Halle Berry reveals daughter’s name
Hollywood star Halle Berry has revealed the name of her newborn daughter: Nahla Ariela Aubry.
Nahla – Berry’s first child with boyfriend Gabriel Aubry – was born Sunday.
“Nahla is the Arabic word for ‘drink of water’,” Pamela Redmond Satran, the co-author of The Baby Name Bible and Cool Names for Babies said. “Ariela is related to the Hebrew Ariel, which means ‘lion of god.’
“Nahla is one of those names that is occasionally found among people of African or Arabic descent, but isn’t commonly used in any particular culture,” she adds.
Both names also have a connection to the silver screen.
“Nala was the name of Simba’s lioness mate in Disney’s The Lion King, so it kind of has an African flavor as opposed to a genuine African pedigree,” Satran tells Us Weekly magazine.
A day after tot’s birth, Aubry’s sister, Eugenie, said, “It’s been a long time since we’ve had a new baby in the family. It’s very exciting.”
Berry first announced her pregnancy in September last year, when she was three months along.
