Emmerdale fans baffled as Amelia Spencer reveals her baby’s name

AFTER fearing the worst for her baby as she faced a deadly storm, Amelia Spencer gave birth to a premature daughter.

But the teen mum left Emmerdale fans scratching their heads as she revealed the new-born's name during last night's episode.

The youngster played by Daisy Campbell gave fans a fright in recent scenes of the Yorkshire-based soap when she was left alone in the countryside as a storm ripped through the Dales.

She was eventually found by Lydia Dingle and taken to hospital, where she gave birth prematurely.

On Monday, Amelia went to visit her little girl before being joined by Noah Dingle (portrayed by Jack Downham) who has been offering her support throughout her pregnancy.

At this point, Amelia kept her baby's name a secret and only revealed it when her father Dan Spencer (Liam Fox) paid her a visit.

Amelia announced she had decided to name her daughter Esther as a nod to her strength as a premature baby.

But while Dan approved of the name, Emmerdale viewers were baffled as they expected Amelia to pay tribute to close family friend Harriet Finch.

"Totally expected her to call her after either her Mum Ali/StepMom Ruby or even Harriet", one of them wrote on Twitter.

Another echoed: "Can't believe Amelia called her baby Esther and not Harriet" while a third fan jumped in: "Was expecting the baby to be named Harriet."

One surprised viewer penned: "Esther?? Not Harriet or Ali??? What?";

However, one of them was relieved, writing: "Phew I thought she was going to call the baby Harriet."

Emmerdale's anniversary week included the deaths of several fan favourite characters in the likes of Harriet Finch, Liv Flaherty and Faith Dingle.

The vicar-turned-policewoman was killed off amid a quad bike accident as she was looking for Amelia in the wilderness.

Liv Flaherty, on the other hand, died in her husband's arms after being crushed by a caravan.

Storm week started off with Faith Dingle ending her life, not wanting to let her cancer take over.

With so many tragic events around her, Amelia was thought to be ready to pay tribute to either Harriet, Liv or Faith.

But there was more for her to worry about down the line as the biological father of her baby, Samson Dingle, went missing during the storm.

The youngster portrayed by Sam Hall was at the core of an intense police search throughout the village.

He was eventually found injured by Noah and Mackenzie Boyd who took it upon themselves to join in on the search.

Emmerdale airs weeknights from 7.30pm on ITV.