Neal McDonough Welcomes Daughter London Jane

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Neal McDonough, who played Edie’s crazy husband Dave Williams on Desperate Housewives, and his wife, Ruvé, have a new addition to their family.

Daughter London Jane McDonough was born on the morning of Monday, Jan. 11 at the Good Samaritan Hospital in Los Angeles, PEOPLE confirms. She weighed 7.95 lbs and measured 19 inches long.

“Morgan Patrick, 4, and Catherine Maggie, who is 2 ½, are thrilled to have a new baby sister in the house,” Ruvé tells PEOPLE exclusively. “The first words out of their mouths when they wake up or come home from preschool are, ‘Where’s Baby London?’ “

London has achieved top status in the family. “She is being treated like the president in the McDonough home,” the new mom jokes. “She sleeps for four hours and breastfeeds a lot. There’s hardly much time for ‘play’ right now, but she’s smothered in hugs and kisses from the kids every chance that they get. We’re definitely going to keep her!”

As for how Neal is doing, Ruvé says he’s “truly been Superdaddy. The kids even call him that. He has been a super help during Mom’s recovery. We’re already thinking about number four!”

– Cynthia Wang

Comments

I really love the name London.

- Shirese on January 26th, 2010

London is quite a different name from the other children. I like it, but it seems not to match with the set.

- Emily on January 26th, 2010

What a beautiful name! Although I agree with Emily, it dosent seem to match the older children, still, I love t!

- JessieLee on January 26th, 2010

My sons name is London and while I obviously find it all boy, I think its a cute name for them! Congrats to them!

- Sophie on January 26th, 2010

What a CUTE name! Congrats to them!

- Mallory on January 26th, 2010

so we now have names like bronx, london, brooklyn, paris, alabama…
but i’m still waiting for someone to name their kid Hollywood.

- fuzibuni on January 26th, 2010

I like that name. I imagine it has a lot of significance for them.

- meghan on January 26th, 2010

LMAO fuzibuni

- Tina. on January 27th, 2010

So many babies born on 1/11/2010! London McDonough, Grace Wahlberg, Rocco Reynolds and Kloey Fatone! Congrats to the McDonoughs!

- Kara on January 27th, 2010

Love the name, gorgeous.

- maman on January 27th, 2010

Congrats to them, any pics of little London yet?

- lbaade on January 27th, 2010

I’m sorry but I really don’t get the whole ‘London’ thing. I live there. It’s a pretty dull name for a City let alone a child. Especially when you prounounce it in the native accent – “Laandon”.

Then again I pretty much hate all non-traditional names so there you go.

- Clare on January 27th, 2010

I’m happy that they had the baby and she’s safe but i do agree with earlier posters that London doesn’t match the other kids’ names. Morgan, Catherine, London? I don’t see it. But i like the name London regardless.

- Luna on January 27th, 2010

I actually really like the name! I think it sounds good with the other name. It may not “match”, since they’re more traditional, but I think it flows well.
Congrats to the McDonough family! Can’t wait to see pics!

- Shannon on January 27th, 2010

Not convinced by the name – not terribly feminine, is it? Maybe she’ll go by Jane, which is much prettier.

I agree with Clare. London is a big, dirty, unromantic city with a tall old clock and a giant ferris wheel. Why would you want to be named after it? It has a lot of history and some decent shopping, but that’s about it!

- vixen on January 27th, 2010

For all the people asking why they chose that name, (here comes a shocker): Maybe they liked it? I get so sick of people trying to name somebody else’s kid all the time on this site. Not everyone has the same style as you.

- shirese on January 27th, 2010

My sister has a friend called London Jane. (only because she’s Jane from London as opposed to Jane from SomewhereElse.)

Think it’s kinda fun even if it makes me think ‘hooker’ for some reason.

- jan on January 27th, 2010

Love the name!

- Sapphire on January 27th, 2010

My niece has a Londyn in her class. I love the name!

- JMO on January 27th, 2010

Congrats to them! 3 little girls! It must be so much fun in that house!!

- Erika on January 27th, 2010

It’s a cute name, maybe they like that all the kids have an ‘N’ in their names. I would pick Jane over London, it’s a personal choice right. It’s their child right. I got so upset when family would make comments about names we liked when we were pregnant.

- Ama on January 27th, 2010

totally bizarre name, seems like kind of a pretentious choice to me… are we going to have kids called called Berlin, Oslo, Rome, Madrid, Stockholm…. soon, i just don’t really understand the whole place names thing…
but i hope they are all happy and healthy with their beautiful baby girl…

- JM on January 27th, 2010

@Erika: I’m pretty sure Morgan Patrick is a boy.

- Tamara on January 27th, 2010

I love her name…it’s original and beautiful. I hope she wouldn’t go by Jane, I don’t like that name, although I do think Janie is pretty.

- Jennifer on January 27th, 2010

Not a fan of London (the city or the name) but each to their own. Congrats on the birth of their baby girl

- Elby on January 27th, 2010

Congrats! Had expected something more traditional (and I don’t like London at all, Landon for a boy is pretty), but the name has a great flow!

- Jen on January 27th, 2010

Tamara- Yeah I saw the Patrick after. But Morgan is a girl’s name 99% of the time where I live (in fact I’ve never heard of it for a boy) so I assumed girl.

- Erika on January 27th, 2010

@ Erika; yeah the name Morgan is unisex but leaning more towards the girls. I can see why you thought he was a girl. So I didn’t mean it in a bad way, I just wanted to point it out so you know he’s a boy

- Tamara on January 27th, 2010

I actually went to school with a girl named London about 17 years ago. It was a little “exotic” sounding back in the day, but it suited a girl. Sounds sweet.

- acmommy on January 27th, 2010

Morgan is actually a Welsh boys name so although it may have become more unisex it’s really a boys name.

- Elby on January 27th, 2010

@ Vixen, London is a great place to live, which is known for its multi-cultural surrounds. Its where alot of trends and history also comes from. I’m very proud of my city. obviously you dont know the real London.
Also I think London is a great name and its up to the parents what and why they want to call their daughter that. I hate that people always have to say horrid things about the name or that they should be known by their middle name. If they wanted to to known by their middle name I’m sure that would of been their first name and not their middle name if that was the case!!

- Laydacris on January 27th, 2010

as always, i’m with fuzibuni

- katie on January 27th, 2010

JM- Actually, my great-grandfather’s middle name was Berlin, so I think place names have actually been around for quite awhile.

- CelebBabyLover on January 28th, 2010

@JM I have a 3yr old daughter that is named ROME the choice of a name for us was personal and has much significance to her father and I. So name choices dont always have to make sense to others:)

- Jaime on January 28th, 2010

My daughter is London Bella… I love the name London, I’ve gotten majority compliments over it… there are the few that say “oh… thats different…” and its obvious they just don’t like it, but thats mostly elderly people who have that reaction.

- Lindy on January 28th, 2010

Love the name London Jane. Great choice!

- Brenda on January 29th, 2010

I Love the name so much! I acctually found this blog because I’m due in May and I’m naming my daughter London not sure of a middle name yet, I like Victoria but my husband is sure there is a better one . We named our first daughter Scarlett Miriam. I think the names they picked out work very well together and are beautiful names.

- Sarah Jane on February 7th, 2010

To help clarify the name choice…I’m a personal friend on Neal and ruve’s and know that they met in London when Neal
started filming Band Of Brothers. Hence, the significance.

- LLB on April 3rd, 2010