Couple Reveal Name for New Baby—Then Comes Revelation: 'What Did We Do?'

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2 days ago

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A Texas couple who thought the names of their two children sounded "so good" together made a horrifying discovery at their baby shower.
Chelsea Nash (@chelseamaenash) explained in a clip on TikTok how she and her husband Cole realized they had unintentionally named both of their daughters after the main characters in the sci-fi epic Interstellar—years after falling in love with the film together.
"I was in disbelief for two reasons: first, because I couldn't believe I hadn't made the connection sooner; and, second, because realizing it made me love the name even more," Chelsea, 27, told Newsweek.
Chelsea Nash crochets while speaking to the camera for her TikTok video.
Chelsea Nash crochets while speaking to the camera for her TikTok video.
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Before she and Cole had kids, the two of them were on a road trip where he mentioned how he had always loved the name Murphy.
Chelsea, who was delighted to hear this, recognized that his choice was from Interstellar, which happened to be the couple's favorite movie.
A year later, their daughter Murphy Grace was born and named intentionally after the daughter of astronaut Cooper.
Fast forward another nine months and Chelsea was pregnant again—with another girl—and scrolling through baby-name websites. Then she saw the name Cooper.
"I really liked kind of the unisex vibe, and I was like, 'Oh, Murphy and Cooper, like, that sounds so good together,'" Chelsea said in her clip.
But it wasn't until the baby shower that the couple realized what they had done, when all the guests seemed to clock the connection between the two names.
"Everybody was like, 'Oh, like Murphy Cooper from Interstellar, that's so cute!' My husband and I looked at each other and we were like, 'What did we do?'"
Despite the accidental tribute, the couple said they have no regrets. "We absolutely still love the names," Chelsea added. "Realizing Cooper fit right into the same universe just deepened our connection to both names."
They have since rewatched Interstellar from a fresh perspective, which Chelsea said "hits completely differently" as parents.
"I relate most to Cooper now, especially that devastating scene where he finally receives decades of missed video messages from his kids," she said. "As a mom, it's nearly impossible to watch without tearing up."
Chelsea's clip has clocked up over 147,000 views and almost 10,000 likes. Many other parents chimed in with stories about their kids' names.
"I love sci-fi names. My son is Artemis. Everyone hates it but I love it," one user said.
Another mom wrote that she had accidentally named her kids after characters from the movie Twilight. "My first is called Jacob (his dad's name as I was too exhausted to fight over names as he vetoed so many) and then my second is Edward," she wrote.
If baby number three ever enters the scene, Chelsea and Cole joked about keeping the space saga going.
The couple have thought about Joseph—Cooper's first name in the original script. They have also considered "Amelia" after Anne Hathaway's character or even naming a future family dog "TARS," "CASE," or "KIPP," in keeping with the theme.
And if lead character Matthew McConaughey ever happens to cross their path? "We visit Austin [Texas] a few times a year, and I'm always keeping an eye out—just in case," Chelsea said.