by Sara McGinnis posted in Celebrities

When the name of Eva Mendes and Ryan Gosling's second child was publicly revealed, it was hard not to notice it had a lot in common with their firstborn. In May, it was confirmed Esmerelda Amada had become the big sister of Amada Lee.
"My grandmother's name is Amada, and Esmeralda Amada is the name of our oldest," the typically private actress explained to Latina. "We had a few names picked out for our new baby, and when she was born, we didn't feel like those names were her.
"We came up with a few more, even that morning, and tried them out. We were like, 'What about Viviana"' But we just kept going back to Amada. In true Latin fashion, we reuse names all the time. I used to know five sisters that were all Maria del Carmen, Maria Elena, Maria liliana...I actually told [Ryan Gosling], 'This is common in Latin culture, so it wouldn't be crazy.' "So we went with Amada because it was something we kept going back to. And it was an emotional time with the passing of my brother. We thought how beautiful to go with what made us emotional and with what felt like her. When we looked at her, we thought, 'Aww, Amadita.'"

Indeed, the importance of family was heavy on Eva Mendes' mind as a new mom-of-two.
"Losing my brother brought our family closer, and we were already close to begin with," she went on to say of her brother losing his cancer battle. "So to just see everybody be there for one anot...