THE WORLD WAITS with bated breath for singer-rapper MIA to release the name of her baby boy, born last month. We know it’s not Ickett, as was widely and wrongly reported. This weekend, MIA took to her blog to denounce the fabrication, in all caps no less: “MY BABY IS NOT CALLED ICKITT, PICKIT OR LICKIT THANK YOU VERY MUCH.”

So what will Mathangi Arulpragasam name the baby she had with musician Ben Brewer? Doesn’t sound like she’s got one picked out and Mowgli’s already taken. TMM has a few suggestions.

Let’s start with the obvious: POW, as in MIA-POW. Or Lil’ Tiger, after the baby’s Tamil Tiger grandfather. Both are probably a tad militant now that MIA has ditched the terrorist chic and gone mainstream. Which leaves us with a name that’s both a nod to the baby’s hip-hop and Sri Lankan heritage, a name that even DeLon could love. Ladies and gents, pimps and pin-ups, introducing the littlest MC, Chai T.

UPDATE: MIA named her baby, Ikhyd Edgar Arular Bronfman. •