Moroccan Scott & Monroe Cannon: Mariah Carey's Twin Babies

NEW YORK -- Mariah Carey and Nick Cannon have revealed the names they've picked out for their newborn boy and girl: Moroccan and Monroe.

The couple chose to name their son Moroccan Scott Cannon after the Moroccan-inspired decor of the top tier of Carey's New York City apartment. The so-called Moroccan Room is also where Cannon proposed. They picked the middle name Scott since it's both Cannon's middle name as well as his grandmother's maiden name.

The couple named their daughter Monroe Cannon after Marilyn Monroe, who has inspired Carey. Unlike her brother, Monroe doesn't have a middle name because Carey doesn't have one either.

Carey and Cannon's twins were delivered Saturday in Los Angeles. The pair got married in 2007 after a whirlwind romance.

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[MissRoseNylund]

11:23 AM on 05/07/2011

A Morroccan Cannon is one of the weapons found at Bin Laden's compound.

[dovelove]

08:50 PM on 05/05/2011

I read somewhere that they're already calling him Rocco.

[AllowMeToObserve]

08:41 PM on 05/05/2011

Wait, didn't she name "the twins" long ago? Left B00b and Right B00b. Okay, okay, I know. Tacky. Just havin' some fun. Congrats to the new mom and dad.

[mannequin]

06:53 PM on 05/05/2011

Morocco would have been better than Moroccan.

[dovelove]

08:48 PM on 05/05/2011

Yes, it would.

[DarkKarma]

05:54 PM on 05/05/2011

How about "Yu's Be's His Daddy", and "Yu's Be's His Daddy" ?

This vessel had so much juice dumped into it, that there is no way she can know !

[Alise 28]

05:02 PM on 05/05/2011

YUCK names

[LittleRedEngine]

04:08 PM on 05/05/2011

Monroe?!!!!! For a girl. As "girlie" as Mariah is with her high heels, glitter, etc.. (i love girlie things btw..) how could she give her daughter such a masculine name??!!!

[EStreetShuffler]

04:48 PM on 05/05/2011

My kids have so many female classmates with last names for first names it's almost comical -- Taylor, Parker, Cassidy, Bailey, Madison, Morgan, Delaney, Harper... No Monroes, but maybe that will be the next big thing.

It reminds of when Letterman was asking Bruce Willis about the names of his kids, Rumer, Scout, etc. And Bruce said he deferred to Demi Moore on the names. He said, "I don't know, Dave. When I was I kid, girls were named Patty, Debbie, Jenny. There was nothing wrong with those names."

[LittleRedEngine]

05:17 PM on 05/05/2011

What interesting is I love all of the "last names" that you mentioned :)

Maybe Monroe will just need to grow on me!

Heck, they aren't my kids! Thank goodness. lol

[crossoverwriter]

01:29 PM on 05/05/2011

I like Monroe for a girl, but um, Moroccan, really?? Call the boy Scott, please!

[ButterFlyGirlFly]

01:05 PM on 05/05/2011

Why didn't she just name them Dick and Jane.

[theaustralian]

11:51 AM on 05/05/2011

Mariah carey is a multimillionaire, she could call her children faeces and urine and they'd still be better off then most american children living on the poverty line.

[EStreetShuffler]

11:39 AM on 05/05/2011

Moroccan Cannon????

Sounds like a tiki bar drink or an old Errol Flynn pirate movie.

[catgirl666]

11:10 AM on 05/05/2011

I hope somebody gets the joke.

[EStreetShuffler]

11:37 AM on 05/05/2011

I see you working.

I'm sure Nick has given the twins a few nicknames through the years.

[catgirl666]

11:09 AM on 05/05/2011

Yeah, but what has she named the babies? :)

[Xgal08]

10:56 AM on 05/05/2011

Monroe is cute for a girl. I like it. But, I wouldn't be surprised if Moroccan goes by his middle name Scott when gets older or Mo.

[CeeLee]

10:41 AM on 05/05/2011

Why would anyone hang that kind of moniker on a human being?