Ed Sheeran Reveals the Meaning Behind His Daughter Lyra Antarctica's 'Strange' Name

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On Thursday, the “Bad Habits” singer, 30, appeared on the British morning showLorrainewhere he discussed the meaning behind the moniker of his 10-month-old daughter,Lyra Antarctica.

“I realize some people think it’s quite a strange name,” the first-time dad admitted. “But my wife’s called Cherry, and she is the only Cherry that I’ve ever met and I think that she’s the only Cherry that she’s ever met and I quite like that. In my class at school, there were probably more Eds.”

The star said he and his wife “just wanted to give her a name that was unique, so that she would be the only one.”

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However, Sheeran noted that the name Lyra may be “more common now” because ofHis Dark Materials— a fantasy-novel trilogy the musician called “the greatest love story every told” in 2017, according toThe Independent, and features a heroine named Lyra.

“When tour finished, I’ve basically toured every single continent but I’ve never been to Antarctica so that was always on our list,” Sheeran said. “So we went down there in 2019 and it was just incredible. The most amazing place on earth.”

While chatting withZane LoweonNew Music Dailyon Apple Music 1 last month, the singer opened up aboutlife as a new dadand adjusting to fatherhood.

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“Everyone was like, ‘This is the best thing that’s going to happen to you.’ And there’s a certain expectation that comes to it,” Sheeran told Lowe. “And I think the biggest thing I took away from it was … Well, two things. The relationship that I had with my parents has completely changed from like, it was amazing before, but now it’s just like there’s this eternal gratefulness and respect of being like, I know what they went through and I’m still kind of like, going through it.”

source: people.com