I named my daughter after a My Little Pony – people can’t believe it’s real

A woman has revealed the unlikely inspiration behind her daughter’s name that raises eyebrows – a My Little Pony character.

Sybilla Hart was pregnant with her fourth child and searching for a special moniker for her when she first heard the name.

Her daughters, Beatrice and Florence, were watching an episode of the franchise’s show when a new character was introduced: Princess Celestia.

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The expectant mum, then 34, was immediately taken with it.

“It sounded like Celeste – a name I liked, but felt was a bit abrupt for my liking – only better,” the freelance journalist, from Essex, told What’s The Jam.

“I loved the name, as did my husband, Charles.”

But it proved to be a controversial choice, with many people immediately making the link between the popular show’s new character and her tot.

Sybilla said: “I had friends who joked on my Facebook page when I announced her name, saying, ‘You’re naming your daughter after My Little Pony?’.

“I proudly replied to say yes, and that I loved the name.

“It didn’t matter where I found the name – I had fallen in love with it.

“Some people have been rude and asked if it is even a ‘real’ name.

“To which I tell them it is, just a lengthening of the name Celeste.

“Others loved it and a friend of a friend even asked if I minded if she called her own daughter Celestia!”

Now 45, Sybilla said people have previously mixed up her moniker with ‘Celestial’, particularly since the release of Ed Sheeran’s track of the same name in 2022.

The link has proven apt, particularly when Celestia was younger and struggled to sleep – with a previous boss of Sybilla’s joking that she is being true to her celestial name.

Now 12, Celestia has wholeheartedly embraced her moniker.

Sybilla said: “She loves her name and is proud to have an unusual name – it’s something she shares with me.

Her sisters’ names have become increasingly popular, while Celestia is still a hidden secret – for now.

“She is proud to have an unusual name.”

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