After fans were puzzled with various reasons behind Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban’s daughter being named as Sunday, her father has come over to her rescue and revealed the inspiration behind the baby’s name.

Antony Kidman revealed to the media that he and his wife suggested the name to Kidman and were inspired by Australian painter Sidney Nolan’s muse, Sunday Reed.

Antony said, “There was a lady named Sunday Reed who was a prominent patron of the arts in Victoria.”

I have read a bit about Sunday Reed and her husband John — she was a key mover and shaker in the arts around the beginning of the century. The name Sunday struck me as being a nice name for a woman, so my wife and I mentioned it.”

Meanwhile Keith’s brother Shane has revealed the mystery behind Sunday’s second name- Rose insisting that she was given the name as a tribute to their departed grandmother Rose.