Daisy Jones star Riley Keough shares nod to grandfather Elvis and late brother in daughter’s name

Riley Keough has revealed her daughter’s name is a tribute to her grandfather Elvis Presley and her late brother Benjamin. The Daisy Jones & The Six actress welcomed the baby girl, named Tupelo Storm Smith-Petersen, via a surrogate in August 2022 with her husband Ben Smith-Petersen.

In an interview with Vanity Fair, where she stars on their front cover, Keough reflected on motherhood as well as the difficulties she has faced recently, including the death of mother Lisa Marie Presley at age 54 in January. She told the US magazine that her daughter’s first name Tupelo is a tribute to her grandfather’s birthplace in Mississippi while Storm is the same middle name of her late brother, who took his own life in 2020 aged 27.

Reflecting on choosing the name she said: “It’s funny because we picked her name before the Elvis movie. I was like, ‘This is great because it’s not really a well-known word or name in relation to my family—it’s not like Memphis or something.

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“Then when the Elvis movie came out, it was like, Tupelo this and Tupelo that. I was like, ‘Oh, no’. But it’s fine.”

Keough explained she felt going down the surrogacy route was the “best choice” for her due to undergoing treatments for Lyme disease, adding: “I think it’s a very cool, selfless, and incredible act that these women do to help other people.”

The star's roles include musical biopic The Runaways and action feature Mad Max: Fury Road, but she now wants to embrace the role of motherhood. She said: “This is the thing in my life so far that I have really wanted to, quote-unquote, get right. I don’t think you ever can be a perfect parent, but I would like to be the