Did you know that all Pixar films include a list of Production Babies in the credits? I didn’t either, until Nancy Friedman filled me in. (Thanks!)
According to The Globe and Mail, Production Babies are those born to anyone at Pixar “in the year before [a] film comes out.” For instance, Wall-E (2008) includes a list of 58 babies:
| Alexander & William, Amelie, Asher, Atlee, Ava, Avery, Berge, Cohen, Cora, Dillan, Dylan, Ellen, Emma-Brie, Emma Jane, Emma June, Esha, Evija, Flora, Friederich, Giorgia, Hailey, Harper & Griffin, Jack, Jackson & Parker, Jenna, Jonathan, Katie, Kayla, Keilani, Leila, Liam, Logan, Luca, Lucie, Maeve, Maya, Nasreen, Noah, Parisa, Peter, Phoenix, Reina, Sadie, Sequoia, Tais, Tessa, Tobian & Ellarudy, Tomas, Victoria, Violet, Violet Grace, Vivien, Vouk, Zumi |
And here are some Production Babies from years past…
- Bosco, Ciana, Elledale, Lotus, Zuhan – Ratatouille (2007)
- Finnegan, Lola-Renee, Milosh, Royal, Zazie – The Incredibles (2004)
- Dorri, Hanako, Oona, Tallulah, Yonatan – Finding Nemo (2003)
Have you spotted any interesting Production Baby names in the credits of other Pixar films (e.g. Toy Story, Cars, Monsters, Inc.)?
Thanks for the link, Nancy! By the way, “Yonatan” is simply the Hebrew transliteration and pronunciation of “Jonathan.” Definitely not an uncommon name in Israel!
Lielle was on Toy Story. I always loved that name, but could never get my hubby on board when we had our kids.
Just seen on Cars credits the following list of production babies
abigail, anna, ava, dana, eden, emily, eve, janine, joshua, kaia, lola, lucy, marie, michael, olivia, romy, ada, asa, ava, diego, eleanor, emma, finn, jean, julia, kathryn, luca, luke, max, nathan, paden, sam, theo, alther, asher, bastien, desmond, elsa, ethan, gracie, johnny, juni, kaylia, lucas, maggie, maya, nikki, paige, stephanie, zachary, alyssa, august, chris, dylan, emilia, evajoy, hazy, josh, kai, keaton, lucia, maren, michael, noah, rachel, sydney
and twins
kendra & kekor, thom & libby, matteo & jordan, ariana & miranda, joseph & paige.
apologies for not being alphabetical, I copied it in columns down instead of across which is how pixar had it.
Seems there were loads that year!
Donna, thanks so much for writing that all out and putting it here!
Wow, was Hazy really on there? Interesting. Wonder if it’s just a nickname for Hazel or something.
Just saw the movie ”Tangled” here is the list of production babies:
Aaron, Annabelle, Charlie, Charlotte, Clara ‘Ha-eun’, Emily-Grace, Felix, Gwyneth, Imre, Isaac, Jacob, James, Joanna, Joshua, Julia, Julien, Liam, Logan, Madeline, Mandal, Matisse, Paulina, Pranav, Ray, Rayden, Reagan, Samuel, Sebastian, Trecker
Thank you Bella!
Hi, here’s the Cars 2 list (including a triplets!):
Ace, Alexandra Lynn, Alexandra Ruby, Allison, Ally & Audrey & Sienna, Amelie Hong, Amelie Rose, Andrew John, Andrew Warren, Athena, Beatrix, Cameron, Cara, Carter William, Charlotte, Declan, Elena, Eli, Elisabeth, Ethan Ryan, Isla Grace, Isla Pearl, Jack Harper, Jack Wade, Jacob, Jaden Joseph, Jaide, Julia, Katie, London-Lee, Lucia, Lukas, Madaline, Margaret, Max, Medha, Miles, Nathan, Piper. Roman Lee, Roman Oliver, Ruby, Rylee, Scarlett, Scout & Olive, Sebastian, Shayla, Sophie, Stella, Summer, Tyler, Wes, Winn, Zenas, Zoya.
Phew, that was long… :)
Thanks Kalman! Much appreciated. :)
Here's the Dragon Age 2 game list if you are not interested in movies.
Demitri Hanil Alas, William C. Baldwin, Daniel Isaac Biason, Cadence Anne Marie Borstad, Saphira Danielle Burt, Audrey Rose Chaarani, Elsa Marie Darrah, Abigail Rose Girardin, Master Knuckey, Esq., Jeffrey Patrick Laidlaw, Abigail Kathryn Lidstone, Noah John McGruther, Nicolas Leonardo Melo, Christian Leif Milan, Blake Stephen Potter, Ava Erzebet Rideout, Dominic Damon Santos, Magdalena Sofronieva, Laura Margaret Thompson, Cayleigh Deborah Wambold, Zoey Zufelt
Thanks Tae!
Here are other lists for games.
Assassin's Creed 2
Julien Beaudette, Baby Boissard, Christophe Boivin, Kamiko Bostan, Khai Bostan, Eva Axelle Rose Cantin, Kiéra Cloutier, Jacob Champagne, Gaspard de Badereau, Alice Desilets, Jane Drouin, Baby Gaillard, Ève Gingras, Jules Guesdon, Malik Jeanson, Akio Noda, Alice Jane Lambert, Tristan Lambert, Baby Mennillo, Iván Mendez, Sofiya Mosiychuk, Felix Matelin Puel, Leena Sanoon, Lianne Simard, Justin Pelletier, Elle Raymond, Louis Richer, Jade St-Amant, Baby Stidham-Munier, Laurianne Tétreault, Eliot Thibault, Elena-Sovannitah Troufanov-Sin, Baby Lacroix
Rayman Origins
Eric Punset, Robin Tumelaire
In the credits of Rayman Origins, the blue letter O is replaced by a smiling face.
The section for Production Babies can have last names.
Yeah, and here are more baby names in game credits.
Mafia II: In the game credits this section is called New Kids Born During Development, and the names are in Czech.
Amélie Kotenová, Andrej Sedlák, Barbora Bulínová, Dan a Petra Kislingerovi, David a Viktor Šemíkovi, Dominik Lekovski, Jakub Fiala, Karolína K?ivánková, Klára Blahová, Klára Osi?ková, Klára Sv?tinská, Kryštof, Šimon a Vít Kneblovi, Old?ich Borovi?ka, Ond?ej Smílek, Martin Král, Mat?j H?ebí?ek, Nataniel a Izabela Mikšovi, Tadeáš Jaromír Dvo?ák, Tobiáš a Magadalena Klimundovi, Vojt?ch Šlápota, Zuzana Brzáková
More lists to come…