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Syd and Shea McGee’s newborn daughter Margot’s name has a special meaning — and a subtle connection to their two older girls.
TheDream Home Makeoverstarsopened up exclusively to PEOPLE aboutwelcoming their third little girlin this week’s issue and shared some insight into choosing her name.
“I’ve always liked the name, but I loved that it means pearl in French. And I just felt like, oh, she’s going to be the little pearl in our family,” says Shea, 36. The translation also means the name has a link to nature, just like their other daughters, Wren, 8, and Ivy, 5.
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The Netflix stars also took a practical approach when making their name list. “For me, I had to test to make sure it sounded good with McGee,” Shea adds. “And honestly, once I said ‘Margot McGee,’ Syd was like, that’s it.”
Once they both agreed on the choice they told Wren and Ivy. “The girls started calling her that. And so there was no going back,” Shea explains. “We’ve known for a while, we weren’t going to change it because everyone had been referring to her as Margot since pretty early on.”
Wren and Ivy couldn’t come to the hospital for Shea’s delivery due to COVID-19 restrictions, but the girls couldn’t wait to meet their new sibling. When they arrived home, Shea says, “They came bolting in the door and ran straight for the couch so that they could hold her.”
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The couplerevealed that they were expecting againin a January PEOPLE cover story. Margot arrived via a planned C-section on July 18.
source: people.com
