Olivia Munn says she regrets the name chosen for her and John Mulaney’s daughter in honor of her mother

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA: Olivia Munn revealed how a conversation with her mother inspired the name of her and John Mulaney's daughter, Mei June, but ended up leaving her with some regrets.

The actress appeared on 'Late Night with Seth Meyers' to promote her Apple TV+ series 'Your Friends & Neighbors' and shared the surprising backstory behind naming her daughter.

Seth Meyers reveals Olivia Munn named daughter in tribute to her mother

Seth Meyers revealed during the interview that Olivia Munn named her daughter in tribute to her mother.

Munn replied, “Well, I thought I did.” She explained how a comment from her mother during a drive had influenced the choice.

“So, my daughter's name is Mei, with an accent over the E, which is plum in Chinese," she said.

"My mom's name is Dung, it's spelled d-u-n-g," Munn said. She said her mother told her June was the "Americanized name for Dung," and people often call her by that name. 

"She goes, ‘Yeah, everyone calls me June.’ I said, all right,” she added. “Her middle name is Kim, so everyone calls her Kim.”

Olivia Munn recalls mother's underwhelming reaction to her daughter’s name

Olivia Munn said it was John Mulaney who suggested they name the baby Mei June as a tribute.

Munn embraced the idea and was initially pleased with the choice. “I thought it was a great idea,” she shared. However, after the baby was born and the name was announced, things didn’t go as planned.

“Then an hour later, my mom comes to the hospital. She's holding the baby, and I realized she didn't say anything about the name yet. So I said, 'Mom, what do you think about her name?' She goes, 'It's okay,'” Munn said, according to Daily Mail.

“I said, 'Wait, what? Do you like the name?' And she goes, 'It's okay,'” she added. “I was so upset. I said, 'Well, you know my grandmother’s name was Estelle. I was thinking about naming her Mei Estelle. Maybe I should just do that.’ And she goes, ‘You should change it.’”

Olivia Munn hopes her daughter won’t be 'as big a liar' as her mother

Olivia Munn shared that her mother even started suggesting new name options, making her rethink the original story. That's when she recalled her mom's habit of filling silences with conversation.

“And then one day it hits me. So, my mom loves to talk. She just talks, talks. One time she spoke to me for 30 minutes about how she doesn't talk a lot,” Munn joked.

Connecting the dots, she remembered the conversation with her mother in the car. Munn shared that she eventually asked her directly about the truth.

“Mom, I think I know what happened. Did you just want to talk that day, so you came up with this story that people call you June, but no one has ever called you June?”

Her mother insisted otherwise. “Yes, people call me June,” she said. When pressed about when that happened, Munn said, “She said in 1987, two women called me June.”

Still, Munn chose to stick with the name: “I was like, you know what? It's staying June. We're not changing it. So, yeah, she's kind of in honor of my mother, but I hope she doesn't grow up to be as big a liar.”