What is the name of Riley Keough's baby? 'The Girlfriend Experience' star reveals the meaning behind her daughter's name
MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE: Riley Keough has shared the name of her baby girl! The actress revealed in an interview with Vanity Fair while featuring in their September issue. The 34-year-old star, welcomed the baby last August, via surrogacy with husband Ben Smith-Petersen.
In January, when Ben revealed for the first time about their daughter, "I hope I can love my daughter the way you loved me, the way you loved my brother and my sisters. Thank you for giving me strength, my heart, my empathy, my courage, my sense of humor, my manners, my temper, my wildness, my tenacity. I'm a product of your heart, my sisters are a product of your heart, my brother is a product of your heart."
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What's Riley Keough's baby name?
“This is Tupelo,” Riley said, and revealed the full name, ‘Tupelo Storm Smith-Petersen.’ She revealed that the first name chosen originally, is also the name of the Mississippi city Elvis was born in, a subtle reference to her rich family connection.
“It’s funny because we picked her name before the Elvis movie. I was like, ‘This is great because it’s not really a well-known word or name in relation to my family — it’s not like Memphis or something,' " Riley told the magazine.
She continued, “Then when the Elvis movie came out, it was like, Tupelo this and Tupelo that. I was like, ‘Oh, no,’ But it’s fine.” The young girl also has a middle name honoring Keough’s late brother ‘Storm,’ who killed himself at his Calabasas home in California at the age of 27.
‘Let us throw you a Hindu wedding’
Smith-Petersen who married Riley in 2015, said while honoring his mother-in-law in Graceland. Riley told Vogue Australia, in 2022, "My husband is such a good person. He's calm and loyal and strong and sensitive. He's my best friend."
She added, "The families knew we were getting married and they said, 'Let us throw you a Hindu wedding.' It was so beautiful and, in some ways, that wedding was a little more intimate and really special. That wedding, I cried. At my bigger wedding, I was a little nervous, I wasn't as present. But it was still equally as amazing," reports People.
Keough recently announced that she is the sole trustee of her late mother Lisa Marie Presley’s estate. Moreover, Priscilla, 78, will continue as a special adviser and receive a monthly payment for her role within the trust