The arrival of Shay Mitchell’s second daughter and her subsequent baby name has us in tears. Not because it’s an unusual celebrity baby name, but because it symbolises a sweet family tribute.
This is one celebrity pregnancy that’s given us all the feels from the get-go, as Shay learned she was expecting at the same time she was grieving the loss of her beloved Grandma.
“I’m certain they spent time together and that brings me peace and joy,” Shay wrote when announcing her daughter’s arrival on Instagram.
And then, with a dagger to our heart, she shared the name. “We’re so happy you’re here Rome, named after my best friend, my soulmate, my “person,” my Grandma Romaine.”
In the photo, Shay is wearing a necklace bearing the same name, as her daughter rests her full head of hair under her chin. Look at that little fist!
This is Shay’s second child with long-term partner Matte Babel, after welcoming eldest daughter Atlas in 2019. When choosing the baby name for their firstborn, it was friends of the couple who suggested Atlas and their love of travel that cemented it.
And now, the sisters share names that are both worldly and otherwordly.
Were you named after a grandparent? What do you think of Shay Mitchell’s baby name?
That’s a lovely name.
What a sweet thing to do, I also quite like the name
I love it. It’s gorgeous and different.
Yes very original and I also like it.
So cute! Atlas and Rome aren’t names I had heard of before
I know of Atlas from Greek myths. Rome from mythology too
Were they Gods?
Same, I haven’t heard of them before as well.
Beautiful
Yes my middle name is Ecaterina, named after my paternal grandmother and I gave my daughter my late mums name as her middle name Virginia. I Shay’s baby’s name.
It is lovely to have family connections like this
That is so lovely.
What a sweet way to honour a family member
It is! I gave both our first two girls middle names that were in my Oma’s (grandmother’s) name and then with my third daughter she got her middle name from my first name.
I wasn’t named after my grandma’s/Oma’s but I was second born so my sister got that with a bit of a tweek to it so it sounded more modern and less Dutch.
Is Oma Dutch?
It is really nice she named her child the same name as her beloved grandmother.
Same, my name is my grandma’s ^^
So sweet!
Aww I love the name and the thought behind it all too. My middle name was after my grandfather that died before I was born. They just had to change the spelling to female and not the male version.
That’s a lovely tribute to your Grandfather. Lovely.
They’re both lovely names.
I was named after a grandparent . I love the name and the close family feel
My middle name is the same as my grandmother’s first name. If a family name was given to one of us kids then it was used as a middle name.
Very unusual name seems Celebrities seem to choose these kinds of names for their Babies. Glad that Shay Mitchell used her Grandmother’s Name Romaine.
I was named after my paternal grandmother. My youngest cousin named his daughter the same name.
So many people are named after loved ones of the parents. I like it.
That is very sweet.
That’s such a lovely tribute to her grandma
That really is lovely
A nice take on a tribute name.
I thought the necklace said Reme.
So special ❤️ I’d have gone with the full name Romaine – such a pretty name. But it’s not my baby! Her grandma would be so chuffed xx
I agree, the full name would have been wonderful.
Both are certainly different ‘travel’ names
so precious, the baby is.
Cute names!
Romaine is nicer than Rome, I’m not named after any relatives.
Congratulations on the birth and a lovely name.
It is lovely name.
Romaine is lovely – I wouldn’t have shortened it. Considering the price of lettuce, it’s quite a luxe name, haha!
I’m a Greek mythology buff, so I think of Atlas as masculine. Still, I don’t mind it as a girl’s name.
Oh my parents wanted to name me after my grandma.. thank god they didnt she has a really old fashioned arabic name
My daughter has my middle name which is also my Mum’s middle name and my grandmother’s name. Family names are really lovely
Congratulations and like the name too
love that cute name necklace
How lovely. All my girls have a little something about their names that connects them to beloved past family members.
That is lovely -One of my daughters has my sister’s name as a middle and now that she is no longer with us it is more special
Shay Mitchell, an actress and mother, and her longtime partner Matt Babel welcomed a new child, a girl they called Roma after Mitchell’s “person,” her grandmother. The Dollface actress shared her heartfelt remembrance of her late grandmother. https://dqfanfeedbackwin.info/
Actress and mother Shay Mitchell and longtime partner Matt Babel welcomed a new baby girl, daughter Roma, who is named after her grandma, Mitchell’s “person.” The Dollface actress posted her touching tribute to her late grandma https://www.walgreenslistens.me/
What is this link to?
That is very sweet.
Not sure about Atlas but love Rome
I have no idea who this person is??
Yes the name is special -so Lovely.