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The actress, who recently partnered with Enfamil, added that she wanted to name her child something \"gender neutral\" because she has a habit of picking out names way in advance of needing one.

\"She was named before I was even pregnant,\" Tisdale admitted with a laugh. \"Basically, I just came up with her name a year and a half before I got pregnant. I am someone who, like, even with my animals -- my dogs -- I name them before I get them.\"

With her mind made up, the \"Phineas and Ferb\" star explained she then went to her husband, Christopher French, to pick his brain about the potential moniker.

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\"I said to my husband, 'Do you to like it?' and he was like, 'Yeah, that is so cool,' especially because he's got such a great last name,\" Ashley recalled. \"So... Jupiter French. And then once we found out she was a girl, Chris named her middle name Iris.\"

Jupiter was born March 23.

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