Priyanka Chopra and Nick Jonas name their daughter Malti Marie Chopra Jonas

Actor Priyanka Chopra and her husband, singer Nick Jonas have named their daughter Malti Marie Chopra Jonas.

Priyanka and Nick welcomed their first child earlier this year via surrogacy, reports Hindustan Times.

As a new report, their child was born on January 15 at a San Diego hospital.

Priyanka and Nick Jonas took to Instagram on January 22 and announced that they became parents.

Their posts read, "We are overjoyed to confirm that we have welcomed a baby via surrogate. We respectfully ask for privacy during this special time as we focus on our family. Thank you so much."

As per a TMZ report, the name of the child is Malti Marie. The report cited the birth certificate, as per which Malti was born just after 8 pm. The name 'Malti' is of Sanskrit origin and means small fragrant flower or moonlight. Marie is from the Latin stella maris which means star of the sea. It also has a biblical name as it's the French version of the name Mary, the mother of Jesus.