Rumer Willis Reveals Daughter’s Name Pays Tribute to Dad Bruce Willis

Rumer Willis’ daughter’s name is a tribute to the actress’ dad.

The new mom, 35, had her baby girl Louetta Isley in April with her boyfriend Derek Richard Thomas, 29, and has now told how her name is a mix of the names of her father Bruce Willis’ favorite singers.

She said during a question-and-answer session with fans on Instagram about how her name is also “a mix of things I love”: “I have always loved the name Lou so was thinking of that for both a boy or a girl but then when we found out she was a girl, we came up with Louetta.

“We wanted to give her options and me and my dad’s favorite singers are Lou = Louie Armstrong, Etta = Etta James, Isley = Isley Brothers.”

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Rumer had previously explained the spelling of her daughter’s name came to be thanks to a spelling error in a text message.

She told People: “We were thinking about the name Loretta, and it was a typo. Her dad and I were texting, and he left the ‘R’ out of Loretta, and it was just Louetta.”

She ended up loving the name and decided it was meant to be, adding: “I feel like it was one of those kind of divine intervention universe moments, and we figured it out actually quite early in my pregnancy.”

Rumer also revealed her favorite part about being a mom is when her daughter looks at her, adding: “Every moment with her is amazing, but when she smiles at me is the best feeling in the world.”

Bruce was forced to retire from acting in March 2022 after being diagnosed with aphasia, which affects sufferers’ cognitive abilities, and nearly a year later, his family revealed he had been diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia.