Naming your child can be fraught, especially when one person announces their preference to the world.

Hollywood actress Christina Ricci, 41, has revealed that her husband shared their daughter’s name on Instagram before they had decided on it.

She and celebrity stylist Mark Hampton welcomed a daughter into the world in December.

He shared a gorgeous photo of their baby girl to instagram.

“My heart has exploded,” he wrote. “@riccigrams and baby Cleo are doing fantastic, we’re all resting after such an eventful morning.. welcome to the world baby Cleopatra Ricci Hampton.”

Her full name had not been agreed upon

But Ricci revealed on The Ellen Degeneres Show, that while they’d agreed on Cleo, the discussion hadn’t got much further than that.

“My husband was like, ‘Well, we’re going to give her a full name, right? And then the nickname’s Cleo,’” she said.

“And I was like, ‘Cleopatra?’ And he was like, ‘Yeah, the full name’s Cleopatra.’ And I was like, ‘OK, fine. We’ll talk about this later.’”

But Hampton made the big announcement on his page before any more discussion was had.

“He got so excited that he put it on Instagram and media outlets picked up that her full name is Cleopatra Ricci Hampton,” Ricci explained. “And so I was like, ‘I guess we named her Cleopatra.’”

Hampton and Cleo. Photo: Christina Ricci Instagram. 

Great big brother

Ricci already has a seven-year-old , Freddie, from her previous marriage to James Heerdegen.

“He’s great. He loves being a big brother so much. He kisses her all the time,” Ricci said.

Ricci admitted that having a baby was harder at 41.

“I’m 41 years old and I thought they were just kidding, but they weren’t kidding,” she said.

“It’s so much harder to deal with.”

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