Riley Keough Reveals Title of Her and Ben Smith-Petersen’s Child Woman

Riley Keough is celebrating her daughter’s beginning month with a candy shock.

The Daisy Jones & The Six actress revealed the identify of her and husband Ben Smith-Petersen‘s child woman in a canopy story for Vainness Honest, launched Aug. 8.

“That is Tupelo,” she advised the outlet of her 12-month-old daughter, whose full identify Tupelo Storm Smith-Petersen honors her late relations. Tupelo, for instance, is the identify of the Mississippi metropolis the place Riley’s late grandfather Elvis Presley was born. “It is humorous as a result of we picked her identify earlier than the Elvis film. I used to be like, ‘That is nice as a result of it is probably not a widely known phrase or identify in relation to my household—it isn’t like Memphis or one thing.’ Then when the Elvis film got here out, it was like, Tupelo this and Tupelo that. I used to be like, ‘Oh, no.’ Nevertheless it’s tremendous.”

Tupelo’s center identify is a nod to Riley’s late brother, Benjamin Storm Keough, who handed away in 2020 on the age of 27.

Throughout her dialog with Vainness Honest, Riley additionally shared that Tupelo was born by way of surrogate in Aug. 2022. “I feel it is a very cool, selfless, and unbelievable act that these girls do to assist different folks,” she stated of surrogacy. “I can carry kids, nevertheless it felt like the only option for what I had happening bodily with the autoimmune stuff.”