CBB Exclusive: A second daughter for Sarah McLachlan
Update: Sarah’s publicist has released an announcement saying the baby was born June 22nd in Vancouver.
The family is overjoyed to welcome this newest addition to their family. Both mother and baby are happy and healthy.
Source: Yahoo Canada
Update July 11th: We hear baby’s name is Taja Summer and she was born on or around June 23rd. Taja, pronounced ‘Taa-jah’ is a Hindi name meaning ‘crown.’
Originally posted June 30th: We hear that Sarah McLachlan, 39, and her husband Ashwin Sood welcomed their second daughter last week. The new baby joins big sister India Ann Sushil, 5.
Thanks to CBB reader Laura.
Tags: Ashwin Sood, India Sood, Sarah McLachlan
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June 30th, 2007 at 2:12 pm
YAY! I am so happy for Sarah and Ashwin! I absolutely love Sarah and i am so happy for her with the new addition–and now India is a big sister! Can’t wait to see what they name the new little bundle =)) CONGRATS to Sarah, Ashwin, and India!
June 30th, 2007 at 2:30 pm
Awww congrats to them!!
June 30th, 2007 at 3:41 pm
congrats to them…Ashwin is very different, not my style, but its unique!!
June 30th, 2007 at 6:20 pm
Congratulations to Sarah and family! I’m a huge fan of hers. Can’t wait to her the new baby girls name!
July 1st, 2007 at 10:23 am
Tink 1217! Ashwin is the name of her husband not her new daughter!
July 4th, 2007 at 8:30 pm
Awww…that’s a beautiful thing to know! They’re a wonderful couple, congrats to them!
July 5th, 2007 at 8:43 pm
Hi………this name for me is beatfull…
Raymi………….
In this language indigena this significated is…………little………..sweet little.
Kisses
July 10th, 2007 at 11:12 pm
Taja Summer is cute! But is Taja pronounced like Taj-ah, Ta-ha, or Ty-ah?
July 10th, 2007 at 11:45 pm
Tah-jar? Tah-yar? Tay-ya?
It looks sweet, but I think there’s the opportunity for so many mispronounciations.
Does it mean anything in another language or is it a made-up name?
July 11th, 2007 at 12:03 am
Taja? The word for crown is “Taj”…..never heard of Taja before.
But Sushil means well mannered in Hindi.
They must really love India the country :p
Sarah’s note: That’s what the baby name sites say it means! I guess they just added an ‘a’ on the end.
Ashwin is Canadian, but given his ethnic roots I think it’s nice that they’re honoring his heritage with both daughter’s names.
July 11th, 2007 at 10:14 am
I could do without Summer as a middle name but Taja is really cute!
July 11th, 2007 at 10:58 am
Taja is a pretty name. If it went with my and hubby’s last name, I would consider it for my own future daughter.
July 11th, 2007 at 2:05 pm
never heard of the name taja and i am an indian from india. taja (pronounced ta-jaa) in hindi means ‘fresh’. but it is never used as a name. as a celebrity you can get away with creative uses of a word. so i guess her name means fresh summer ?
July 13th, 2007 at 8:01 am
Her name is Taa-Jah and she was born on June 22nd…
source : http://news.yahoo.com/s/cpress/20070712/ca_pr_on_en/music_mclachlan_birth_2
July 13th, 2007 at 9:33 am
I am still confused about the spelling and the pronunciation. None of the info given is clear to me. Is it pronounced Tay-jah? or Tah-Jah? or what?
Sarah’s note: Taa-Jah is what the publicist has released as the spelling of the name. It’s said with 2 long ‘a’ sounds, no ‘y’ sounds. If you know how to pronounce ‘Taj Mahal’, it’s the same, just with an ‘a’ on the end.
July 13th, 2007 at 2:22 pm
I love the baby’s name.
And congrats to Sarah and Ashwin! 
July 13th, 2007 at 3:12 pm
I love the name, but I’m not too fond of the spelling.
Anyway, congrats to the happy family!
=]
July 13th, 2007 at 7:01 pm
Good thing Sarah and Ashwin (as well as most other celebs) don’t care whether we like what they name their children. Congrats on the birth of a healthy baby girl, whether her name is spelled Taaja/Taa-Jah/Taja or Tootsie. No matter what her name is, you must admit it beats “Apple”(Paltrow) Martin by a mile. Not to mention Nick Cage who named his son after Superman’s ‘birth’ name,(sorry I’m not a big fan so I don’t know the planet Superman was from originally). It seems that unusual (no, bizarre is more like it) celeb baby names has become the norm and the more bizarre the better. So Sarah’s baby has a name that is less freaky than most. Whomever it was that said they could do without Summer as a middle name? ROTFL… that name is downright boring in comparison.
Congrats to the lovely chanteuse and her family on their new addition, no matter what the name ends up to be.
July 13th, 2007 at 7:42 pm
Congrats to Sarah and Ashwin!
November 21st, 2007 at 10:37 pm
Sarah and Ashwin named their new daughter Taja Summer Sood.