Hollyoaks star Jorgie Porter shares unique baby name after feeling 'like a hero' during birth

Hollyoaks star Jorgie Porter has revealed the foral-themed name for her newborn baby daughter she shares with fiance Ollie Piotrowski.

In an exclusive interview with OK magazine the actress opened up about welcoming her second child and revealed the couple have decided to call their daughter Peony Porter Piotrowski.

Jorgie, who is known for playing Theresa McQueen in Hollyoaks, announced the arrival of her new baby back in December, sharing a picture of her baby girl's tiny hand on social media. The 36-year-old also paid tribute to her nurse at Wigan hospital for her support during the birth.

The actress decided not to share the name of her new daughter at the time, despite knowing what she wanted to call a girl since she was last pregnant with son Forest two years ago. However, she has now opened up about why she chose the name Peony.

She told OK: "We’d not heard of anyone with the name Peony and I love the flowers, they’re so beautiful. But we were literally desperate to tell people her name before someone else had a baby and chose it before us! We didn’t give her a middle name because she’s Peony Porter Piotrowski which is already quite a lot for a kid to say, isn’t it?"

Peony was born at 10.40am on December 10, and came home from hospital the next day, Jorgie shared. She was delivered via a planned c-section and "was a whopper", according to the mum.

Jorgie said: "I knew she was going to be big because I felt massive the second time around. She was officially 8lbs 14oz but I’m rounding it up to 9lbs because I’m tiny and feel like a hero! She was just a little chunk."

The surgery lasted around two hours and Peony arrived crying and a little "squished", according to the star. "I just remember hearing the first