Patrick and Brittany Mahomes explain their children's names: Sterling, Bronze

Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes and his wife, Brittany MahomesI've followed a theme when it comes to baby names.

after Engage In September 2020, the couple announced that they were expecting their first child. Patrick and Brittany welcomed daughter Sterling Skye in February 2021. The couple tied the knot in March 2022 and added son Patrick “Bronze” Lavon Mahomes III to their family in November of that year.

“My second child, Patrick Mahomes III. I have to say his real name or his dad will get mad,” Brittany explained on the show. The Kelly Clarkson Show In January 2024. “His name is Patrick (and) we call him Bronze.” (The NFL player's full name is Patrick Lavon Mahomes II, and he was He was named after his father, Pat Mahomes father)

Brittany and Patrick announced in July 2024 that they are expecting their third child. In January 2025, the duo shared on Instagram that they… I welcomed my daughter Golden Ray.

Scroll down to see what Patrick and Brittany have said over the years about their children's names:

Sterling was initially intended for their dog

Brittany shared the origins of the name Sterling during a Q&A on her Instagram Story in April 2023. “I got Steele in college and named him that,” she explained of the couple's older dog. “Then we got our second dog and we were going to name her Sterling because she matched Steele so perfectly.”

“Then I said no, I want that to be my daughter's name, so we came up with the name Silver instead of Steel,” Brittany continued.

Brittany explained that they were “already ready to marry Sterling” when they were expecting their daughter. “Then Bronze was supposed to be Patrick Mahomes III, and he was supposed to be perfect,” she wrote.

The bronze was almost tri

Patrick shared that he initially had another name in mind for his son. “We were going with Trey at first because the third is clear and everything like that,” he explained while speaking on 610 Sports Radio's The Drive on Audacy (Kansas City) in December 2022. the people.

How Jackson Mahomes gave his title the bronze

Keeping with the family tradition, Bronze's nickname happened by chance. “my brother Jackson (Mahomes)Whenever we were trying to find something unique and a little different, he would say, “What about bronze?” “He fits in perfectly with Sterling,” Patrick said during a November 2022 press conference. “So, we went with that.”

He continued: “It's going well. He can have something of his own now where it's not Patrick, it's Bronze, even though he is Patrick. Sterling and Bronze can take this connection forward.”