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Trisha Paytas is opening up about the aquatic inspiration behind her son’s name, and what he was almost named instead.
Paytas, 37, and her husband, Moses Hacmon, welcomed their son Aquaman Moses Paytas-Hacmon on July 12. In the Tuesday, July 22 episode of her podcast Just Trish, Paytas revealed, “I will say my number one that we were so close to naming the baby is not a movie poster, but I loved it so much. It’s Moses’ poem ‘Water Snake.’ ”
Hacmon’s poem was originally shared on YouTube in 2017.
“I love ‘Water Snake,’ It’s the Year of the Snake, Moses is a snake,” Paytas continued. “We love water. I loved [the movie] Water World. I loved the name Water.”
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She added, “At the end of the day, Moses loves water, I’ve adopted his philosophy.”
Paytas then revealed her other top contenders for her newborn’s name. “I did love Moses Jr., too,” she said. “I really love that too. And I liked Aladdin. It wasn’t water-themed, but I always loved Aladdin. Moses hated that. He vetoed Paper Man and Aladdin. pretty quick, so we switched.”
The influencer elaborated on the deep dive she took into Aquaman’s lore before settling on the name for her son. “I’ve been wearing Aquaman T-shirts for years, since 2017 when the first Justice League came out,” she shared. “I have gone to so many Comic Cons for Aquaman. And I really fell in love when we rewatched Aquaman.”
Paytas said she “watched all the Aquamans,” including the cartoon, in order to “find out every single piece” of lore that related to her son.
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“He’s of two heritages, like our baby,” she added. “He connects the land and sea, which is Moses’ order at Benihana. He can talk telepathically to fish. He’s also blonde and brunette, which—plot twist: our Aquaman has blonde hair.”
Paytas and Hacmon also share daughters Malibu Barbie, 2, and Elvis, 13 months.
