Former Olympic skier Bode Miller and his wife Morgan may have finally landed on a name for their baby girl nine weeks after the birth.
Morgan dished on her Insta Stories this Tuesday that she and her husband have taken to calling the baby ‘Nona for “no name”‘ – which is ‘kind of sticking.’
They have been publicly struggling for weeks to arrive at a suitable name, even asking their Instagram fans to vote for an answer.
Mother and child: Former Olympic skier Bode Miller and his wife Morgan may have finally landed on a name for their baby girl nine weeks after the birth
Near the end of last month they had gone on the Today show with the baby and revealed that they still had not settled on a name.
The couple welcomed their daughter on November 26, at their home in California, with the help of a midwife. As the eighth child in their family, they had taken to calling her Ocho — which is Spanish for ‘eight’ — while trying to choose her name.
‘It’s hard because her personality is different, and I think we’re all trying to get used to it,’ Bode, 44, told Today co-anchor Savannah Guthrie while joining the show via live video feed from their home in Montana.
‘She’s stumped us on names so far. We have a lot that we like, but she hasn’t smiled or high-fived or anything when we say them to her, and we say them to her all the time.’
Bode and Morgan appeared on the Today show with their seven-week-old daughter on Wednesday after welcoming the newborn on November 26, at their home in California
The newborn is the eighth child in their family, and they have been calling her Ocho, which is Spanish for ‘eight,’ while trying to choose her name
Morgan, 34, a former pro volleyball player, previously shared that they were toying with the idea of incorporating a part of their late daughter Emmy’s name — Emeline Grier Miller — into their newborn daughter’s moniker.
‘Our three front-runners are Skyler, Scarlett, and calling her Lettie, or Olivia, and calling her Liv,’ she said while cradling their newborn.
‘All kind of have a special meaning to it. So we may have to reach out to our social media followers and ask for some assistance because she has not really been giving us many answers.’
Morgan, a former pro volleyball player, shared that their ‘three front-runners are Skyler, Scarlett, and calling her Lettie, or Olivia, and calling her Liv’
Bode explained that they are having a hard time picking out a name ‘because her personality is so different’ and they are still getting used to it
Bode, who is running a ski academy in Colorado, explained that he has a personal favorite, but he is concerned it’s too popular.
‘I’m a huge fan of Liv, Olivia,’ he said. ‘It’s a little bit frustrating that it’s one of the most popular names this year because most of the names of our children aren’t terribly popular, but we’re not going to let that stand in the way, obviously.’
In addition to their newborn, they are parents to sons Nash, six, Easton, three, and twins Asher and Aksel, two, and late daughter Emmy.
Emmy was 19 months old when she drowned in a neighbor’s swimming pool in June 2018. She was rescued from the water, but paramedics were unable to revive her, and she later died in hospital.
Bode said their family’s newest addition ‘just fits right in’ with her big brothers
Bode and Morgan are parents to sons Nash, Easton, and twins Asher and Aksel (pictured) and late daughter Emmy. He also has two older children from a previous relationship
The couple’s late daughter Emmy was 19 months old when she died in the hospital after drowning in a neighbor’s swimming pool in June 2018
Since her death, the parents have dedicated themselves to raising awareness of infant drownings and advocating for all moms and dads to get their own children into swimming classes as early as possible.
Morgan shared in June that she wanted to honor her late daughter Emmy by incorporating her name into her new baby’s moniker
Bode also has a daughter Dace, 13, and son Nate, eight, from a previous relationship.
The proud dad shared that his newborn baby girl is ‘so similar’ to her big sister Emmy but is also ‘really unique as well.’ He added that ‘she just fits right in’ with her big brothers.
‘Emmy was such a great balance because she was such a powerhouse and then when she passed, it was shocking because you really felt this energetic shift in the house,’ he recalled.
‘Obviously, we were all suffering and everything, too, but there was this gap there for all the boys. And now they have this little girl. It just makes them gentle. You’d be blown away.’
After their Today show appearance, Morgan took to her Instagram Stories to share their name choices with her 165,000 followers and ask them to vote on their baby girl’s first and middle names.
After their Today show appearance, Morgan took to Instagram Stories to share their name choices with her 165,000 followers and ask them to vote for one
Bode and Morgan are considering having Grier be their daughter’s second middle name in honor of her late sister, whose full name was Emeline Grier Miller
The four possible combinations are Scarlet Olivia Khione, Skyler Olivia Khione, Scarlet Olivia Grier, or Skylar Olivia Grier
As she explained earlier in the morning, they like either Scarlet or Skylar for a first name, and they are also considering calling her ‘Liv’ if she goes by her middle name, which will be Olivia.
For her second middle name, they are between Khione, the Greek goddess of snow, or Grier, her late sister’s middle name.
The four possible combinations are Scarlet Olivia Khione, Skyler Olivia Khione, Scarlet Olivia Grier, or Skylar Olivia Grier.
Bode and Morgan have both insisted that this child would be their last, and they were overcome with emotion when they learned last May they were expecting a baby girl.
‘She’s perfect and bringing her into this world was a perfect way to close this chapter of growing our family,’ they told People when they announced their daughter’s birth last month
Bode and Morgan (pictured pregnant) have both insisted that this child would be their last, and they were overcome with emotion when they learned they were expecting a baby girl
They broke down in tears of joy when they popped pink confetti cannons with their friends and family during a celebratory gender reveal party
They threw the fiesta-themed gender reveal at their California home days after announcing to the world that they were expecting another child following the birth of their twins in 2019.
They broke down in tears of joy when they popped pink confetti cannons with their friends and family during a celebratory gender reveal party.
‘She’s perfect and bringing her into this world was a perfect way to close this chapter of growing our family. Our hearts are so full,’ they told People when they announced their daughter’s birth last month.
‘Bode told me the day after she was born that this is the happiest he thinks he’s ever been in his whole life,’ Morgan added.