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Miranda Kerr shares sad story behind son's name

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Written by Mary Fetzer   

Miranda Kerr has known for a long time what she would one day name her son.

In 1999, the Victoria's Secret model was dating 18-year-old Christopher Middlebrooke when he tragically died in a car crash. Miranda was 15.

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Now 28, the supermodel is happily married to Pirates of the Caribbean star Orlando Bloom, and together they're rasing their first child: Flynn Christopher Blanchard Copeland Bloom.

“He was my first love,” Miranda said of Christopher. “We were young and we talked about everything; having kids and getting married. He died so instantly. It was quite a shock. Flynn’s actually named after Christopher. I wrote him a letter after he died, saying I would name my first child after him and that is what I have done.” 

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Flynn's first name is a tribute to Orlando's late grandmother, Evelyn, who passed away while Miranda was pregnant.

“I was convinced we were going to have a girl because my grandmother actually passed when Flynn was conceived and she was really dear to my heart,” he shared. “Evelyn was my grandmother, on my father’s side … I was thinking … we’re going to have a girl, it’s going to be called Evelyn.”

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When “Evelyn” turned out to be a boy, Orlando and Miranda decided on “Flynn” as a tribute to Grandma.

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