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Atlee and Priya name their daughter Miyou

Filmmaker Atlee and Priya have named their newborn daughter Miyou, revealed in a soft pastel Instagram post nearly four weeks after her April 20 arrival.

Filmmaker Atlee in a yellow silk kurta and Priya Atlee in a lavender and gold kanjivaram saree, standing close together for a posed garden portrait
The couple at a family function. The name they have given their daughter, the post said, means beauty, gentleness, and love.

Filmmaker Atlee and his wife Priya have named their newborn daughter Miyou. The reveal landed on Sunday in a soft pastel Instagram post, fronted by the baby’s tiny hand and the line, “A tiny person with the biggest place in our hearts.” It arrives just under four weeks after the couple’s elder son Meer announced his baby sister’s arrival on April 20.

The Sunday post from the family, signed “with luv, MEER, PRIYA & ATLEE.”

The caption read: “Our art of love now has a name. MIYOU — beauty, gentleness & love.” The post explains the name as standing for those three qualities. The signature follows the same template the family has used for every public announcement: Meer, born in 2022, leads the list, and the parents sign off behind him.

Atlee in a green sleeveless Nehru jacket over a cream kurta, with Priya in a deep red lehenga set, standing for a posed garden portrait at a family function
Atlee in a green sleeveless Nehru jacket over a cream kurta, with Priya in a deep red lehenga set, standing for a posed garden portrait at a family function

Atlee, who built his career through the Vijay-led Mersal and Bigil before jumping to a national audience with Shah Rukh Khan’s Jawan, is currently between releases. His next film, Raaka, the Allu Arjun and Deepika Padukone-led project from Sun Pictures, was unveiled in April. Priya, his co-producer at A for Apple Productions since 2017, runs much of the family’s public side and has been the steady voice through each of these family announcements.

Atlee in a grey suit with painted-fabric panels and Priya in a strapless floral evening gown, posed against a dark wall for a formal portrait
Atlee in a grey suit with painted-fabric panels and Priya in a strapless floral evening gown, posed against a dark wall for a formal portrait

Congratulations have been pouring in from across the industry through Sunday. The name, Atlee and Priya wrote, stands for the three things they hope their daughter will carry: beauty, gentleness, and love.

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