Hugh Grant reveals quirky names of his two youngest daughters, 8 and 5, for first time
Hugh Grant may be an internationally famous star, but he has always tried to keep his family away from the spotlight. However, for the first time he has revealed the full names of his youngest children.
Hugh talked about family matters in a new interview with chat show host Jimmy Kimmel. The 64-year-old, who is father to five children, has never publicly announced the names of two of his children or the gender of his youngest. But Hugh has finally opened up during an appearance on the hit American chat show - and revealed he and wife Anna Elisabet Eberstein, who he married in 2018, have chosen some rather quirky names.
Hugh and Jimmy were chatting about his own unusual middle name - Mungo – when Hugh divulged that his youngest child was a girl and shared her name with viewers.
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The Love Actually star revealed that he was “in a bit of a panic with my wife on the day” when they named their child, but Hugh soon found some off-beat inspiration.
He explains: 'We thought it might be nice for her when she was older if she could say in bars that her middle name is Danger. So, her name is Lulu Danger Grant. Austin Powers, you know?'
In the first Austin Powers film, International Man of Mystery, Mike Myer's spy character explains his middle name is ‘Danger’.
Hugh went on to reveal that his youngest isn't the only child in the family who nearly had a movie-inspired name. When his eldest daughter with Anna was born, he turned to his son John for advice.
"We asked her elder brother when she was on the way, 'there's a new baby coming along, what shall we call her?” Hugh explained. “And he said 'Kevin', because that was his favourite Minion.
“And we did think about calling her Kevin, but then we said, 'you'd better think of something else', and he said 'Blue', because that was his favourite colour.”
Hugh is dad to five children. His eldest child, a daughter named Tabitha was born in 2011, her mother is actress Tinglan Hong.
His first son, John, was born in September 2011 to Anna, but his second child with Tinglan, Felix, was born just three months later – Anna and Tinglan were both pregnant with the actor’s sons at the same time.
Meanwhile, Hugh and Anna had their second child, Blue, in December 2015 and their third, Lulu, arrived in March 2018.
