Hilary Swank Reveals Inspirational Meanings Behind Her Baby Twins' Names, Aya and Ohm: 'So Joyous'
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The actress welcomed twins, a boy and girl, in April
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Hilary Swank and her twinsHilary Swank is loving life as a twin mom.
The Oscar-winner, 49, shared some updates on mom life during an appearance on Today on Monday.
When co-host Laura Jarrett asked the new mom how she settled on her babies' names —Aya and Ohm, which she revealed for the first time earlier this month — Swank shared the thoughtful way she and husband Philip Schneider came to each moniker.
"Aya was a Syrian refugee we met in Lebanon. So she was just this courageous, brave young girl full of life going through a really difficult time. My husband and I were like, she’s so beautiful, what a great name," she shared.
As for son Ohm, "Ohm is considered the first universal sound and unites all people, and that sounds very fitting."
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Swank said that so far, mom life is everything everyone told her it would be and more.
"I think, you know, every mom I’ve heard say, ‘Oh, get ready to experience the greatest joy of your life,’ and I’m like, ‘Oh, no I know what great joy feels like, I have five dogs. I get it,' " she laughed.
"Then you have babies and you’re like, ‘I get it.' The love is so expansive, it’s so joyous, and every single day I get to wake up and be with them is like my fullest purpose."
When she reflected on 2023 in a Jan. 1 Instagram post to celebrate the New Year, Swank said her “Angel Babies” make “everyday, the best day ever.”
Swank announced she was expecting twins during a stop on Good Morning America in October 2022.
"This is something that I've been wanting for a long time and my next thing is I'm gonna be a mom," said the actress at the time. "And not just of one, but of two. I can't believe it."
The Million Dollar Baby star and Schneider dated for a year before they got engaged in 2016. They tied the knot in a ceremony in the Redwoods in California in August 2018.
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