Blue Ivy Carter is the name of the baby girl that pop star Beyoncé, 30, and her music mogul husband Jay-Z welcomed into the world Saturday night, according to E! The singer gave birth at Lenox Hill Hospital on Manhattan's upper East Side. A hospital employee told the New York Daily News that the couple rented out the hospital's entire fourth floor for $1.3 million.
Beyonce Knowles' sister has described her newborn baby as the "the most beautiful girl in the world".
The 'Halo' hitmaker gave birth to daughter Blue Ivy Carter - her first child with rapper husband Jay-Z - at the Lenox Hill Hospital in New York on Saturday and proud aunt Solange took to Twitter on Sunday to reveal her delight.
She tweeted: "The most beautiful girl in the world."
After initial confusion over the tot's name, with initial reports claiming it was Ivy Blue, Gwyneth Paltrow confirmed the correct moniker on the micro-blogging site.
The actress - who along with her husband Chris Martin is close friends with Jay-Z and Beyonce - wrote: "Welcome to the world Blue! We love you already.
