John Legend reveals the sweet meaning behind his daughter Esti’s name
Legendary JohnThe newborn baby’s name turned out to be a happy coincidence.
The couple “All of Me” singers Chrissy Teigen welcome third child, daughter Esti Maxine Stephens, on January 13. And even though John said privately E! News reporter Courtney Lopez that the name was Chrissy’s idea, it ended up with a surprising family connection.
As he revealed on the February 1 episode of E! News (airs at 11 p.m. tonight), “As it turns out, my great-grandmother’s name is Esther.”
John explains: “I didn’t mean to go after someone, but once Chrissy told me the idea, I thought, ‘Oh, my great-grandmother’s name is Esther.'”
Esti’s middle name is also related to another relative of John. The 44-year-old said: “We wanted to give her her middle name Maxine after my grandmother, whose middle name is Maxine. “So that’s a lot of my family in the name.”
John and Chrissy—who also share a daughter Moonlight6 and son Mile4—announced that she is pregnant with her third baby in August 2022two years after Chrissy miscarried in October 2020.