NRL player for the Parramatta Eels, Joel Reddy, and his wife Rearne Goodwin, welcomed their first child on Wednesday October 5 – a son named Rock Jarvis Goodwin Reddy. Rock Reddy weighed 3.9 kg (8 pounds 9 ounces), and his birth was announced on Twitter.
Both Joel and Rearne are members of famous sporting families. Joel is the son of Rod Reddy who played rugby league for the St George Dragons and the Illawarra Steelers. Rod’s nickname was “Rocket”, and I think that may be the inspiration for baby Rock’s name. Joel’s brother Liam plays soccer, and is goal keeper for Sydney FC, and his sister Bianca is goalkeeper for the Adelaide Thunderbirds netball team.
Rearne is the daughter of the famously gifted Ted Goodwin, known as “Lord Ted”, who played rugby league for the St George Dragons, Newtown Jets and Western Suburbs Magpies. Rearne’s brothers are Bryson, Bronx and Luke Goodwin, who all play professional level rugby league (Bronx Goodwin’s name was featured in Boys Names from the National Rugby League).
Joel and Rearne were married in Las Vegas last October.
I don’t know if there is any connection, but Jarvis is also a surname associated with the NRL; if so, Rock Jarvis Goodwin Reddy has a name fit for a scion of rugby league royalty.
(Photo from Rearne Goodwin’s Facebook page).
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hi, the surname REDDY is very common in southern part of India, it is curious how these people got that surname
Srinivasa Reddy
The Reddys of southern India take their name from the caste of that name, derived from the rulers Rathis or Rattis.
The British surname Reddy can either be English, Scottish or Irish, so the Reddy family in this story are not Indian, but of British descent (I can’t say which part of Britain their name comes from, but I would guess English or Irish). http://www.surnamedb.com/Surname/Reddy
There’s a famous Australian singer from the 1970s called Helen Reddy, so the name isn’t unknown here.
I hope that helps! 🙂
Great name!
If that kid doesn’t go into the world of rock ‘n’ roll, it would be a shame with that name.
I think he’ll be expected to go into the “family business”. 🙂 But who knows?
Another vocab name! Although St Rocco is sometimes called ‘St Rock’ in English…
Very true! I kind of wish they’d just called the baby Rocket; it would be a stand-out name. Mind you, Rock Reddy is pretty impressive as it is.