Patrick and Brittany Mahomes Explain Stories Behind Their Kids' Names

Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes and his wife, Brittany Mahomes, have kept up with a theme when it comes to baby names.

After getting engaged in September 2020, the couple announced they were expecting their first child. Patrick and Brittany welcomed daughter Sterling Skye in February 2021. The pair tied the knot in March 2022 and added son Patrick “Bronze” Lavon Mahomes III to their family that November.

“My second child, Patrick Mahomes III. I have to say his real name or his dad will get mad,” Brittany explained on the Kelly Clarkson Show in January 2024. “His name is Patrick [and] we call him Bronze.” (The NFL player’s full name is Patrick Lavon Mahomes II and he was named after his father, Pat Mahomes Sr.)

Brittany and Patrick announced in July 2024 they were expecting their third child. In January 2025, the duo shared via Instagram that they welcomed daughter Golden Raye.

Scroll down to see what Patrick and Brittany have said over the years about their kids’ names:

Sterling Was Initially Meant for Their Dog

Brittany shared the origins of Sterling’s name during an Instagram Story Q&A in April 2023. “I got Steel in college and named him that,” she explained of the couple’s older dog. “We then got our second dog and was gonna name her Sterling because it went with Steel perfect.”

Brittany continued, “Then I said no, I want that to be my daughter’s name, so then we came up with Silver to go with Steel.”

Brittany explained that they were “already set on Sterling” when they were expecting their daughter. “Then having a boy and him being Patrick Mahomes III, Bronze was just meant to be and went perfect,” she wrote.

Bronze Was Almost Trey

Patrick shared that he initially had another name in mind for his son. “We were going with Trey at first because the third obviously and everything like that,” he explained while speaking on The Drive on Audacy’s 610 Sports Radio (Kansas City) in December 2022, per People.

How Jackson Mahomes Gave Bronze His Nickname

While keeping in the family’s tradition, Bronze’s moniker happened by chance. “My brother Jackson [Mahomes], whenever we were trying to find something that was a little unique and different, he said, ‘What about Bronze? It fits perfectly with Sterling,’” Patrick said during a press conference in November 2022. “So, we went with that.”

He continued, “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 have that connection moving forward.”