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Keith Urban Explains Baby Sunday's Name

Sunday Rose Kidman Urban was indeed named after the day of the week -- not after Sunday Reed, the muse of a famed Australian artist, as was previously speculated. Dad Keith Urban himself has finally put those rumors to rest.

"Particularly when you don't have someone in your life ... in my experience, Sunday was the loneliest day," Urban revealed to Ellen DeGeneres on her talk show Wednesday. "It went from being the most dreaded day of the week for us to being the most joyous day, because we just had a family."

The baby's middle name comes from Urban's family. His brother Shane told an Australian radio station that Rose was the name of their late grandmother.

Urban and wife Nicole Kidman, a fellow Aussie, are raising 9-month-old Sunday Rose primarily in Nashville. So will she have an Australian accent or southern accent?

"I think she may say, 'Good day, ya'll,' " he joked with DeGeneres. "A nice mix."

Urban releases his sixth studio CD this week, 'Defying Gravity.' Listen to the album, track-by-track, here.


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Vicky

my middle name is sunday

April 07 2009 at 6:44 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
mariegalotti

too funny the name thing....my name is Tuesday and i Love it!

April 07 2009 at 5:41 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Critter

I agree fourlivelys It's any parents right to name their child however they please.Especially when it comes from the heart.

April 07 2009 at 4:48 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
lisenbyacres

My idiot of a neice named her daughter Hallelujah Landry and that is just the first and middle names,no family name. Look what she has to go thru life with, poor kid. maybe that's why she's such a brat. But I like Sunday Rose, has a nice sound to it. Nicole and Keith are a cute couple, best wishes to the family.

April 07 2009 at 3:23 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
bystephani

Julia and Catherine are nice names, Caitlin & Ashley are really getting old, Madison is worse. Old fashioned names are better than Jukebox or Zuma, or Apple, Moses, Pilot Inspektor or Bronx. Different isn't always good, if the name is dumb, your mean. And enough of Jesus, if Jesus is supposed to be the son of god, quit naming your brats Jesus. It is sacriledge

April 07 2009 at 2:39 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Lin

Wish the Urbans well. Beautiful family.

April 07 2009 at 2:05 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Pamela

Thank Goodness for Nicole she had that beautiful baby with Keith instead of that idiot she WAS married to. Best wishes...you have three beautiful children !!

April 06 2009 at 11:47 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Jimmy K

That story is so sweet, it made me a diabetic. :-D

April 06 2009 at 11:39 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Lou Rabin

Nicoles Still hot... wanna dance niclole?

April 06 2009 at 11:37 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
bangmejulie

who tha hell names their kid on a week day. tht bby bettr hav been born on sunday or thoz parents r gonna look stupid on her b'day.

April 06 2009 at 11:34 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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Greengirl

um... birthdays aren't the same day each year... so yeah.

April 07 2009 at 5:58 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply