...Imagine my surprise when I double checked the People Magazine website, and found out... yes. It was Tripp. Tripp Easton Mitchell Johnston. Wow.

Tripp? Was this just a "Tr" name like Uncle Track and Uncle Trig? Did it mean something else? Why 2 "P"s?

Tripping is a hockey penalty. It's also a reference to drug use. Tripp's father is studying to be an electrician, so maybe tripping a circuit? Tripp can sometimes be a nickname for someone with a "III" after their name (triple), but not as a name unto itself... Hmm. We'll try another search.

How about the Urban Dictionary. (h/t Phil Munger at Progressive Alaska) The parents are young and hip... let's see what they mean. Maybe it means good looking, or cool, or, in the know...

or

Tripp: To engage in sexual intercourse with, usually while drunk or out of pure infatuation. Another word for having sex. She got drunk and tripped with him after the party.

(forehead on desk) I didn't want to see that. Really, I didn't. I wanted the baby to be named John Michael, or Timothy Paul, or Stanley Eric... I figured, kids rebel, right? Maybe she'll do exactly the opposite of what her parents did. But not this...