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Ryan Reynolds *Finally* Reveals the Name of His Fourth Child with Wife Blake Lively (& It’s Got Seriously Cool Scandi Vibes)

And no, Taylor Swift didn't previously reveal the name in one of her songs

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Months after welcoming their fourth child together, Ryan Reynolds finally reveals the name of the little bundle of joy he shares with wife Blake Lively. (And no, Taylor Swift, who is a dear friend of the couple, didn’t reveal the name of the fourth child in one of her songs as she has done in the past.)

On July 22, Reynolds attended the premiere of his new movie, Deadpool & Wolverine, at the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in NYC. But the 47-year-old actor was not alone. In case you missed it, the Canadian-American actor was joined by his wife, Lively, 36, who showed up to the premiere wearing a daring scarlet red ensemble that was inspired by her husband’s Deadpool character. 

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At one point during the event, Reynolds took to the stage (along with his co-stars and the Deadpool & Wolverine director, Shawn Levy) to deliver a speech and he gave a special nod to his wife and four kids. And that’s when we heard the name of Reynolds and Lively’s fourth child for the first time. 

According to Good Morning America, the Deadpool star said, “I want to start by saying thank you to my wife Blake, who is here. Her outfit is amazing—spoiler alert!”

“I want to thank my kids—James, Inez, Betty, Olin—who are here,” Reynolds added. “I hope that, if I'm lucky, this moment will be the most traumatic thing— that is, the contents of this movie—that happens in your wondrous life.”

As of right now, we still don’t know the gender of little Olin, however, according to baby name site Nameberry, it is traditionally a boy’s name of Swedish origin meaning “ancestor, to inherit, legacy; from the low-lying land.” The name experts also inform us that “Olin was once a Top 1000 name in the US, peaking in 1903 at #322, but went into decline during the 30s and by the 60s, it was out of the charts.”

Reynolds and Lively secretly welcomed their fourth child in February 2023. Right after the Super Bowl LVII, the Gossip Girl alum  shared an Instagram slideshow to Instagram where her baby bump is no longer there, and she happily revealed the news in her caption, writing, “Puppy Bowl Sunday 2023...been busy.”

It’s finally nice to meet you, Olin.


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