Eva Mendes Tells Why She Named Her Daughter Esmeralda Amada

Eva Mendes is back and has done her first photo shoot post delivery. After delivering the little baby girl with partner, Ryan Gosling, the couple have been making news for the weird baby name. Eva and Ryan named their daughter, Esmeralda Amada.

Since the birth, both Ryan and Eva have been spending time with their daughter. After 2 months, Eva is back and has opened up about her pregnancy and reason why she named their daughter, Esmeralda Amada. Telling Violet Grey‘s digital magazine, The Violet Files, that she and Ryan had knew that they were expecting a girl. So, they were "really excited about naming her."

"Ryan and I both love the Esmeralda character from the Victor Hugo novel, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, and we just think it's a beautiful name," Mendes explained. The name has family significance also, she revealed. "Amada was my grandmother's name. It means ‘beloved' in Spanish."

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Eva Mendes also explained why she doesn't need a nanny to help her with the little one. "Esmeralda has two amazing grandmothers and incredible aunties who come over and really help me," the actress said. "But as far as a nanny or a night nurse, for me that part of being a mother at this early stage is the struggle of not being able to sleep and not knowing what I'm doing and really going through it with her and battling out those nights."

The new mother has her ups and downs in motherhood. She explains, I do go to babycenter.com and read the comment sections from other mothers because I find so much solace in that." "Just knowing that I'm not alone out there and that other moms have gone through the same thing can at least get me through the night," Eva added.