Ranbir Kapoor and Alia Bhatt name their daughter RAHA: Here’s all you need to know

Ranbir Kapoor and Alia Bhatt introduced their daughter to the world on November 24, by unveiling her name. The couple held their baby close, while revealing her name with a personalized mini jersey of the football club Barcelona framed in the background. Her name has a deep connection to Ranbir and Alia’s obsession with number 8, it is a reminder of their happy times, read on to know all about Raha.

Ranbir Kapoor and Alia Bhatt have a deep connection with the number 8, which reflects in a lot of their gestures. And the same reflects in their daughter’s name too. R stands at number 18 and H stands at number 8 in the alphabet series… thus giving Raha a double connection to the special number.

Ranbir Kapoor has car number plates featuring ‘8’ as well as customised jerseys with the same number. The actor had revealed that there is no superstition attached to the number, but it is just that his mother's birthday is on July 8 and he connected with the number because of the way it looks, like an infinity sign.

Alia Bhatt has also embraced Ranbir’s lucky number. For her wedding, the actress got a customized number ‘8’ kalire, while her minimalistic Mehendi design also reflected the same. Alia’s diamond studded mangalsutra also features number 8 as an infinity design.

Explaining the meaning behind her daughter’s name, Alia Bhatt had shared, “The name Raha (chosen by her wise and wonderful Dadi) has so many beautiful meanings… Raha, in its purest form, means divine path in Swahili she is Joy, In Sanskrit, Raha is a clan, In Bangla - rest, comfort, relief, in Arabic peace, it also means happiness, freedom & bliss. And true to her name, from the first moment we held her - we felt it ALL! Thank you Raha, for bringing our family to life, it feels as though our lives have only just begun.”