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Julianna Margulies on Her Baby Name Backfire

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Having already chosen a name for their first child prior to his birth, Julianna Margulies and husband Keith Lieberthal thought they were ahead of the game.

That is, until they welcomed Kieran Lindsay, a beautiful — but bald — baby boy.

“He came out bald, which was [a] shock. We were like, ‘Okay, who are you?’” the actress, 43, joked during a Tuesday visit to The Ellen DeGeneres Show.

And when her bald baby, now 2, eventually transformed into a towheaded toddler, Margulies’ decision to choose a name before meeting her son suddenly backfired.

“My husband’s hair is as dark as mine,” she explains. “Kieran in Celtic means ‘little dark one,’ and we just assumed … So the joke’s on us!”

Fortunately, Lieberthal’s mother stepped in — albeit a bit too late, according to The Good Wife actress.

“Then I found out my husband was blond until he was 3-years-old, thank God,” notes Margulies. “I told my [mother-in-law], ‘You could have told me earlier so I didn’t panic when the blond hair started coming in!’”

– Anya Leon

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