Derek Hough and woman Hayley Erbert are sharing information about how they chose the name of their newborn baby girl, Everley Capri.
“Everley was always at the top of a list that I had,” Erbert, 31, said people in an interview published on Wednesday, January 21. “I saw this post the other day that said, ‘It’s crazy that I’ve seen your name in my notes app for so long, and now you’re here with me.’ I said, “That’s exactly what it’s been like.” His name has always had a little star on it because there were a few that we really liked.”
Erbert added that it took her and Hough, 40, “four or five days” to decide on a name, and ultimately their choice came down to a gut feeling.
“(We decided) to keep looking at her and see what name she calls us,” he explained.
As for the spelling of Everley, the couple said they wanted to match the last three letters of Erbert’s own name, Hayley.
“It’s very intentional, the way we wrote it,” Hough added.
The new parents also looked into the numerology behind “Everley” after a friend encouraged them to do so and discovered that it was a master number 11. This made them feel even more confident that they had chosen the right nickname, as Erbert saw the number 11 “everywhere”.
“She was 11 days late, I was born on October 11,” he said. “He called us and we said, ‘That’s right. That’s it.'”
Numerology is the belief in a mystical relationship between numbers and life events, similar to astrology.
“Whether you believe in that kind of thing or not, it was great,” Hough said. “When we looked at the meaning of it, it was like, ‘Okay, this is beautiful.’ We love this.’ It felt right. It was just a feeling.”
Hough and Erbert also explained the meaning of the middle name “Capri”, revealing that the Dancing with the stars The judge initially wanted to incorporate “rain” or “rainbow” into the name to honor the fact that Everley is her rainbow baby after a devastating miscarriage. However, the couple eventually went in a different direction.
“When we threw Capri in there, we were like, ‘Oh my god, that’s beautiful,'” Erbert said, while Hough added, “Capri is the little part of her.”
Hough and Erbert, who married in 2023, announced the birth of Everley on January 5
Derek Hough and his wife Hayley Erbert are expecting their first baby together. “We can’t believe the biggest thing to happen to us could be so small,” Erbert, 30, captioned his Instagram announcement video on Tuesday, July 22. The short clip showed Derek, 40, walking towards his wife who wrapped her arms around his neck and showed (…)
“December 29, 2025. Everley Capri Hough 🤍,” Derek captioned an Instagram post. “Every step of our lives has led us to you. Our hearts have been opened wide and our world changed forever.”
Hough explained exclusively Us Weekly on January 13 that is enjoying his new chapter with Erbert.
“I feel so grateful for health and for this blessing and for this new chapter,” Hough said. “This new year is going to be full of a lot of new experiences and amplified experiences because I think that’s what love does. Even marriage, being in a relationship with your loved one, I can go do something and have an amazing experience, but when I go do something with someone I love, it just amplifies that experience.”