M.I.A. Baby Name a Bit of a Sticky Ickitt (Again)

Sri Lankan singer's tirade against press proves to be a smoke screen

By Jefferson Reid Mar 21, 2009 11:30 PMTags
M.I.A.Kevin Mazur/Getty Images

Don't you love when stars spank the press for getting things wrong, and then it turns out later that the press really didn't get things wrong? OK, maybe it's just us. Usually these alleged wrongs later proven right are about breakups and rehab. But here's another whoop-de-doo case in point: Brit-born Sri Lankan singer M.I.A. naming her baby Ickitt.

You may recall that the recent new mom went all ballistic when the name was announced, saying in her MySpace blog, "My baby is not called Ickitt, Pickit or Lickit thank you very much to all the Hollywood press. Hes a baby, he don't need press!"

The only trouble is, the baby kinda is named Ickitt.

According to the birth certificate obtained by E! News, it turns out that the baby's name is actually not Ickitt, but Ikhyd. Yep, the spelling's a little different, but it's pronounced exactly the same. We stand corrected. But only on a homophonous technicality. Woot!