Blake Lively thinks her middle name is a bit riddikulus . During a recent interview with MTV UK alongside her “It Ends with Us” co-star, Isabela Ferrer, Lively revealed her unique middle name and, in doing so, compared it to a famous “Harry Potter” character. The reveal came about when Ferrer was tasked with guessing Lively’s full name.
After the “Gossip Girl” alum graciously gave Ferrer multiple chances to figure out her middle name, Lively gave up the goods — it’s Ellender. “What? Like, what?” said Lively as she mocked her middle name. Clearly puzzled by the name, Ferrer then asked Lively if it was pronounced “Ellendor,” to which Lively shot back, “I’m not Dumbledore, it’s Ellender.
Dumbledore, honestly, [is] probably a better option.” Lively added that she was always “confused” by the name and admitted she “hated” it growing up. “It’s not a name.
My mom, I think, made it up by accident,” she said. “It’s not a word, it doesn’t exist.” The “A Simple Favor” star did, however, admit that she has started to warm to Ellender thanks to her husband, fellow actor Ryan Reynolds, who “loved” the name upon learning it.
“He’s like, ‘It sounds like lavender,’ and I was like, ‘Ooh,’” Lively said. In February, Lively and Reynolds welcomed their fourth child , a boy named Olin, which is also a unique name. Prior to revealing Olin’s name last month , Reynolds was asked about his son’s name and whether it was buried somewhere in Taylor Swift ’s latest album, “The Tortured Poets Department,” during an appearance on “Today” in May .
Swift, who is close friends with Lively, mentioned the names of Lively and Reynolds’ other children — James, Inez and Betty — in her 2020 album, “Folklore.” “We always wait for Taylor to tell us what the child’s name is, and I’ll say this: We’re still waiting,” Reynolds joked at the time. Related From Our Partner.
