By JOHN GEROME, Associated Press Writer


NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Nicole Kidman gave birth Monday to a baby girl named Sunday.

In a statement e-mailed to The Associated Press, Paul Freundlich, a publicist for her husband, Keith Urban, said: "Nicole and Keith Urban are delighted to announce that Nicole Kidman gave birth to a baby girl on Monday morning, July 7, 2008, in the United States. Sunday Rose Kidman Urban weighed 6 pounds, 7 1/2 ounces. Husband Keith was by Nicole's side and mother and baby are very well."

Urban posted a message on his Web Site that said: "Earlier this morning Nic gave birth to our beautiful baby girl, Sunday Rose Kidman Urban. We want to thank everybody that has kept us in their thoughts and prayers. We feel very blessed and grateful that we can share this joy with all of you today."

The baby is the first for Kidman and Urban, who married in June 2006. She has two children, Isabella and Connor, from her marriage to Tom Cruise. Kidman recently told Vanity Fair that she had a miscarriage early on in her relationship with Cruise, leading them to adopt.

Cruise filed for divorce in February 2001 after 10 years of marriage, citing irreconcilable differences. The divorce was finalized later that year.

Kidman, 41, won an Oscar for her role in the 2002 film "The Hours."

During a concert Saturday in Nashville, Urban said, "I'm going to dedicate a song to my very, very, very, very, very pregnant wife" before singing his hit, "Better Half."

Urban, 40, won a Grammy in 2006 for best male country vocal.

The couple, who were both raised in Australia, have a home in Nashville.

In a recent radio interview in Nashville, Kidman revealed that Urban had been getting hands-on in preparation for the birth by attending Lamaze lessons, saying, "He doesn't know the name (of the classes), but he has been very good at it!"

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On the Net:

http://www.keithurban.net/site.php

God forbid if she has 7 kids and they are all named after the days of the week!!!!

Question: Are there any straight men who actually think Nicole Kidman's hot? If so, I've never come across one.

Ace said:

Well, Tom Cruise did. Oh wait...

JuliePurplehead said:

I said I would like to look like her on the who do you want to look like thread.



Well I think she's beautiful.

Desire2006 said:

My sentiments exactly

Sweeny79 said:

So do I

congrats to nicole and keith



they were calling the baby sunday roast on tele this morning

prb said:

Now that's just mean

Ace said:

Not this straight man. That bag of bones does nothing for me at all. Overated.

obsessed said:

only in australia


i think it was a freudian slip- unfortunate one at that

To be fair to the child she wasn't born named "Sunday" it was only after she was born to douchebag parents that they named her "Sunday".

A better way to say it would be:

"Baby girl born to Kidman and Urban, then in an act of ultimate douchebaggery, they named the defenseless child "Sunday".

prb said:

omg that is hilarious!!!

prb said:

I don't get it

G0d said:

This would make more sense if she was born in Australia but was technically a U.S. citizen lol

Byron said:

cannibal?

ZombieKitten said:

I still don't get it ...

Byron said:

I don't know, I'm sure it was deliberate

Ace said:

I know one that has fancied her for some time. He is certainly NOT gay.
I wish I looked like her.

In the new parents' defense, though 'Sunday' is certainly unusual, it isn't completely unprecedented. Tuesday Weld seems to have gotten along quite well. (I know Tuesday isn't her given name, but it's the name she's known as to most.)

Then of course there is Wednesday Addams.

Sunday Kidman Urban is a bit of a tongue-twister for a child, however. Say it 5 times fast. Not so easy!

I predict she'll be called Sunny.

that wolverine guy really bulked up

ZombieKitten said:

No, he didn't.

He's had that frame for ages. He a sexy mutha.

WHO GIVES BIRTH TO SUNDAY ON MONDAY? Don't make no damn sense.