Priyanka Chopra-Nick Jonas Name Their Daughter Malti Marie, Know Its Meaning

Priyanka Chopra recently welcomes a baby girl through surrogacy and is yet to reveal her pictures on social media. Fans had been eager to know what Chopra and her pop star husband Nick Jonas will name their daughter. While the couple still has not revealed anything about their daughter, media reports have claimed that they named her Malti Marie Chopra Jonas. Fans also want to know Malti Marie meaning.

As per reports, the name of the child was confirmed from a birth certificate accessed by a news organisation. The was reportedly born in the pre-mature state 12 weeks before the due date. The baby girl had to stay in the Southern California Hospital on the outskirts of Los Angeles.

While announcing the news of her parenthood, the couple had posted a joint statement on social media on January 22. The statement 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." Priyanka Chopra and Nick Jonas got married with much grandeur in Rajasthan in 2018.

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Despite much curiosity among fans and news outlets, neither Chopra nor Nick Jonas have revealed anything new about their daughter. Priyanka Chopra's mother Madhu Chopra was recently asked about her granddaughter to which she said that she is happy on becoming a grandmother and had revealed that the baby is yet to named. She also said that the family is waiting for a priest to suggest a name.

As the news of the baby name announced has started to float, fans are curious about what it means and if Malti Marie is a name connected to the couple's family members.

Malti Marie meaning:

As per the Sanskrit script, the word Malti means moonlight or small fragrant flowers while Marie is taken from Latin and it means the star of the sea. Whether the name has been taken from Chopra and Jonas's family tree will only be revealed by the couple themselves.

With their daughter's name, the couple are said to have paid tribute to their mothers. According to fans, the grandmothers' middle names are Malti and Marie. Chopra's mother, Dr. Madhu Chopra, even uses the username 'madhumalati' on Instagram. Denise Jonas , on the other hand, is the mother of Nick, Kevin, Joe, and Frankie, and is the wife of Kevin Jonas Sr. She has the middle name Marie.

The couple are yet to announce the name of their baby or make a social media post about their new parenthood. Chopra is currently seen promoting her upcoming films and she also posts pictures with her husband on social media. Recently, Chopra and Jonas celebrated Easter at their Los Angeles home and gave their fans a treat in form of pictures and videos.

After months of silence, Priyanka Chopra has recently talked about motherhood in an interview with talk show host and Youtuber Lilly Singh. Chopra had said, "As a new parent right now, I keep thinking that I will never be imposing my desires, fears, my upbringing onto my child. I have always believed that children come through you, not from you."