USHER - USHER WANTS A SON + PLANS TO CALL HIM USHER

USHER WANTS A SON + PLANS TO CALL HIM USHER

Father-to-be USHER is hoping his pregnant wife TAMEKA FOSTER gives birth to a boy because he's got his heart set on a male name for the unborn child - Usher. The R+B singer was born Usher Raymond and, if the unborn baby is a boy, he's hoping to continue a family tradition by passing on his name to another generation. Speaking to U.S. chat show host Ellen DeGeneres in an interview due to air on Tuesday (04Sep07), the 28-year-old says, "If it's a boy, I'm going to name him Usher. I'm hoping to name him that. "I'm the fourth. Usher Raymond IV. I just want to pass the name on. Maybe I'll change the middle name."