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Halle Berry Reveals Daughter's Name
Halle Berry and beau Gabriel Aubry have named their newborn daughter Nahla Ariela Aubry, her rep confirms to Usmagazine.com.
What's behind the name?
"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 tells Us. "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 big 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," says Satran. And Ariela's "Disney antecedent," she says, is Ariel in The Little Mermaid.
Berry and Aubry welcomed the girl Sunday.
Aubry’s sister, Eugenie, told Us he couldn’t contain his excitement when Berry went into labor.
“He called my father to say, ‘It's time! It's happening!’” Eugenie said. “She was about to give birth. He sounded a bit nervous but happy!”
So will their little girl be as gorgeous as mom and dad?
“I don’t know,” Eugenie says. “I have to meet her first to see if that’s true!”
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MrsRivera
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Re: Halle Berry Reveals Daughter's Name
Wasn't Nahla the name of Simba's girlfriend in the Lion King??? 
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igottabeme
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Wouldnt you like to know! ;)
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awww thats a pretty name
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| Posted 3/18/08 4:20 PM |
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love the name
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| Posted 3/18/08 4:35 PM |
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aww
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| Posted 3/18/08 4:42 PM |
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Posted by MrsRivera
Wasn't Nahla the name of Simba's girlfriend in the Lion King???
Thats the first thing I thought of!! 
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mamallama
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I think that's a beautiful name 
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| Posted 3/18/08 5:45 PM |
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Beautiful name for a beautiful baby girl!! 
And yes, if you read the article they purposely went with Nahla because of The Lion King and its African descent.
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| Posted 3/18/08 6:32 PM |
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As pretty as I think it sounds the first thing I thought of was a lion cub.....
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| Posted 3/18/08 8:34 PM |
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Katie111806
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very pretty
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| Posted 3/18/08 9:59 PM |
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MrsRivera
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Re: Halle Berry Reveals Daughter's Name
Posted by imthecindyofcindyandkevin
Beautiful name for a beautiful baby girl!!
And yes, if you read the article they purposely went with Nahla because of The Lion King and its African descent.
HAHA whoops. I guess I got bored before that point in the article.  
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| Posted 3/18/08 10:04 PM |
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Re: Halle Berry Reveals Daughter's Name
It's a pretty name, but all I can see is her showing us a cub
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| Posted 3/19/08 9:27 AM |
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I love love the name! It is beautiful!!!
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| Posted 3/19/08 9:30 AM |
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Re: Halle Berry Reveals Daughter's Name
So they named her after two Disney characters? Or was the article just grasping at straws?
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