Benedict Cumberbatch's fiancée Sophie Hunter is pregnant, which means that in a number of months, the world will have another Cumberbatch!
Excited? You're not alone! There are plenty of Cumberbitches freaking out, too! Although, when Benedict's baby-to-be inevitably has his or her own fan base, the Imitation Game star would prefer these admirers refer to themselves as something without "bitch" in the title.
Reason being? On Wednesday's Ellen DeGeneres Show, Benedict said the term Cumberbitch makes him "squirm a little bit." He was also quick to point out that he didn't give his fans that name! "I definitely didn't," he said. "That's part of my problem with it. I just went, 'Ladies, this is wonderful. I'm very flattered, but has this not set feminism back a little bit? Empower yourselves if you're going to get silly about a guy with maybe a little bit more of a sort of you know a high-regard, self-regarding name!'"
"But yeah, they were very sweet," he went on. "They wrote back and were like, 'Well we didn't mean any harm to feminism! We're just having a little bit of fun with your name.'"
Cumberbatch is a great name, but the dad-to-be agreed with Ellen that he and Sophie "have to be careful with the first name" of their little one when it's being paired with last name like that. From there, Ellen went over a variety of suggestions, and believe it or not, Benedict seemed quite receptive to some of her baby name ideas!
What does he think of Ingelburg Cumberbatch? Or, how about Glockenspiel? Maybe even Carl Cumberbatch? Watch the clip above to see what Benedict has to say about all of these names and so much more!