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What's in a name? Hoda Kotb reveals the meaning behind her new daughter's name

COURTESY HODA KOTB Hoda Kotb  surprised  Today  audiences on Tuesday when she announced she had welcomed a daughter —  Haley Joy  — through adoption. “She’s a Valentine’s baby,” Kotb, 52, said, calling in to the NBC morning show to discuss the big news. “She is the love of my life.” Calling back into the show’s fourth hour, which she normally co-hosts, Kotb explained the inspiration behind her daughter’s name — all while feeding Haley Joy! “Haley is because of Halley’s Comet,” Kotb told a tearful  Kathie Lee Gifford  and  Jenna Bush Hager , referencing the famous short-period comet — which is visible to the naked eye from Earth every 75 years. “It was one of those things where I just picture her sailing through the sky.” Want all the latest pregnancy and birth announcements, plus celebrity mom blogs? Click here to get those and more in the PEOPLE Babies newsletter. The name was something...