Hailie Jade paid homage to her famous father when naming her newborn son

Eminem’s daughter Hailie Jade has announced the arrival of her first child in an adorable Instagram post.

The 29-year-old daughter of the legendary rapper revealed that her bundle of joy made an earlier than expected entrance into this world last month.

She announced she and her husband Evan McClintock were expecting in October last year, while sharing an emotional music video which documented her famous dad’s reaction.

It came just months after the couple tied the knot – although most fans simply couldn’t believe that little Hailie is now all grown up.

Just last month, she told how she was struggling to ‘wrap her head around’ the fact that she was about to become a mother.

“I have to meet this human that I’ve created,” she said. “What’s he gonna look like? What’s his personality gonna be like?”

Hailie Jade surprised her famous father with the news he was going to be a grandad last year (YouTube/EminemMusic)

Although people were keen to find out all these things too, it’s the name of her newborn which fans were desperate to get a hint at.

And now, all has finally been revealed – as Hailie shared an image of her and Evan’s bundle of joy to Instagram on Friday (4 April).

She captioned the sweet post of her tot: “Happy due date//3 weeks earthside little e.”

Before you even go there, no, Hailie did not name her child ‘Eminem junior’, or Slim Shady, for that matter – however, she did pay tribute to her father with her son’s moniker.

And while we’re here, I think it’s fair to say she missed a trick by not doing a ‘My name is…’ style announcement.

Anyway, Hailie and Evan’s son, who was born on 14 March, is named Elliot Marshall McClintock. How sweet.

As die-hard Eminem fans might have already realised, the newborn’s middle name is in reference to Eminem’s government name, Marshall Mathers.

Others pointed out that the baby’s initials also sort of sound like ‘Eminem’… although some reckoned that might be a bit of a stretch.

Either way, fans loved the fact that Hailie had honoured little Elliot’s grandfather and flooded the comment section of her post with messages of congratulations.

One said: “His middle name I’m crying. He’s so precious.”

Another wrote: “His initials are EM & M. Genius! What a little cutie.”

A third added: “Not me tearing up at the middle name like I’m related.”

A fourth wrote: “His name! Congratulations mama he is beautiful!”

While a fifth chimed in: “I see what you did there… EM&M. Love!”