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Chalk up actress Halle Berry as another celebrity choosing an unusual name for her new born child.
While Christina Aguilera and Jennifer Lopez went for the relatively common name Max for their sons born this year (Lopez named twin daughter Emme), Berry has chosen an rare Arabic name for her daughter.
Berry has named the girl, born on Monday, Nahla Ariela Aubry.
The name is pronounced ["GNAW-lah ARE-ee-EL-uh"] according to Access Hollywood, who spoke with Berry yesterday.
"We didn't have a name picked out until just before we left the hospital," Berry told Access Hollywood's Nancy O'Dell.
"For us it was hard to name the most important person in our life until we met her."
Nahla is the Arabic word for 'drink of water' Us Weekly has reported.
Pamela Redmond Satran, the co-author of The Baby Name Bible and Cool Names for Babies told Us: "Ariela is related to the Hebrew Ariel, which means 'lion of god.'
"Nahla is one of those names that is occasionally found among people of African or Arabic descent, but isn't commonly used in any particular culture."
Nahla is the first child for Berry and her boyfriend, model Gabriel Aubry.
- NZHERALD STAFF
