STRICTLY’S Dianne Buswell and Joe Sugg have revealed they’ve chosen a ‘unique’ name for their unborn baby boy.
The couple announced earlier this year that they were expecting their first child together, which made her the first pregnant dancer on Strictly Come Dancing.
The pair, who met on the show back in 2018, share regular updates about their lives on YouTube, where Joe, 34, made a career for himself, and in a recent video, they shared they’d already picked out a name for their unborn son.
In footage posted on October 27, the Youtuber claimed the baby’s “unique” name was already picked out.
He said: “The name that we’ve come up with, we’re not going to share it. We can’t really give any clues to it other than I don’t really see this name really anywhere.”
“I know some people who have it as their surname but it’s also the sort of name that can be shortened. I’d say it’s quite a unique name but it’s not unique as in-,” Joe said, with Dianne interjecting: “Apple or pear. It’s kind of like Joe, isn’t it? Cute when you’re little, you can call yourself Joseph when you’re older.”
Joe continued: “Or it could be a good sportsperson name. I’ve purposefully not said it out lout at all whereas Diane keeps calling him by that name.
“I do feel like between now and our due date, which is another thing I don’t think we’re going to share, I worry that we might end up revealing it by accident. From now on, he’s called Derek.”
The pair also shared their excitement in announcing their happy news, although Dianne, 36, admitted her nerves when telling her parents.
Answering fans questions, she said: “It was the most nervous I’d ever been. I was so nervous to tell people, I don’t know why. I almost put it off.”
“I think it was because it was such a big life moment,” Joe added, agreeing with his Aussie partner.
Talking to the camera, he continued: “I was way more nervous to tell friends and family than I was to tell you lot.”
Dianne then joked about how Joe would cry after mentioning their baby news to anyone new.
The pair announced their pregnancy publicly with an Instagram post back in September.
In it, the pair drew stick versions of themselves along with a little one on a canvas, with 2026 written in large numbers.
The couple wrote on the joint post: “Our little baby boy [heart emoji] we cannot wait to meet you”.
Dianne continued to take part in Strictly, making her the first pregnant dancer to take part on the show.
She was partnered with former soap star Stefan Dennis.
But last Monday, the 66-year-old Neighbours actor announced he was being forced to pull out of the show after suffering a calf injury.
Following the announcement, one fan commented: “To be honest I saw this coming, Diane couldn’t really continue especially when she gets bigger, bless her”.
She hit back on her Instagram stories, saying: “I sound like a broken record but I’m seeing a bit of this floating around again! I know people say ignore it but actually why should I.
“I will speak up… I would love nothing more than to keep dancing this week next week the week after that so so on and so forth. In fact I have more energy this year than I did this time last year.
“Please respect Stefan who is extremely gutted to not be able to dance and stop presuming this was a set up! Because believe me we would if we could.”
