--- title: Baby Giraffe Born at Cincinnati Zoo, Name Ideas Accepted On Facebook description: They're currently accepting name suggestions canonical: https://time.com/79737/baby-giraffe-cincinnati-zoo/ author: Samantha Grossman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-04-28T21:00:38.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-05-11T04:48:42.101Z og:title: Meet the Adorable Baby Giraffe Who Was Just Born at the Cincinnati Zoo og:description: They're currently accepting name suggestions og:url: https://time.com/79737/baby-giraffe-cincinnati-zoo/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt129213e9352e178b/69868cdbe53aba77734d2507/giraffebirth-181.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: giraffebirth 181 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Meet the Adorable Baby Giraffe Who Was Just Born at the Cincinnati Zoo twitter:description: They're currently accepting name suggestions twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt129213e9352e178b/69868cdbe53aba77734d2507/giraffebirth-181.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Meet the Adorable Baby Giraffe Who Was Just Born at the Cincinnati Zoo by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Apr 28, 2014 9:00 PM UTC  Cincinnati Zoo by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Apr 28, 2014 9:00 PM UTC Early this morning, a giraffe named Tessa gave birth to a female calf at the Cincinnati Zoo. As it turns out, baby giraffes are really, really cute. The healthy, 125-pound calf hasn’t received a name yet, and the zoo is currently accepting suggestions on its [Facebook page](https://www.facebook.com/cincinnatizoo). Personally, I’m feeling Ellie (full name: Eleanor Roosevelt), Maggie (full name: Margaret Thatcher), Leslie (full name: Leslie Knope), or Hillz (full name: Hillary Rodham Clinton.) I’d also be okay if she were named Banana Pudding. In fact, yes, I think we should definitely name her Banana Pudding. The zoo is only taking suggestions through Tuesday, April 29, so act fast. They’ll announce the final four choices on May 1 for a public vote. Just look at her, hanging out with her mom. Doesn’t she totally look like a Banana Pudding, or at least a Hillz?  ???????????????????????????????????? Cincinnati Zoo ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/79737/baby-giraffe-cincinnati-zoo/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/79737/baby-giraffe-cincinnati-zoo/"},"headline":"Meet the Adorable Baby Giraffe Who Was Just Born at the Cincinnati Zoo","datePublished":"2014-04-28T21:00:38.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T04:48:42.101Z","description":"They're currently accepting name suggestions","url":"https://time.com/79737/baby-giraffe-cincinnati-zoo/","keywords":["Newsfeed","animals","Ohio","Cincinnati"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt129213e9352e178b/69868cdbe53aba77734d2507/giraffebirth-181.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Samantha Grossman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt129213e9352e178b/69868cdbe53aba77734d2507/giraffebirth-181.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"giraffebirth 181","caption":"","creditText":"Cincinnati Zoo","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/79737/baby-giraffe-cincinnati-zoo/","name":"Meet the Adorable Baby Giraffe Who Was Just Born at the Cincinnati Zoo"}}]}] ```