New parents Ronnie Ortiz-Magro and girlfriend Jen Harley didn’t have to overthink their newborn daughter’s name.
“When we first started dating in the beginning, we’d joke around saying, ‘What if we had a kid? It’d be crazy and good looking!’ And we’d say ‘What would we name it?’ We joked that we liked Ariana,'” the “Jersey Shore” star told Us Weekly of his baby girl, Ariana Sky.
“When she found out she was pregnant, we looked at each other and we’re like, ‘Guess we’re naming the baby Ariana if it’s a girl,'” Ortiz-Magro added. “Next thing you know, we find out the gender and we’re like, ‘Guess so!'”
Ortiz-Magro, 32, who welcomed his first child with Harley on April 3, said his girlfriend originally wanted Sky to be their daughter’s first name, but the pair came to a “happy medium.” His co-star, Mike “The Situation” Sorrentino revealed the baby’s name had first been revealed in the cast’s group chat, shortly after the birth.
“Ronnie was on a flight to do press for ‘Jersey Shore Family Vacation’ in London, and he had to turn around because his girlfriend’s water broke and he had to go straight back to Vegas to catch the baby, which he eventually did,” Sorrentino recently shared on “Page Six TV.”
Ortiz-Magro and Harley announced they were expecting last December.