Nicolas Cage explains why his son is named Kal-El

Nicolas Cage explains why his son is named Kal-El
When Nicolas Cage and his wife Alice Kim found out they were expecting in early 2005, choosing a name for their baby boy to be was an issue for them. When he was born on October 3rd, many were left scratching their heads as Kal-El Coppola Cage was announced as the little one's name. Nicolas explains how he and Alice came up with the name for their son, now 16 months,

My wife wanted a unique name and originally I thought of the name Kyle and then she said, 'No, something more unusual but beautiful.' Then I remembered the old Superman comics and Kal-El was his original name on Krypton. So I wanted a name that stood for something good, was unique and American and that's all three. I just thought it was a beautiful name and it had kind of a magical ring to it.

Source: Starpulse

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  • I think that is an awesome name! I too named my son Kal-El, but I changed the spelling so it would have a ting of 'uniqness', if that's a word, about it. I spelled it Kahlel. He was born March 10 2006. I recall being in the hospital fr his birth and...
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