Melanie Brown Gives Baby Murphy's Surname
Former Spice Girl Names Her Daughter Angel Iris Murphy Brown
2NEW YORK, April 24, 2007 | by Caitlin A. Johnson
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Melanie Brown, who was once known as Scary Spice of the Spice Girls, named her daughter Angel Iris Murphy Brown. She says the father is actor Eddie Murphy. He has said he is not sure if he is the father. (AP Photo/Jennifer Szymaszek)
(CBS/AP) Melanie Brown has given her daughter the surname of ex-boyfriend Eddie Murphy, the former Spice Girl said in a statement Tuesday.
Brown, 31, gave birth to Angel Iris Murphy Brown on April 3 in Santa Monica, Calif. She listed Murphy's name on the birth certificate.
She said the name was inspired by a number of things.
"Angel, as she was my little angel through my pregnancy. Iris, as it's my grandma's name, Murphy because he's the dad, and Brown, because I'm the Mum!" the statement said.
Murphy, 46, has said he's not sure he's the father.
Brown, known as Scary Spice when she was in the megahit group of the '90s, has an 8-year-old daughter, Phoenix Chi.Photos: Eddie Murphy
Murphy, whose screen credits include "Dreamgirls," has five children from his marriage to Nicole Mitchell Murphy.
A rep for Murphy told The ShowBuzz Tuesday, "we do not comment on Mr. Murphy's personal life."
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