Elaine Cassidy Welcomes Daughter Kíla

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It’s a girl for Harper’s Island star Elaine Cassidy!

She and husband Stephen Lord welcomed their first child, daughter Kíla Lord Cassidy, on Wednesday, September 16th in London, her rep tells PEOPLE exclusively. Baby girl’s first name is pronounced “Key-la.”

“Stephen and I are absolutely delighted,” Elaine said in a statement.

Elaine and Stephen announced the pregnancy in March. The actress, 29, commemorated the event by posing for Fit Pregnancy‘s August issue.

Comments

Congratulation! I have a friend named Keela.

- Lacey on September 22nd, 2009

Kila is a pretty name. Congratulations to them

- Andrea_momof2 on September 22nd, 2009

Congrats. Is it a tradition in Ireland that babies take their mother’s last name, even when they are married? I would have thought that the name would be Kila Cassidy Lord, since they are married.

- Beverley on September 22nd, 2009

I like how Kila has her mom’s last name. Neat tradition

- MZ on September 22nd, 2009

Congratulations to them!! I have to say, this is one of the 1st times I really liked the name of a celeb baby. Kila is a really pretty name!!

- Erika on September 22nd, 2009

Kila is a lovely name….

- Brooke on September 22nd, 2009

I LOVE the name…one to add to my list lol.

- Amity on September 22nd, 2009

congrats!! cute name – but it reminds me of tila tequila for some reason lol

- amandamay on September 22nd, 2009

whoever she is, I find her terribly pretty for some reasons. nice name, too. congrats!

- kai on September 22nd, 2009

How wonderful that the baby has her mother’s last name! We’ll know men and women are truly equal when half the time a baby gets its mother’s last name.

- Lara on September 22nd, 2009

I don’t think the name has anything to do with equality of men and women, it’s just tradition. They probably didn’t like the last name LORD so they gave her Cassidy

- ritter on September 22nd, 2009

Tradition tends to be rooted in patriarchy.

- Rebecca on September 22nd, 2009

It says Kíla Lord Cassidy, so she has both last names.

- Anna on September 22nd, 2009

The name reminded me of a place in Ireland I once heard of (pronounced Ki-la-lu; I have no clue on the spelling though).

- Amber on September 23rd, 2009

Congatulations!

- Jessi on September 23rd, 2009

Not a tradition in Ireland at all I a sure you. But perhaps it is simply a case of which way the names work best. If they intend on giving her a double barrel name. Its probs just about how it sounds.

- Diane on September 23rd, 2009

It doesn’t look like a double-barrel name. If so, then she doesn’t have a middle name. It looks like she has her father’s name as a middle name and her mother’s name as a last name. A refreshing change from the more usual reverse.

- Lara on September 23rd, 2009

How refreshing that every comment I have read has been positive.

- Sharon Pompilii on September 23rd, 2009

Aw. How lovely.
Congrats to both of them.

- Rebecca on September 23rd, 2009

Congrats! She was great in A Room with a View too. She’s a beautiful actress, I’m sure her daughter will be too. Kila is a lovely name.

- Sharon on September 24th, 2009

Congratulations to Elaine Cassidy and Stephen Lord. Kila is a beautiful name.
I’m an avid fan of Elaine Cassidy. I love her on harper’s island, a room with view and ghost squad. And of course her fans fall in love with her on fingersmith.
I hope she’ll make more movies or mini-series in the near future.

- Irene on October 6th, 2009

Awww…Kila is such a cute name!

- Anna on December 12th, 2009

Congratulations to the parents! And cute name;)

- Saty on January 5th, 2010