Sam Kerr and Kristie Mewis announce the birth of their first baby – as they reveal the newborn’s VERY unusual name

Sam Kerr and Kristie Mewis have announced the birth of their baby boy. 

The footballing supercouple, who are due to be married later this December, announced that they were expecting a baby back in November. 

And on Thursday morning, the pair took to Instagram that they have named their newborn son Jagger Mewis-Kerr.

The pair beamed with delight as they posed for a selfie with their son Jagger. 

West Ham and USA star Mewis rested her head on the shoulder of her fiancee Kerr, who smiled from ear-to-ear as their baby boy snuggled in for a cuddle.  

‘Our little man is here, Jagger Mewis-Kerr,’ the pair wrote on Instagram. 

The pair revealed that they were expecting in November last year and on Thursday announced to their followers that they had named their baby boy Jagger

Mewis, 34, and Kerr, 31, were engaged back in 2023, with the US soccer star sharing the happy news with Peole Magazine adding that she was thankful for her partner for being by her side. 

It is understood that the pair had met around six months after the Matildas captain had moved to London in 2019. 

During her recent high-profile court case, where Kerr was cleared of the racially aggravated harrassment of a British police officer, the five-time Women’s Super League winner revealed when she and Mewis had first met during lockdown in 2019. 

She said the American footballer had ‘slid into her DMs’. The pair subsequently began dating. 

Kerr had also revealed during the trial that she was expecting a baby boy while giving evidence in court. Mewis had stood by her beau throughout the trial, with the pair also stating that they were hoping to get married in December. 

They went on to make headlines in 2021 after the West Ham midfielder was seen consoling Kerr on the footy pitch after Australia were beaten in a 4-3 thriller by the USA at the Tokyo Olympic Games. The Matildas would subsequently miss out on winning bronze to America. 

The Chelsea striker had cut an emotional figure after the match, hiding her face in her shirt, but Mewis quickly arrived to console her beau, with the pair sitting down just off the centre circle and sharing a hug and a smile as they reflected on the match. 

Following their engagement Mewis spoke out on their relationship, stating: ‘[She’s] my biggest supporter, always listening to me nag and complain all, all of my crazy antics.’

The Chelsea star, meanwhile, has not played for both her club or national side in over a year, after she suffered a ruptured anterior cruciate ligament injury back in January 2024. 

Blues boss Sonia Bompastor recently claimed that she was unable to put a time-frame on when Kerr would be able to return for the football club. 

It comes as the 31-year-old has been making promising strides to return to play, with the footy star having been recently seen training back on grass as well as flying out to Australia to train with Tom Sermanni’s Matildas team, during their recent international friendlies against South Korea.  

Their post on Thursday was flooded with comments from many around the footballing world, inclding the Matildas, who congratulated the Chelsea and Australia striker on the exciting news. 

‘Congratulations!’ the Matildas official account wrote. 

Barclays Women’s Super League added: ‘Congratulations! also while West Ham Women wrote: ‘Congratulations, Kristie and Sam’ adding a heart and ‘crossed hammers’ emoji.

One of Kerr’s Chelsea team-mates, Aggie Beever-Jones added: ‘Cutest ever’, while Chelsea Women wrote: ‘Congratulations, Sam and Kristie! Adorable’ with a blue love-heart emoji.

Since announcing they were expecting a baby, Kerr and Mewis have been jetting back and forth from the UK to Australia. 

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