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John Legend Reveals Meaning Behind Daughter Esti's Name
John Legend's newborn baby's sanction turned retired to beryllium a blessed coincidence.
The "All of Me" vocalist and woman Chrissy Teigen welcomed their 3rd child, girl Esti Maxine Stephens, on Jan. 13. And though John exclusively told E! News analogous Courtney Lopez that the name was Chrissy's idea, it ended up having a astonishing household connection.
As helium revealed connected the Feb. 1 occurrence of E! News (airing contiguous astatine 11 p.m.), "It turns out, my great-grandmother was named Esther."
"It wasn't intentionally aft someone," John explained, "but erstwhile Chrissy told maine that idea, I was like, 'Oh, my great-grandmother's sanction was Esther.'"
Esti's mediate sanction besides shares ties to different 1 of John's relatives. "We wanted to already sanction her mediate sanction Maxine aft my grandmother, whose mediate sanction was Maxine," the 44-year-old shared. "So, it's a batch of my household successful the name."
John and Chrissy—who besides stock girl Luna, 6, and lad Miles, 4—announced they were expecting babe No. 3 in August 2022, 2 years aft Chrissy experienced a gestation nonaccomplishment in October 2021.
"The past fewer years person been a blur of emotions to accidental the least, but joyousness has filled our location and hearts again," Chrissy wrote connected Instagram Aug. 3. Addressing her IVF journey, the prima added, "1 cardinal shots aboriginal (in the limb lately, arsenic u tin see!) we person different connected the way."
And a mates of days aft becoming a household of five, the arrogant parents announced the sanction and enactment of their caller bundle of joyousness on Jan. 19. Posting a photograph of her 3 kids unneurotic connected Instagram, Chrissy wrote, "She's here! Esti Maxine Stephens – the location is bustling and our household could not beryllium happier."
"Daddy shed nightly tears of joyousness seeing Luna and Miles truthful afloat of love, and I americium learning you inactive request diapers with a c section!?" Chrissy continued. "We are successful bliss. Thank you for each the emotion and good wishes – we consciousness it all!"
On apical of being a caller dad, John also conscionable launched his brand-new, unisex skincare enactment Loved01. And, arsenic The Voice manager elaborate to E! News, creating a skincare enactment for radical of colour has go his caller passionateness project.
"Far excessively often, those tegument types are ignored oregon understudied, nether researched erstwhile it comes to processing and formulating skincare products," helium said of his caller business. "And so, we each felt that was a spread that needed to beryllium addressed and that we could make a caller merchandise whose ngo was to code that spread and to bash it successful a mode that was truly accessible and affordable for people."
Hear much from John connected E! News contiguous astatine 11 p.m. connected E!.
John's unisex skincare enactment Loved01 (@loved01skin) is disposable now on Loved01.com and astatine CVS stores nationwide and CVS.com.
Watch E! News weeknights Monday done Thursday astatine 11 p.m., lone connected E!.
