David Reveals the Truth Behind Harper Seven's Name

David Beckham took to his FaceBook page today to post videos explaing the truth behind his new baby girl's name. Since there has been so much speculation about the name Harper (some said it was because of fashion magazine Harper's Bazaar) and her middle name Seven (David's old shirt number), he finally revealed the meaning of the two to end all of our guesses.

Regarding her first name, David said: "A lot of thought goes into our children's names and Harper was a name that we've loved for a long time for a couple of reasons. One reason is Harper's an old English name which we loved and one of the other reasons was Victoria's favourite book is To Kill A Mockingbird and the author was Harper Lee. It's a very strong, passionate book. That's where Harper came from."

Coincidentally, that book is my favorite as well!! How funny!

On the other hand, David did admit that his old shirt number did play a role in choosing her middle name. He said: "And then Seven you know, a lot of people have assumed its just because of my shirt number that I wore for many years and part of it is because I had so much luck around wearing that number, wearing it for England, wearing it for Manchester United. It was such an influential number throughout my career and a lucky number... but that wasn't the main reason. The other reasons behind Seven was because it symbolises spiritual perfection, the Seven Wonders Of The World, seven colours of the rainbow and in many cultures around the world it's regarded as a lucky number. So we love the name, we love Harper Seven. We're very proud of having her in our lives and in our family and it's an amazing time for our family right now."

David also posted a second video where the new father-of-four admitted he was adjusting to life with a girl in the house after so long with just the couple's three sons. He said: "To have another girl in the family is really incredible. We've got three beautiful healthy boys already and we're so lucky to have that and now to have a beautiful little girl. Having a daughter is a whole new thing. Having pink in the house, having lilac in the house... and you have to be a lot more delicate with girls than boys and I'm not used to that so it's a whole new experience. It's an amazing experience to have that little bundle of joy in your hands, making her little noises and opening their eyes, it really is an incredible moment for us."

source: DailyMail