Aisling O’Loughlin has revealed the reason behind her newborn son’s name, Joseph.
The Xposé host, who gave birth to her third child last month, admitted that it took herself and husband Nicholas Mac Innes a long time to settle on a name for their newborn son.
“Nic and I wanted something meaningful for our newest addition, so by the time the little man arrived, a day early, by emergency C-section at Dublin’s Holles Street National Maternity Hospital, we still hadn’t settled on what we’d call him,” she said.
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“We’d toyed with Arthur, but with Mac Innes as a surname it sounded too much like Arthur Guinness. We tried Albert on for size, but it just didn’t stick, as much as we love the name.
“We liked Edward a lot but, again, it never quite felt right for our boy. So we waited to have a look at him before deciding,” she wrote in her column for RSVP Magazine.
“Thing is, on arrival, he looked like a little kitten, as did his two brothers previously, so it’s hard to go on a new face alone considering how much they can change within months.
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Although it took a while to decide upon a name, the finally agreed on the name Joseph, as it had a special meaning.
“Finally, a full week after birth, we settled on Joseph, as it runs in both our families, most importantly Marie-Josephe was a middle name for Nic’s recently deceased mother, Anne.
“It made perfect sense – although Nic doesn’t want to call him Joe. Good luck with that I say; I can’t stop myself! In Hebrew, Joseph means ‘he will add’, and already this little man has brought so much more love and happiness to our world, if not a little less sleep.
“We are thrilled to have him join the clan. Welcome little one,” she added.
