Meghan Markle may have named her daughter Lili as a subtle tribute to her mom
- Meghan and Harry named their daughter Lilibet Diana Mountbatten-Windsor.
- Lilibet will go by "Lili" for short, and it's likely a nod to Doria Ragland.
- Markle's mom gave her the childhood nickname "flower."
Meghan Markle and Prince Harry announced the arrival of their daughter, Lilibet "Lili" Diana Mountbatten-Windsor, over the weekend.
The latest addition to the Sussex family was born on Friday, June 4 at Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital in California.
She was named after her grandmother, the Queen - whose family nickname is Lilibet - and Harry's mother, the late Princess of Wales.
Lilibet will go by "Lili" for short. Fans on Twitter believe the nickname is a subtle reference to Markle's mother, Doria Ragland, because her childhood nickname for Markle was "flower."
The Duchess of Sussex revealed that "flower" was the "nickname my mom has called me since I was little" in a blog post published on her now-defunct lifestyle website, The Tig, in 2016, Marie Claire reports.
Ragland still appears to use the nickname from time to time. Markle's uncle, Joseph Johnson, spoke to The Sun newspaper in 2019 and recalled a conversation with Ragland when they first found out Markle was dating Harry.
"All of us were just really stunned. Shocked," Johnson told the publication. "Doria was so excited. She was just saying, 'My little Flower! My Flower's going to be a princess! Wooh-wooh!'"
Representatives for the Duke and Duchess of Sussex did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment.