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Jessica Gibb

Jordan Banjo welcomes his third child and reveals baby boy's unusual name

Jordan Banjo has welcomed his third child with wife Naomi Courts.

The Diversity star, 30, took to Instagram to share the happy news and announce his baby boy's unusual name.

He posted a black and white photo of Naomi cuddling their new arrival as Jordan, wearing a silver bracelet on his wrist, held the baby's finger.

In a gushing tribute to his wife, Jordan captioned the post: "Atreus Funso Banjo 20.04.2023 8lb 8oz.

"I’m so proud of you @naomibanjo, my angel, my wife and the most incredible mum to our children, thank you for our 3 beautiful children, a gift I can never repay, I love you."

Jordan and Naomi have welcomed their third child (Instagram)

Atreus is a name from Greek mythology that means "fearless" and is also the name of the son of Kratos in popular Playstation game God of War.

Their youngest son joins older siblings Cassius, four, and three-year-old Mayowa.

Fans and Jordan's famous pals were quick to congratulate the dance star on the new arrival.

Former Love Island host Laura Whitmore wrote: "Congrats!!" with a red love heart emoji.

Ex The Only Way Is Essex star Mario Falcome commented: "Congratulations to you all mate."

Jordan paid a sweet tribute to his wife in the social media post (Instagram)

Jordan's 580,000 followers also left a string of nice messages with many praising him for his powerful words about Naomi.

One wrote: "Congratulations to you both and “a gift I can never repay” is the most beautiful way to describe motherhood I’ve ever read!"

Another said: "Congratulations to you all, another beautiful addition to your family. Hope Nay and Atreus are doing well."

While a third added: "Aww same birthday as my sons he's gorgeous congratulations to you all."

Jordan with his older children Cassius, four, and Mayowa, three (Instagram)

The couple announced the happy news that they were expecting in October and Jordan is about to appear in the pre-recorded I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here! in South Africa.

Ahead of the arrival of their third bundle of joy, Jordan opted to have a vasectomy done, also known as male sterilisation.

When asked how he came to the decision, Jordan told Mirror: "It was something we both spoke about and once you've got two kids, third on the way.

"It's obviously going to be a natural thing that comes up somewhere along the way – you've obviously got to cap it at some point, depending on how many kids you wanna have.

"And we feel like we're at the right place and we just kind of went for it."

Jordan got a vasectomy after finding out wife Naomi was expecting baby number 3 (Instagram)

The NHS explains a vasectomy is "a surgical procedure to cut or seal the tubes that carry a man's sperm to permanently prevent pregnancy", however the op can be reversed.

Jordan has been incredibly honest with his fans about his decision to have the procedure done and even shared a video of him limping back to the car in the aftermath on his Instagram page.

He said: "I honestly didn't think it was a big deal. For some people I understand it might be a bit more of a like a huge decision and it might take a bit more of a toll.

"But for me and Naomi, we're super fortunate. We've got our two bubbies now and a third on the way. Everything has gone our way in that aspect, we're super grateful for it.

"So for me as much as it's been lovely that way, I was being honest about the other way as well and that was it really."

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