Get all your news in one place.
100’s of premium titles.
One app.
Start reading
Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
Entertainment
Mollie Quirk

Chrissy Teigen's baby son's name carries sweet meaning for the family after heartbreak

Chrissy Teigen today announced the heartwarming news that she welcomed her fourth child with her husband John Legend.

Not only did the model, 37, reveal the news with a sweet photo of her son, as well as an emotional message about her surrogacy journey - but she also revealed her new son's name and the sweet meaning it carries.

Chrissy and singer John Legend, 44, welcomed their daughter Esti in January and are also parents to Luna Simone, 6, and Miles Theodore, 4.

With them now welcoming baby Wren Alexander Stephens, and revealing the meaning behind his adorable name.

The model and her singer husband welcomed baby Wren on June 19 via surrogate, with her announcing the news in a sweet post on Instagram on Wednesday.

Chrissy gushed over her surrogate and revealed that she had inspired her newborn's name (chrissyteigen/Instagram)

In the sweet post, which comprised of snaps of her newborn and her surrogate, Chrissy also shared slides with lengthy paragraphs on them.

Explaining why she chose to use a surrogate, Chrissy spoke of how she always wanted to have four children before detailing their journey.

Talking her followers through the surrogacy journey she and John embarked on, Chrissy swooned over the "incredible gift" that her surrogate gave them.

Proudly revealing the sweet moniker of her newborn son, Chrissy explained how it linked to the name of their surrogate.

Chrissy gushed that the name they had given their new baby boy, Wren Alexander Stephens, who will be "forever connected" to their surrogate who is named Alexandra.

Chrissy and John have suffered heartbreak in the past (chrissyteigen/Instagram)

In her lengthy statement, which revealed the birth of baby Wren and the meaning behind his name, Chrissy spoke of how she and John were successful with IVF for their baby girl Esti at the same time they found the perfect surrogate.

"I knew she was a perfect match for us the moment we spoke to her.

"All our wishes and dreams aligned. I wanted to be her friend, I wanted our children to play, I wanted dinner together, I wanted to lay my head on her belly and be able to feel the hiccups and kicks. I wanted them to be in our lives for as long as time would allow," she gushed.

Baby Wren's full name has a sweet meaning (chrissyteigen/Instagram)

Elsewhere in the sweet post, Chrissy spoke of how their surrogate had to go through "surgeries to get scar tissue cleared" and noted the "mental toll" it took on her too.

"As we crept toward the safe zone of my own pregnancy, we were overjoyed to learn Alexandra had become pregnant with a little boy. Our little boy," Chrissy emotionally revealed.

She then spoke of how she and her surrogate ate hot pot to celebrate and watched Vanderpump Rules with their growing bellies as their families blended "into one".

The model, 37, and singer John Legend, 44, welcomed their daughter Esti in January and are also parents to Luna Simone, 6, and Miles Theodore, 4.

The couple revealed in September 2020 that they had lost their son Jack at 20 weeks as a result of a pregnancy complication.

The couple welcomed their baby daughter Esti mere months ago, with them now overjoyed to have welcomed a son (AFP via Getty Images)

Last year, Chrissy revealed that it took her more than a year to realise she had a life-saving abortion, not a miscarriage as she had previously labelled the loss of her son.

She said: "Two years ago, when I was pregnant with Jack, John and I had to make a lot of difficult and heartbreaking decisions. It became very clear around halfway through that he would not survive, and that I wouldn’t either without any medical intervention."

She added: "Let’s just call it what it was: It was an abortion. An abortion to save my life for a baby that had absolutely no chance. And to be honest, I never, ever put that together until, actually, a few months ago."

* Follow Mirror Celebs on Snapchat, Instagram, Twitter and Facebook.

Sign up to read this article
Read news from 100’s of titles, curated specifically for you.
Already a member? Sign in here
Related Stories
Top stories on inkl right now
Our Picks
Fourteen days free
Download the app
One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.