It definitely could have been worse.....

The Beckhams have announced the name of their new baby daughter and, as with every Beckham arrival, there's been much comment about the choice.

Well, they were never going to call her Jane were they although I did wonder if there might have been a Chanel in there somewhere. Actually I think the child got off relatively lightly with Harper although Seven is something else, just makes me think of the film of the same name that gave me the heebie jeebies for weeks.

Harper Seven Beckham doesn't exactly trip off the tongue and does sound rather like a stop somewhere near Walthamstow on the London Underground but, hey, each to their own.

I like to think VB and Goldenboots have come over all literary and have named their new arrival after Harper Lee, author of the classic To Kill a Mockingbird, although I suspect not. According to the American press, the Beckhams have said that Harper is 'an old English name'. Er, no it's not, well maybe as a surname perhaps. I wonder if it crossed their minds though that if anyone tries to shorten their daughter's name, as is bound to happen, the poor child is going to go through life as Harpy.....

At the other extreme Claudia Winkleman has shown that not all celebs lean towards eclectic names by naming her new baby son, Arthur.

But even the Beckhams can't come close to my current all-time favourite, Laurel-Ann Hardie......