Actress Kellie Martin, 31, and her husband Keith Christian welcomed their first child, a daughter, on Saturday at 12:21 pm. Margaret Heather weighed in at 8 lbs and was 21 inches long. Kellie and Keith are calling her ‘Maggie,’ and both are doing very well, says a rep. Maggie arrived almost two weeks past her due date!
The middle name is in honor of Kellie’s sister, who died of lupus in 1998.
Source: People
what a great name!!! Congrats to Kellie and her husband!!!
- tink1217 on
I LOVE the name Maggie! Congrats to Kellie and her husband. Kudos to her for not getting induced and letting her baby decide her own birthday. I wonder if she had a natural birth (no drugs)??
- yogadaisy on
It’s a cute name. Congratulations 
- Aleah on
Congrats! she is one of my all time favorites from Becca on Life goes on to Lucy on Er!
How nice that she gave her daughter her younger sisters middle name.
- Karrie Nelson on
This article looks EXACTLY like the one I saw on another website earlier today. Are you the same as celebritybabies.info?
- Sam on
That is wonderful news for Kellie Martin and her husband Keith and I am sure that they will have hours of joy with the child and minutes of sleep.
- Michele S. Glaser on
I knew it was a girl
Congratulations!
- pooky on
Margaret Heather is a beautiful name!
- LaMama on
How sweet! The middle name, Heather, is for her younger sister who died of lupus years ago.
- Heather on
Congratulations! I was wondering if they would name their baby Heather if it was a girl. Kellie’s little sister Heather died from lupus in 1998.
- Majbritt on
How wonderful! Congrats to them!
- Christina on
I love her!! She’s just sooo sweet. I think Heather, the baby’s middle name, is named after her late younger sister Heather who died from Lupus in 1998. Very nice name.
- Hilary on
Yay for Kellie and Keith! Looks like the “old is new” trend with names continues. I like it though. Heather isn’t a name I’ve heard much.
- Roise on
I love the name. My name is Heather, my grandmother’s name is Margaret. So, I guess I am partial. Beautiful name, for what I bet, is a beautiful little girl!!!
- Heather on
Maggie is a great name! I have a Maggie myself.
- Phoebe on
I love the name “Maggie!” And how special that they named her after Kellie’s sister. I can totally relate to what Kellie went through when she lost Heather, for I lost a son to lupus, I have lupus and my mother has lupus, so I know what a person (and their family) can go through with this awful, unpredictable disorder. What a special way to honor Heather’s memory. Congrats to them on their sweet baby girl.
- PinkRoses on
Maggie is a beautiful name! Congrats to them.
- joy on
Congratulations to Kellie & Keith! Margaret Heather is a beautiful name, and Maggie is so cute…I love it I’m not at all surprised that they used her sister’s name as their daughter’s middle name…that makes it all the more meaningful. I wish them all the best of luck!
- Jennifer on
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