Maya Rudolph Welcomes Daughter Lucille

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After playing pregnant in this summer’s Away We Go, Maya Rudolph has welcomed a real-life bundle of joy: her second child with director Paul Thomas Anderson.

The couple’s daughter, Lucille, was born Friday, November 6th in Los Angeles, the Saturday Night Live alum’s rep tells PEOPLE exclusively.

Baby Lucille joins big sister Pearl, 4. As with their first child, Maya and Paul, 39, chose not to find out the sex of the baby prior to delivery.

“We didn’t find out with [Pearl] which was kind of fun,” Maya, 37, told David Letterman. “Because when you’re ready to throw in the towel and you’ve got nothing positive to think about or feel, because you’re so heavy and you want to float in a pool of salt water to be buoyant, it was nice to have something to look forward to.”

The couple announced the pregnancy in May.

– Julie Jordan

Comments

Lucille and Pearl go perfectly together!

- electra on December 4th, 2009

Congratulations! Nice name Love Pearl’s name too.

- Jessi on December 4th, 2009

Yay! I was looking forward to hearing this announcement! I love the names Pearl and Lucille. They go great together.

- mrsh on December 4th, 2009

Congrats to the family! Lucille is a lovely name.

- Liliana on December 4th, 2009

Congrats to Maya and Paul. Pearl and Lucielle are such cute names. Too cute! Can’t wait to see pictures of the new family of four!

- I♥CBB on December 4th, 2009

Yah!!! I’m a huge fan of Mayas!! I so love both of her daughter’s names, they go together so well! Congrats!

- mandii on December 4th, 2009

i love the name lucille! it makes me think of the little richard song of the same name.

- babymama on December 4th, 2009

See I’m in the minority here…not loving the name Lucille nor Pearl.

- Juneau on December 4th, 2009

It’s interesting how certain names popularity come in waves. Lucille and Pearl are more grandmother or great aunt names to me-I think they are beautiful names, but I think of an older woman. My mother had great aunts named Madeline though, and that name now is all the rage. It’s interesting how the name tide flows!

- Pam on December 4th, 2009

Pam I agree! Like my name is Jessica and you don’t see too many kiddos that are under the age of 13 or so with that name.

- Jessi on December 4th, 2009

You even have a song to go with the name “Lucille”.

- Baby Carriers Backpacks on December 4th, 2009

I had almost forgot when she was due. Yay congrats to the family! I’m anxious to see pictures because I haven’t seen Pearl in forever!

- Mandy on December 4th, 2009

I didn’t even know she was expecting.

- JMO on December 4th, 2009

i agree with pam and juneau. but at least the names aren’t outrageous or over-the-top. congrats to the family!

- alise on December 4th, 2009

Congrats Mya & Paul!! love the name!!!

- Regina on December 4th, 2009

I love their names!! I don’t care for the trendy Brinleighs or Mykynzy’s, give me a Lucille and Pearl anyday!

- dee on December 4th, 2009

Congrats to Maya and family!

She is an excellent namer. Pearl and Lucille work wonderfully together.

- Candice on December 4th, 2009

I agree with Juneau.
Not fond of the names.

- Alex on December 4th, 2009

I adore that she named her daughters two old fashioned names! Soooooooo funny and cute! They sound like extended cast members from The Golden Girls. Dorothy, Rose, Blanche, Sophia, Pearl and Lucille

- Rye on December 5th, 2009

I wonder if they’ll call her Lucy?

- CelebBabyLover on December 5th, 2009

Very classic names, love them. congrats to Maya and her family!

- Jessicad on December 5th, 2009

Those are definitely “hipster” names, not for everyone but very hip! I bet Pam and Linda at nameberry.com will approve!

- avalulu on December 5th, 2009

OMG, little Lucille was born 2 days before what would have been her maternal grandmother Minnie’s birthday. I wonder if Maya sings “Lovin’ You” to her girls.

- Alecia on December 5th, 2009

Thank goodness traditional names are back on the up-swing. Pearl and Lucille do bring to mind a couple of old grandmas at the retirement home but I like them.
I miss Maya on SNL!

- Kristin on December 5th, 2009

Love the names!

- mary on December 6th, 2009

I never know what people mean when the say names “go together”. I guess what they mean is that they are both “old fashioned” names that are coming back, like Violet and Madeline. I prefer Lucy to Lucille myself but I much prefer names like this than trendy names like well, Linda, and Jennifer (early 1970s)or Madison (late 1990s) which tell you exactly when people have been born.

- Linda on December 6th, 2009

Linda- what they mean by go togther is the names flow when you say it. Example: Jack and Riley. I don’t get why it would be important but that is what people refer too. Sometimes they call it a sib-set.

- Sage on December 6th, 2009

Congrats to Maya!!

- LPW on December 6th, 2009

Minnie Riperton is watching over them.

- Ann deLourdes on December 6th, 2009

Congrats! I’m sure Minnie is looking down with such a sense of pride! “Loving you is easy, ‘cuz you’re beautiful”. Best wishes to their family.

- Saundra on December 6th, 2009

I’m not fond of Pearl, but I do think that Lucille and Pearl sound lovely together. It makes me think of two little old ladies playing bridge! Lucille is sweet and a nice change from Lucy and Luciana (both are beautiful names, but just getting too popular). I like the trend of these “grandma” names coming back in fashion.

- Elle on December 8th, 2009