Cheryl and Liam Payne name their baby boy Bear after spending a week ‘getting to know’ the newborn
CHERYL and Liam Payne have named their baby Bear, The Sun's Bizarre column can reveal.
They decided on the unusual name after spending a week getting to know the tot.
Five-week-old Bear will also take his One Direction star dad’s surname.
Last night a source revealed: “Cheryl and Liam wanted to get to know their baby before deciding on a name.
“They spent over a week getting to know him first before deciding. They wanted to get to know him before they decided on the name.
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“They didn’t have the name Bear before the birth.
“But they’d been thinking of a name since meeting him and they just felt it suited him.
“They love their little baby Bear Payne and are truly over the moon and loving being parents for the first time together.”
Cheryl, 33, has made only one public comment about their baby, three days after giving birth to the 7lb 9oz tot.
She said: “Liam and I became parents to an incredibly beautiful, healthy baby boy looking like a dream.
“Although he still doesn’t have a name he is already stealing hearts.
“We are all madly in love and overwhelmingly happy with our little arrival.”
The former X Factor judge and Girls Aloud star gave birth at London’s Chelsea and Westminster Hospital and Liam didn’t leave Cheryl’s side throughout the birth.
Liam, 23, broke his silence three days after the birth, on Mother’s Day, saying he felt “very blessed” by the arrival of their first child.
He said: “My close friends and family know there are very few times when I’m left speechless... wow!
“It’s a moment that I will never forget for the rest of my life and my favourite memory I have so far.
“I’m completely in awe of his incredible mother and how she has been the whole way through this, she’s really made my dreams come true. I feel very blessed.”
The couple first met in 2009 when a young wannabe popstar Liam auditioned for her on The X Factor.
He then went onto mega stardom thanks to his time in One Direction.
The Sun revealed the pair were dating in February 2016 – three months into their secret relationship.
Their romance began the previous December after the X Factor judge divorced her second husband Jean-Bernard Fernandez-Versini, 36.
OTHER BEARS
CELEBS who have also chosen the name for their kids include actress Kate Winslet and chef Jamie Oliver.
Kate’s son, three, with Ned Rocknroll is Bear Blaze.
Jamie’s six-year-old son Buddy has the middle name of Bear.
Others with the same name include telly adventurer Bear Grylls and Paddington Bear.