Patrick Mahomes is a loving father to him and his wife Brittany Mahomes' two children and has specific preferences regarding their names.
“My second child, Patrick Mahomes III,” Brittany, 28, said during the Friday, January 26 episode The Kelly Clarkson Show as she discussed the 14-month-old baby's allergies and resulting partnership with epinephrine manufacturer AUVI-Q. “I have to say his real name or his father will be angry.”
She clarified, “His name is Patrick [and] we call him Bronze.”
Brittany gave birth to her second child in November 2022, days before she and Patrick, 28, announced their little one's name is Patrick Lavon Mahomes III with a photo of the newborn next to a jewelry necklace with the word “Bronze” on it. (Patrick's full name is Patrick Lavon Mahomes II and he is named after his father, Pat Mahomes Sr.)
“My brother Jackson [Mahomes]Whenever we were trying to find something that was a little unique and different, he'd say, 'What about Bronze? It's a perfect fit for Sterling,” Patrick revealed during a press conference later that month, referring to his and Brittany's daughter, now two. “So that's what we went for.”
Patrick added at the time: “It works out well. He can have his own thing now, where he's not Patrick, he's Bronze, even though he's Patrick. And Sterling and Bronze can take that connection further in the future.”
Patrick and Brittany were high school sweethearts and got engaged in 2020 after he won his first Super Bowl championship with the Kansas City Chiefs. Less than a year later, they welcomed daughter Sterling. (Patrick and Brittany married in March 2022 prior to her pregnancy with Bronze.)
While Patrick is one of the best quarterbacks in the NFL – and is currently battling to lead his team to the AFC Championship for the second year in a row – he is also a dedicated parent.
“I think everyone knows it's hard work, but I think combining football with life and just being a normal guy [having] a normal family, I think people are really going to see that, not just from me, but from Marcus [Mariota] and from Kirk [Cousins],” Patrick said exclusively We weekly in July 2023, specifically regarding his Quarterback docuseries on Netflix. “And you can still be great at your job but also have a great family. We wanted to give people a glimpse of what it's like to be in the NFL and have a great family. And I think we did that.”