Elsa Hosk and daughter Tuulikki.Photo: Elsa Hosk/Instagram
The 32-year-old supermodel opened up in a Q&A sessionon her Instagram StoryThursday night, revealing that she and boyfriendTom Dalychose their now-1-week-old daughterTuulikki Joan’s name for a variety of reasons, including its meaning and family ties.
“It wasn’t hard to choose her name because I always knew I wanted a Finnish name,” says Hosk. “I think Finnish names are so cute. And Tuulikkiis my mom’s middle nameand my mom’s side of the family is from Finland, and they all have Finnish names and they’re all so cute.”
She adds, “And when I told Tom about this name,he loved it too, which was a signbecause it’s kind of a very unique name. So for him to love it, I thought, ‘We have to name her Tuulikki.’ "
Addressingthe meaning behind the name, Hosk explains, " ‘Tuuli’ means ‘wind’ and ‘Tuulikki’ means ‘little wind,’ and [it’s] also the name of a forest goddess.” She says they call her Tuuli for short.
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Elsa Hosk’s Instagram Story.Elsa Hosk/Instagram
Elsa Hosk and daughter Tuulikki.Elsa Hosk/Instagram
“Sometimes I look at her and I cry when I think about what we went through together,” she said. “I feel such gratitude for the women around me, I look at the mothers around me with such deep respect and admiration and I feel such gratitude for the beautiful profession of the midwifes and doulasand I realize birth can be easy or hard, beautiful or dark, but every woman’s story is so sacred and so important. I love you.”
Also on her Instagram Story session Thursday, Hosk also discusses her postpartum physique, saying she feels"very grateful" after experiencingpregnancy and childbirth, “for what our bodies can do, as women.”
“It’struly magical and amazingand we’re so incredible, and I’m just trying to give myself time to heal and not put a lot of pressure on to try and be a size 0 or anything like that,” she adds.
“More than anything,” Hosk continues, “Ilook at my body with gratitudeand a new perspective of just feeling beautiful in all these new curves.”
As forwhom Tuuli resembles: “Everyone says she looks like Tom,” says the new mom. “But that she has my eyes.”
source: people.com
