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Shakira has named her newborn son Sasha Piqué Mubarek.

The name is understood to be of Greek and Russian descent and means 'Warrior' and 'Defendant of mankind.'

Hospital representatives have since confirmed singer Shakira and her newborn child are both in excellent health.The 37-year-old singer welcomed her second son with Gerard into the world at a hospital in Barcelona on Thursday night, where she underwent a scheduled Caesarean section.
    

The news was confirmed in a statement from the couple shortly before midnight, with another expected later on Friday, to reveal the baby's name.

The Waka Waka (This Time for Africa) hitmaker and her 27-year-old beau reserved an entire floor of the Hospital Quirón Teknon in the Spanish city for the birth.