby sister. The excitement surrounding Mummy Pig’s third child swept through the internet, with a pregnancy announcement, followed by a gender reveal and finally the announcement of the birth and name of Peppa Pig’s little sister on ITV’s ‘Good Morning Britain’ today (May 20).
The writers disclosed that the new piglet will be called Evie, sharing she was even ‘born in the same hospital as the Royal offspring of Prince William and Princess Catherine’. However, one Reddit user expressed displeasure with the naming coincidence, writing: “I’m due in July and just found out out planned name is the same as Peppa Pig’s new sister.
“Peppa Pig’s little sister is going to be called Evie, with our planned name being Evelyn, nickname Evie.
“I was a little freaked out at first given how pervasive Peppa Pig is in the culture but now I’m starting to see some humour in it. It will be fine right? It’s a popular enough name I think.”
One commenter reassured the mum: “It’s a kid show, so the only association will be with parents and kids I think. Kids will think it’s cool, parents won’t care. Evelyn is a popular, generally accepted name with a long enough history.”
Another chimed in saying: “I think this is Mr and Mrs Pig following the crowd rather than them starting a trend – the association will be there, but (like with George) no one’s going to think you named your child after a cartoon pig.”
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A third user commented: “Why can the pig family not name their kids all starting with P? The Zebras manage it. As for your name, I’d say you’ll be ok, kids grow out of Peppa Pig by age four or so and it’s a normal enough name anyway”.
Another piped up with personal insight, saying: “My brother is George born in mid/late 00s so fully in the time of everyone our age watching Peppa Pig, got the odd comment here and there but nothing crazy.”
A final person also reflected: “I’ve never heard of a girl called Peppa though. I thought about that recently, because Peppa Pig is so big. Evelyn is a beautiful name and I don’t think she’ll have any problem if that’s the new pig family baby’s name.”
Over on X (formerly Twitter), Good Morning Britain celebrated the porcine addition saying: “She’s here! Mummy Pig has given birth to a beautiful baby girl. Welcome to the world, Evie!”.
An excited parent shared: “My daughter Evie has turned six today and this has made her day.”
While another rejoiced: “Finally some good news.”
Someone else chimed in: “Lovely news, just in time for children getting ready for school.”
Meanwhile, a viewer couldn’t contain their amusement expressing: “Utterly obsessed with GMB going from a serious interview to announcing Mummy Pig has had her baby.”
