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THE INSPIRATION BEHIND DAVID AND VICTORIA BECKAM’S BABY GIRL, HARPER SEVEN

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The world is buzzing today with the news that David and Victoria Beckham have named their baby girl Harper Seven Beckham. Within minutes of the announcement, social networking sites were flooded with fans and industry insiders airing their opinion on the name, suitably unusual for a show business couple, and speculating as to the inspiration.
While the couple’s previous children have highly unusual names, Harper is actually quite a popular choice among celebrities.
Harper is an old English name, something Victoria has always liked. Harper could be referring to Harper’s Bazar magazine or perhaps To Kill A Mockingbird author, Harper Lee. Seven is a very lucky happy number and the baby was born just after 7am, in the seventh month. The Seven in the name is believed to also be a reference to David’s football number when he played for Manchester United and England.
But television fans were quick to point out that the couple are not the first to come up with the name. It appeared in a classic episode of cult sitcom Seinfeld, and many are speculating as to whether the Beckhams are fans of the show.
In an almost prophetical 1996 episode George Costanza, the show’s hapless screwball who once described himself as ‘Lord of the Idiots’, boasts of his idea of an ‘original’ name for a baby ‘Seven’.
Although the Beckhams have professed their love for all things American, it is not known whether they are fans of the very American sitcom – or whether they’ll be naming their next child, if they have one, after a mug.
The couple’s older children have far from ordinary names. Brooklyn, born in 1999, was named after the New York borough where he was conceived.
Romeo, born in 2002, gets his name from Shakespeare’s lovesick character, while they named Cruz, born in Madrid in 2005, after the Spanish word for ‘cross.’
David confirmed the news on his Facebook page after he and wife Victoria welcomed the baby, who weighed 7lb 10oz, at 7.55am yesterday morning.
The footballer wrote: ‘I am so proud and excited to announce the birth of our daughter Harper Seven Beckham. She weighed a healthy 7lbs 10oz and arrived at 7.55 this morning, here in LA. Victoria is doing really well and her brothers are delighted to have a baby sister’
Victoria has remained active throughout her pregnancy – working on her fashion line and traveling up until last month.

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