I wondered the same thing. Wasn't she reading an Fitgerald novel in a previous season. Also, the choice would be perfect since Fitzgerald wrote about "The American Dream," "Search for Identity" etc.

Maybe. I made that connection too, but I'm not sure if Betty is a Fitzgerald fan per se? She was indeed reading one of his books in Season 2's "Three Sundays", but that was only after 'Stable Boy' mentioned the short story "A Diamond As Big As The Ritz" re: his fiancee.

Betty reminds me a little bit of Daisy Buchanan in "The Great Gatsby" in some ways.

bluegirl. of course! Daisy. I just could not put my finger on it. THANKS!

scott was a very trendy name in the early to mid sixties.

Deep Dish-- you're welcome! Don definitely has some strong similarities to Gatsby, too, don't you think? Handsome outsider infilitrating a more privileged world, etc.

Samg-- I didn't know Scott was a popular boy's name in the 60s. I tend to think of it as a little bit more current because I knew a lot of boys named Scott growing up in the 80s and 90s. It must have been one of those cyclical things, like it is with most names' popularity.

I wonder if Don and Betty will keep calling little Eugene Scott "Gene" or perhaps eventually give him his own nickname to distinguish him from Grandpa? It occurred to me that the baby's name might be extra-uncomfortable for poor Sally (not that anyone will notice or care). It's only been 2 weeks since Grandpa Gene passed away and here comes new baby brother Gene.

I'll bet they call him by his middle name, Scott.

I have a cousin named Scott, born in 1956.

I think that name is going to keep Betty sad, too, along with Sally. They should have used Eugene as the middle name for everyone's sake, especially the baby's. Don should step in and save the baby from being stuck forever with such an old-fashioned name. He knows his own name wasn't chosen with his future in mind either.

I think F. Scott Fitzgerald as the source of Scott is very plausible. Agree that we'll probably never know for sure. Betty might have seen it on a roll of paper towels for all we know. lol. As we have noticed, she's not thinking too clearly lately.

midcenturymod - I can totally understand where Betty is coming from in naming the baby after her father, but I agree it might be a little awkward for the kid. My aunt gave birth to her youngest child almost exactly a year after her father (my grandfather) died. She gave her son her father’s name, even though it’s an odd name from the old country (Finland) that pretty much everyone mispronounces. She wanted to honor her father, but I think my cousin goes by his initials at school in order to avoid getting heckled for it.

The kid will probably go by his middle name. When he's an adult maybe he'll go by E. Scott Draper (similar to F. Scott Fitzgerald, no?).

Baby Draper can go by either Gene (as in Gene Autry) or Scott if the name Gene bugs Don. Remember, Don probably still thinks of Grandpa Gene as a son of a bitch (even if he wasn't in the same class of SOB as Arch Whitman.)

But then the amount of love(?) shared between Grandpa Gene and Don was mutual.