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David Beckham says there was a literal reason behind naming his newborn daughter Harper Seven.

According to the soccer ace, the unusual name is an amalgamation of Harper Lee, the author of his wife Victoria's favourite book "To Kill A Mocking Bird", and his own former shirt number 'seven'.

Dismissing speculation that they named Harper Seven after a character from Disney TV show "Wizards Of Waverly Place" or even Harper's Bazaar magazine, he explained: "A lot of thought goes into our children's names and Harper was a name that we've loved for a long time for a couple of reasons.

"One reason is Harper's an old English name which we loved and one of the other reasons was Victoria's favourite book is 'To Kill A Mocking Bird' and the author was Harper Lee. It's a very strong, passionate book. That's where Harper came from."

The footballer went on to admit that his former shirt number seven, while he played for Manchester United and England, had also played a strong part in them choosing Seven as a middle name for the newborn, reports thesun.co.uk.

"And then Seven you know, a lot of people have assumed its just because of my shirt number that I wore for many years and part of it is because I had so much luck around wearing that number, wearing it for England, wearing it for Manchester United. It was such an influential number throughout my career and a lucky number... but that wasn't the main reason.

"So we love the name, we love Harper Seven. We're very proud of having her in our lives and in our family and it's an amazing time for our family right now," added the proud father.

The Scream 4 co-stars announced their separation last year and, while they have remained very close, Arquette is not sure what will happen between them.

When asked about their long-term future, Arquette - who has a six-year-old daughter, Coco, with Courtney - said: "I really don't know. It's up in the air. But we really love each other and we're great parents together and we have a business together. We're both figuring out a lot about our lives at the moment and our personalities and what we need to feel more complete."

Arquette accepts joint responsibility for the failure of his marriage, and doesn't believe Courtney was ever unfaithful to him during their union.

Speaking to Australian radio station 2Day FM on the Kyle and Jackie O show, he said: "That's what drove me nuts and the beginning but now I truly believe she didn't. It was something I had to look at and understand it was more about the way we were in our relationship together rather than blaming it on another person or something. That wasn't a reality."

Arquette, 39, recently revealed he acted in a "childish" way following his split from 46-year-old Courteney.

The star partied hard and admitted sleeping with a cocktail waitress shortly after agreeing to a trial separation from his wife last October, but has since undergone four weeks of rehab for alcoholism and admitted he handled the situation badly.

He said: "I went through a really hard time, and my way of dealing with it was just to blow it all up. I did act childish, but at the same time I had to - I was really hurt. It was hard for me to deal with this, but what I had to do ultimately was step back and take a look at myself."