Aston Merrygold welcomes baby daughter and reveals adorable name

JLS star Aston Merrygold has announced the birth of his daughter with wife Sarah Louise Merrygold. He also revealed her adorable full name.

The couple already have two sons – Grayson Jax and Macaulay Shay – and have been together for more than a decade. In an Instagram post, the singer shared an video of his latest child accompanied by Louis III’s song New Soul, aimed at expectant parents.

The video shows the hand of Merrygold’s daughter before the camera pans to reveal the baby lying in a crib. A blanket is then taken back to show her in a knitted romper with the words: “Hello world.” Merrygold captioned the post: “Hello world, my names Riley Skye Merrygold.”

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Merrygold's former JLS bandmates were among the stars taking to the comments to congratulate the couple. JB Gill wrote: "Sooooooo cute" with a string of heart-eye emojis while Oritse Williams added: "Congrats! beautiful blessing".

Marvin Humes penned: "Love you all..couldn’t be happier for you all..A GIRL!" as his wife and former The Saturdays star Rochelle wrote: "Aunties still not over it... we love you baby girl".

The couple also received congratulations from singer Pixie Lott, Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two presenter Fleur East and Pussycat Dolls star Kimberly Wyatt. Lott wrote: “Omgggg congratulations!!!! So bootifulll.” Wyatt said: “Oh wow!!!!! Congrats.” East, who is due to give birth to her first child, wrote: "Congratulations... beautiful! Xxx" with three red heart emojis.

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Merrygold, 36, announced that he had tied the knot with his wife in September 2022 after they became engaged in December