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Eva Mendes Explains Why She & Ryan Gosling Named Daughter 'Amada'

Eva Mendes Explains Why She & Ryan Gosling Named Daughter 'Amada'

Eva Mendes is stunning for her cover story with Latina magazine’s September 2016 issue.

Here’s what the 42-year-old actress had to share with the mag:

On her and Ryan choosing their second daughter’s name: “My grandmother’s name is Amada, and Esmeralda Amada is the name of our oldest. We had a few names picked out for our new baby, and when she was born, we didn’t feel like those names were her. We came up with a few more, even that morning, and tried them out. We were like, “What about Viviana?” But we just kept going back to Amada. In true Latin fashion, we reuse names all the time. I used to know five sisters that were all Maria del Carmen, Maria Elena, Maria Liliana…”

On finally deciding to go with Amada: “I actually told Ryan, ‘This is common in Latin culture, so it wouldn’t be crazy.’ So we went with Amada because it was something we kept going back to. And it was an emotional time with the passing of my brother. We thought how beautiful to go with what made us emotional and with what felt like her. When we looked at her, we thought, ‘Aww, Amadita.’”

On losing her brother the same week Amada was born: “Losing my brother brought our family closer, and we were already close to begin with. So to just see everybody be there for one another and show up, I feel so lucky to have them. And then they were there for me when Amada was born. We had a funeral service for him and that same week I had the baby. So it was really, really intense and obviously beyond heartbreaking, but also kind of beautiful.”

For more from Eva, visit Latina.com.

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Credit: Latina magazine
Posted to: Eva Mendes, Magazine