Katherine Jenkins gives birth to a baby girl and she's got a gorgeous name

Soprano Katherine Jenkins has given birth to a 'loud' baby girl.

The Welsh star's first child weighed in at 'almost 7lbs' and has been named Aaliyah Reign Levitas - which is a Hebrew name for ascending.

The mezzo soprano tweeted the happy news to her thousands of Twitter and Instagram followers today and posted a cute photograph of the newborn's hands and feet.She wrote: :"Introducing our daughter Aaliyah Reign Levitas, who came loudly into the world weighing almost 7lbs and surrounded by love.

"We are absolutely besotted with her & grateful for the beautiful blessing of this happy, healthy, little miracle."The 35 year old beauty wed American actor director Andrew Levitas in September 2014 - after a whirlwind romance. They started dating in February and were engaged by April.

A year after announcing their engagement - Katherine revealed she was pregnant with their first child.