Serena Williams has joked that she might identify her subsequent youngster after one in every of her favorite Disney characters after revealing that she was pregnant for the second time at this week's Met Gala. The 41-year-old debuted her child bump on the pink carpet alongside husband Alexis Ohanian earlier than confirming the news on social media by sharing a sequence of pictures that have been taken earlier than stepping out.

The couple are already mother and father to five-year-old Olympia however will quickly be welcoming one other youngster into their lives, with Williams thanking Met Gala organiser Anna Wintour for inviting 'the three of us' onto the pink carpet on the glitzy occasion. The former tennis star has since taken to TikTok to invest about potential child names, reeling off numerous her favorite Disney heroes and villains as she defined her love for the long-lasting movies made by the manufacturing firm.

"I was thinking about... I don't know the gender, I don't know if we're having a girl or a boy," started Williams. "So, I'm thinking about some names and I was like maybe I should do something with my favorite Disney characters because I love Disney and as you know, I'm like their biggest fan.

"So, if it is a woman, it may very well be like Maleficent, that is the way you say it? It may very well be Scar if it is a boy, love Scar, misunderstood a bit of bit. What else? Gaston, how might I overlook Gaston?

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"Ursula, classic, got to love Ursula. Lady Gothel, maybe I can call her Lady Gothel if it's a girl. So just been through these names. Telling you, I'm onto something."

It stays to be seen what Wiliams and Ohanian will ultimately determine to call their second youngster, who will likely be their first to be born after the previous's retirement from skilled tennis in August of final yr. She revealed on the time that her resolution was influenced by her need to develop a household, writing in Vogue that her daughter typically stated that she wished to be a giant sister.

"Sometimes before bed, she prays to Jehovah to bring her a baby sister," wrote Williams. "I’m the youngest of five sisters myself, and my sisters are my heroes, so this has felt like a moment I need to listen very carefully to. Believe me, I never wanted to have to choose between tennis and a family, I don’t think it’s fair.

"If I have been a man, I wouldn’t be penning this as a result of I’d be on the market enjoying and successful whereas my spouse was doing the bodily labour of increasing our household. Don’t get me improper, I like being a girl and I beloved each second of being pregnant with Olympia… however I’m turning 41 this month and one thing’s bought to offer."

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