Coming soon! Pregnant Ashley Iaconetti and Jared Haibon announced on Tuesday, January 18, that they’ve chosen the name Dawson Demitri Haibon for their upcoming arrival.“This is Jack Dawson from Titanic inspired,” the pregnant star, 33, exclusively told Us Weekly after debuting the moniker on Amazon Live. “We are a little concerned. … Not concerned, [but] we want people to know this is not after James Van Der Beek‘s [Dawson’s Creek] character.
This is after a Leonardo DiCaprio character. Titanic has always been my favorite movie of all time. I was 10 when I saw it.”Haibon, also 33, said he “love[s]” the name, adding, “When Ashley first came to me with the name, I said, ‘I love the name Dawson for a boy.
I don’t know how I feel for a girl. So if it is a girl, we’ll have to talk more about it.’ Because Ashley was like, ‘Boy, a girl doesn’t matter.'”The Bachelor in Paradise alums revealed in August 2021 that they already knew their baby boy’s name.
In fact, Iaconetti, 33, selected the moniker “20 years” prior.“We had a name picked out for a long time for a boy,” the “Almost Famous” podcast cohost said during a previous Amazon Live with Haibon, also 33. “It’s not Tom Brady. … I always thought it was going to be a boy.”The Bachelor Nation members announced the sex of their baby-to-be that same month, which made the pregnancy feel “much more real” to the Rhode Island native.“Instead of saying ‘my kid,’ he’s ‘my son,’” the Bachelorette alum explained at the time. “I hope he likes some of the things I liked growing up.
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