Oprah Winfrey Reveals the Name of the Premature Baby She Lost at 14

Oprah Winfrey, the renowned talk show host, has shared the name she had chosen for the premature baby boy she lost when she was only 14 years old.

During a speaking engagement at the Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne, Australia, Winfrey candidly discussed her painful past.

In an interview with a reporter prior to her visit, the reporter suggested that Winfrey should give her late son a name.

Winfrey took this suggestion to heart and announced to the audience of 15,000 that she had named her son Canaan, without specifying the exact spelling.

She explained her choice by stating, “I did have a son.

And I named him Canaan because Canaan means new land, new life.”

According to news.com.au, Winfrey also shared her experiences of s**ual abuse as a young girl, which ultimately led to her pregnancy.

She revealed that she was raped at the age of 9 by a cousin, and later by two other family members.

Winfrey expressed the immense pain and shame she felt during her pregnancy at the age of 14, leading her to conceal it from others.

As a teenager, Winfrey gave birth to her son, who tragically passed away in the hospital a few weeks later.

The news of Winfrey's loss became public in 1990 when a relative disclosed the story.

At that time, Winfrey was devastated by the revelation.

In the February 2007 issue of O, The Oprah Magazine, she wrote, “I took to my bed and cried for three days.

I felt devastated.

Wounded.

Betrayed.

How could this person do this to me?”

Winfrey also admitted that she was concerned about the potential damage the revelation could cause to her career.

She feared the judgment and condemnation she might face from society.

“I imagined that every person on the street was going to point their finger at me and scream, ‘Pregnant at 14, you wicked girl … expelled!'”

she wrote in the same magazine issue.

However, once the truth emerged, Winfrey experienced a sense of liberation.

She realized that