Tracy Beaker’s Dani Harmer welcomes beautiful baby girl

We absolutely LOVE the unusual name that Dani Harmer has given her baby girl!

Dani harmer and Simon Bough

by Kayleigh Dray |
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We may always remember Dani Harmer as Tracy Beaker, the cheeky little girl from the TV show inspired by the popular Jacqueline Wilson books.

But, nowadays, she’s a 27-year-old woman - and she’s just given birth to a beautiful baby girl.

Yes, we really are that old. Eep!

According to Hello! Magazine, Dani and her boyfriend Simon welcomed their firstborn bubba at 5pm on Tuesday weighing in at 6lbs 9oz.

"Mother and baby are doing well – the baby is beautiful like her mother!" Jill Harmer, Dani's mum, exclusively told the magazine.

And we absolutely LOVE the unusual name that Dani and Simon have picked out for their daughter.

Are you ready for this?

It’s Avarie-Belle Betsy Brough!

The name ‘Avarie’ means ‘light and nimble as a bird’, while ‘Belle’ means ‘beautiful’ - what a gorgeous moniker.

Dani revealed she and her boyfriend Simon Bough were expecting a baby back in January.

She told Hello! magazine: “I absolutely can’t wait. I’m also really nervous. But I guess I just have to take each day as it comes. I’ve always wanted to be a mum.

Simon and Dani are 'over the moon' [via Twitter]

“We’re over the moon. I still wake up every morning and go, ‘I’m pregnant’. It was amazing seeing the scan. I find the whole thing absolutely fascinating. What an amazing, clever thing to be going on inside my body.”

Dani insisted she plans to be a fun mum and will take inspiration from her own mother, who she said was a ‘friend she could tell absolutely anything’.

She added: “I think if you can find the balance between respect and friendship, combining all those things into one, that would be perfect.”

Dani with sister Betsy and mum Jill* [via Twitter]

And Simon admitted they’ve got no plans to get married just because they’re having a baby.

He said: “Dani wants the little one to walk up the aisle with us, so we’ll have to wait a few years for that.”

In 2012 Dani took part in the tenth series of Strictly Come Dancing, with her and partner Vincent Simone coming fourth place.

Congratulations to Dani and Simon!

*Check out Dani as Tracy in the clip below:

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