Riley Keough Reveals the Elvis Connection Behind Her Baby's Name
glamour.comhas finally revealed her baby's name, which offers tribute to two of her late relatives.Per , Tupelo Storm Smith-Petersen was born via surrogate in August of 2022, and her name is in honor of Keough's grandfather Elvis Presley as well as Keough's brother, who died at age 27.
The name “Tupelo” refers to Tupelo, Mississippi, the city where Elvis was born, and “Storm” is for Keough's brother Benjamin Storm Keough.This content can also be viewed on the site it from."It’s funny because we picked her name before the Elvis movie,” Keough told Vanity Fair. “I was like, ‘This is great because it’s not really a well-known word or name in relation to my family—it’s not like Memphis or something.
Then when the Elvis movie came out, it was like, Tupelo this and Tupelo that. I was like, ‘Oh, no.’ But it’s fine.” On parenthood, Keough told the outlet, "“This is the thing in my life so far that I have really wanted to, quote-unquote, get right.
I don’t think you ever can be a perfect parent, but I would like to be the best mom for her that I can be. That’s… very important to me.”Riley Keough kept the birth of Tupelo under wraps for several months, and only revealed that she'd had a daughter in her , in January. “, the way you loved my brother and my sisters.
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