From harps to His Dark Materials – what is the meaning behind Lyra Antarctica, Ed Sheeran’s baby’s name?

metro.co.uk:

Cherry Seaborn gave birth to their daughter last week, just weeks after it was reported that they were expecting.In classic Ed fashion, it was a super low-key announcement, paired with a picture of baby socks on a knitted blanket – but we weren’t expecting the couple’s out there choice of baby name.Ed, 29, wrote: ‘Ello!

A quick message from me as I have some personal news that I wanted to share with you… Last week, with the help of an amazing delivery team, Cherry gave birth to our beautiful and healthy daughter – Lyra Antarctica Seaborn Sheeran. ‘We are completely in love with her.

Both mum and baby are doing amazing and we are on cloud nine over here. We hope that you can respect our privacy at this time.