Joel Madden and Nicole Richie deliberately gave their baby son Sparrow an unusual name - to toughen him up at school. The couple welcomed their second child Sparrow James Midnight Madden in September.

Madden has revealed the name was inspired by legendary Johnny Cash song A Boy Named Sue, which recounts the difficulties facing a man who is given a woman’s name.

The Good Charlotte star admits Sparrow is likely to get picked on at school because of his strange moniker - but he’s convinced the experience will be character-building.

He tells Britain’s OK! Magazine, “It reminded me of the Johnny Cash song A Boy Named Sue. My worry raising a son in Hollywood is, what will he have to struggle for? I wanted to give him a name that he’s going to have to stand up for. I love it.”

The couple is also parents to daughter Harlow Winter Madden, 21 months.

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Joel Madden took to the Good Charlotte website to announce that no, he did not marry Nicole Richie, the mother of his two children, as was reported earlier this week.

i keep getting emails from old friends and family asking about a wedding. NO we didn’t get married.

But he will marry her, he tells Ryan Seacrest.

“Obviously, marriage is in our future,” Madden told Ryan Seacrest on his KIIS-FM radio show. “I don’t know when or where or how, but right now our priority is our family and is the baby.”

The singer added: “That’s all we’ve been thinking about. We are in love and are really happy.”

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Joel Madden and his adorable and growing daughter Harlow Madden enjoyed some father daughter time at a Los Angeles, CA area farmer’s market on August 30, 2009.

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Nicole Richie, super preggers, lunching with boyfriend and baby daddy Joel Madden in Beverly Hills. The couple was with another dude, opting to hit the posh Polo Lounge.

Nic, who hasn’t officially announced her due date or her plans to find out the gender of kid No. 2, is looking large and in charge with a “high” baby bump, a fellow patron of the hotel tells us. “She must have a little over a month left.”

Could Harlow be getting a younger sis? Well…

…all the myths do say high means girl, and we’re told Nic has the same belly as before.

The former Paris party pal was dressed in a long purple bohemian dress, looking “healthy and glowing.” Why didn’t Ms. Hilton ever go this route? Oh yeah, because she’s still slumming it with her Hills leftovers. We’re so Team Richie—having a baby onboard totally suits her.

We hear Nicole’s pregnancy cravings must be kicking in big time, ’cause the gal strolled into the fancy eatery with a Jamba Juice in hand.

“She looked really tired,” our eyes tell us.

Supposedly N.R.’s BF and his male companion were chatting the whole time, while an unusually silent Nicole played on her phone. “Even Joel seemed to look a bit concerned about how worn-out she was.” By the way, the word wedding was dropped at the meal.

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Joel Madden was left fuming during a weekend visit to a farmers’ market in Los Angeles, when a fellow shopper insulted his one-year-old daughter by comparing her to a dog.
He explains on his Twitter.com blog, “Harlow and I went to the farmers’ market today… We had fun. Best part? Watching this lady freak out. I’ll explain.
“They wouldn’t let her dog run around. They said it was a health violation. She then looks at Harlow and other little kids around and says…. ‘Look at these kids! They’re more of a health violation than my dog!’ And I said, ‘Lady, I’ll drop kick that lil’ mutt if you don’t shut it.’”

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Nicole Richie and Joel Madden are already the proud parents of an adorable 16-month-old daughter, Harlow, and now, they’re getting ready for the arrival of a bouncing baby boy in August, a friend tells In Touch.

“Joel bought water-based paint for the nursery and — surprise, surprise — it’s blue,” reveals another pal of the couple, who adds that Nicole refers to the baby as “he.”

“Plus, she recently ordered some plush animals and infant toys from FAO Schwarz, and everything just happens to be blue.”

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