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Last month 42 year old Hilton announced the arrival of her son, who was reportedly born by surrogate, with partner Carter Reum however only made her baby’s name public this week, saying that not even her mother, Kathy Hilton, or sister, Nicky Hilton Rothschild, had been told the name.
Speaking on the latest episode of her podcast This Is Paris, Hilton said she wanted to choose a name on the theme of world cities, like herself, but one that also had “other meanings”.
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“This is a name that is so special to me. I’ve been planning my children’s names for years and years,” Hilton said, explaining the thought process behind the name, which she had thought of “over a decade ago”.
“I knew even when I was a little girl that I wanted to have a daughter named London, because London is one of my favourite cities in the world, I think it’s such a beautiful name – it could work for a boy or a girl.
“I just think it sounds cute, Paris and London.”
It’s hard to think of a boy name on that theme, I really wanted to stick with the theme of other cities, or a state or a country, just something about the world because I love to travel and I love exotic names,” said Hilton.
The reality star added that she had considered some of her other favourite cities for her son’s name, including Las Vegas (in Nevada) and Aspen (in Colorado) as well as Ibiza, which she admitted sounded “weird”.
“I do believe that names have power and we wanted a name for our baby boy that was uniquely remarkable.”
Echoing the sentiment of the ancient Greeks, Hilton said she had chosen the name of Phoenix because it stands for “hope, rebirth and transformation”.
“Phoenix has a few good pop-culture reference points, but more important it’s the birth that flames out and rises from the ashes to fly again,” she said reading an extract from her upcoming memoir.
“I want my son to grow up knowing that disaster and triumph go around and come around throughout our lives, and that this should give us great hope for the future.”
Hilton explained that her son’s middle name of Barron was in tribute to her grandfather, who she described as her “mentor”.
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