Erykah Badu has welcomed a baby girl. The girl was born Sunday during a home birth that lasted five hours. Badu has decided to name the little girl either “Mars Merkaba” or “Twitty Milk”. Is it weird that I’m rooting for “Twitty Milk”?

From what I remember of my Mythology 101 class, Mars was the Roman god of war, based on the Greek god Ares. Erykah Badu apparently heard the name “Mars” and thought “What a pretty name for a little girl”. Or perhaps Badu has a fascination with… the Mars rover? Yikes.

Erykah Badu is the perfect example of a no-nonsense mom in this age of instant information: not only did she blog about going into labor with her daughter this weekend, now she’s apparently skipped publicists and press releases and revealed the name of her new baby via her Twitter page as well!

“Our daughter’s name is MARS MERKABA,” she writes, which follows a post from earlier today that read, “her eyes are looking right into mine . she struggles to focus . so much ♥ in her . i wonder where she just came from. i mean .. her spirit…”

However she’d also written “we named our baby twitty milk,” so stay tuned for further potential name changes!

Erykah and boyfriend Jay Electronica welcomed their baby girl on Sunday after a home birth, with Erykah blogging that she didn’t use painkillers over the five-hour labor. This is the third child for Erykah, who has a son and a daughter from two previous relationships.

From OK! Magazine

Speaking of college, I can remember knowing all the words to Badu’s classic “Tyrone”… past that, I haven’t really followed her career. I know a little about her personal life, though. She had her first child, a son names Seven Sirius with Andre3000 of Outkast. She had daughter Puma Rose Sabti in 2004. Puma’s father is West coast rapper The D.O.C. Mars/Twitty’s father is Jay Electronica, Badu’s boyfriend of four years. Congrats to the happy family, and welcome Mars/Twitty!

Update: According to Celebrity Baby Blog, the baby is named Mars Merkaba. That’s not a bad middle name.

Erykah Badu is shown performing on 8/4/08. Credit: WENN