The Story Behind Drew Barrymore's Kids' Names Is So Cute

Drew Barrymore was just a child herself when she became a household name, appearing in Steven Spielberg's E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial in 1982 at the age of 7. The film, the year's highest-grossing, launched Barrymore into a different stratosphere of fame. Things haven't always been smooth-sailing for the actress since, as she detailed in her autobiography Little Girl Lost. But she seems more content than ever, particularly as a mom. So, who are the lucky kids in Barrymore's life, and who do they call Dad? Here's what to know about Barrymore's brood.

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How many kids does Drew Barrymore have?

Drew Barrymore has two children, daughters Olive and Frankie, with art investor Will Kopelman.

What are Drew Barrymore's kids' names?

Drew Barrymore's daughters' names are Olive and Frankie.

Olive Kopelman

Olive Barrymore Kopelman was born on Sept. 26, 2012. On an episode of The Ellen Degeneres Show 10 weeks after Olive was born, Barrymore revealed the inspiration for the name.

"I was reading a book with my husband," Barrymore told Degeneres. "I was three months pregnant, and they said your baby is the size of an olive, and that was it. We never looked back."

Frankie Barrymore Kopelman

Fittingly, Barrymore returned to Ellen to explain the name "Frankie" two years later, after the birth of her second daughter on April 22, 2014.

“Every [name] started sounding like a color or a food,” Barrymore quipped. “I love the name Pepper so much, but we were like, ‘Olive and Pepper. Like that’s two things you find in a pantry.’”

Ultimately, it appears it was a matter of fate.

“It was just a name that came to my husband and I a few months before she was born, and we were sort of like, ‘I think this is it,’” Barrymore said. “And then we gave ourselves the room to change our mind, but we never did. Not the most interesting story.”

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Who does Drew Barrymore have kids with?

Barrymore shares her two children, Olive and Frankie, with art investor Will Kopelman. Kopelman's father, Arie L. Kopelman, was once the COO at Chanel. Barrymore and Kopelman began dating in 2011, announced their engagement in 2012 and tied the knot on June 2, 2012, in California. The couple split in 2016.

Barrymore has been open about how hard she took the divorce, particularly with respect to how it might impact her children.

“I know from not growing up with any family whatsoever that that was the last thing I wanted to do for my daughters,” Barrymore told TODAY's Willie Geist. “I think that’s why I took it so hard. It was like, ugh, the ultimate promise I wanted to make with you and for you was to have this amazing family...And there’s something not working that isn’t livable. How tragic is that?”

How old was Drew Barrymore when she had her kids?

Barrymore was 37 when she had her first daughter, Olive, in September 2012, and 39 when she had her second, Frankie, in April 2014.

Are Drew Barrymore's kids in the acting business?

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The two aren't officially into acting, but they have gotten some air time on Mom's platforms. In December 2020, Olive gave her mother tips on what to say when they saw Barrymore's Flower Beauty line in CVS.

"You should say, 'I just found the biggest Flower Beauty collection at CVS, and it is the most prettiest collection that I've ever seen,'" said Olive, whose nickname is "Bear."

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Barrymore's youngest daughter, Frankie, was born on Earth Day. She voiced a segment for The Drew Barrymore Show in 2021, which also appeared on Mom's Instagram, revealing that her birthday wish was for people to help the planet.

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How is Drew Barrymore raising her kids?

At an event to announce her partnership with Shutterfly in 2016, Barrymore described her parenting style as "over-achiever, for sure. And never taking it for granted, and really relishing every single day and minute that I can. I'm so unjaded about the process."

She's also been honest about how difficult parenting can be, particularly as someone who largely had to parent herself as a child.

"All those parents who have it all together, and they’ve got hygiene and nutrition and schedules and boundaries, God bless you," Barrymore said on the podcast Chicks in the Office. "I didn’t know any of that stuff when I had my kids."

“I did not have the blueprint and I felt like a failure a lot," she continued. "I felt really overwhelmed and like, ‘I don’t know what I’m doing… I don’t know what I’m doing and I’m gonna have to learn on the job.'”

These days, she says she's happily co-parenting with her ex and his new wife. As she revealed in an episode of her talk show, “Although we might not be married anymore, and he’s even married with his beautiful new wife Allie [Michler], our wonderful step-mother, we’re in a daily engagement and our relationship has never been better."

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